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Monday 29 September 2014
China vendors are furthering their influence in the entry-level handset market with CNY1,000 handsets
China vendors are furthering their influence in the entry-level handset market with CNY1,000 (US$162) handsets while major international vendors such as Samsung Electronics and Apple...
Monday 29 September 2014
Taiwan market: FET leads in 4G user base at end of August
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) had 254,000 4G subscribers at the end of August, the largest number among the three main 4G mobile communication operators in Taiwan, according...
Monday 29 September 2014
Quanta to establish service center in Europe for server orders
To compete for more datacenter server orders, Quanta Computer reportedly will establish a service center in Europe in October, helping its server business to cross North America,...
Monday 29 September 2014
iPhone 6 panel demand expected at 116 million in 2014, says report
Panel demand for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is expected at 116 million units in 2014, according to a new report from the China Times.
Monday 29 September 2014
Foxconn assisting China smartphone vendors, looking to reduce reliance on Apple
Despite having strong performance thanks to iPhone sales, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has been aggressively helping its China-based smartphone clients such as...
Monday 29 September 2014
Android smartphone vendors speeding up migration to 64-bit architecture
With Google planning to release its Android L OS soon, which supports 64-bit processors, Android-based smartphone vendors will speed up their migration to the 64-bit architecture,...
Monday 29 September 2014
Digitimes Research: Microsoft to release new inexpensive notebook solution; unlikely to receive full support from vendors
Microsoft has provided brand vendors its Windows 8.1 with Bing solution, offering low Windows licensing fees enabling them to sell notebooks at US$249 or lower. Following the initial...
Monday 29 September 2014
China August mobile phone user base grows to 1.267 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.267 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2014, growing 0.32% on month and 5.97% on year, with 479.6 million (37.85%)...
Monday 29 September 2014
Taiwan market: Wider bandwidths expected for 4G in 2015, says FET president
Taiwan government is expected to release 2600MHz frequency band units in 2015 with bandwidth of 20-30MHz (for download) to meet fast growing demand for 4G mobile communication services,...
Friday 26 September 2014
Inventec chairman sees no effect on Taiwan government banning Xiaomi smartphone usage, says paper
The Taiwan government is planning to ban the usage of China-based Xiaomi's handsets by government employees due to the possibility of data leakage. However, Inventec chairman Richard...
Friday 26 September 2014
Worldwide integrated infrastructure and platforms revenues increase 33.8% on year in 2Q14, says IDC
The worldwide integrated infrastructure and platforms market saw revenues increase 33.8% on year to US$2.4 billion during the second quarter of 2014, according to the IDC Worldwide...
Friday 26 September 2014
Asustek struggling to stay competitive in IT market, say Taiwan ODMs
Compared to Lenovo which is supported by large demand in the domestic market as well as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell which have gained the upper hand in the enterprise segment by...
Friday 26 September 2014
Taiwan market: Taiwan Star Cellular aims at 200,000-300,000 4G users at end of 2014
Taiwan Star Cellular, which started 4G commercial operations on August 25 has more than 60,000 subscribers currently and aims to reach 200,000-300,000 at the end of 2014, according...
Friday 26 September 2014
Taiwan market: TWM to obtain 14.9% stake in Ambit
Taiwan-based 4G mobile communication licenseeTaiwan Mobile (TWM) has announced it will invest NT$2.98 billion (US$99.3 million) to acquire a 14.9% stake in another 4G licensee Ambit...
Thursday 25 September 2014
Tablet sales momentum to slow down in 2015, say IC suppliers
The growth momentum of global tablet sales is expected to slow down in 2015 due to the rising popularity of large-size smartphones and a rebound in demand for notebooks, according...