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Taipei,
Friday, December 5, 2008
10:51 (GMT+8)
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| 57 news tagged China market |
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China market: Locally developed online games account for 66% market share at end of 3Q08 Dec 4, 14:34 In the China market, the top-15 providers of online gaming services operated 114 MMOGs (massively multi-player online games) at the end of the third quarter of 2008 and 66% of these games were developed by China-based companies, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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Firich trialling low-cost POS in the US, Japan and China Nov 21, 16:39 Taiwan-based POS device maker Firich Enterprise is trialling low-cost POS products with potential clients in the US, Japan and China, according to the company. Read more |
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Nokia to customize TD-SCDMA handsets for China Mobile Nov 20, 14:40 Nokia and China Mobile Communications, China's largest mobile telecom carrier, have entered into cooperation for the handset vendor to supply customized TD-SCDMA handsets. Initial model(s) will be available by the end of 2009, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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China-based TechFaith sales driven by smartphones in 3Q08 Nov 19, 11:43 TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology, a China-based handset and handset-solution provider, has seen rising sales contribution from smartphones since the third quarter of 2008, according to industry sources. Smartphones accounted for about 58% of TechFaith's overall revenues in the third quarter, up almost 35 percentage points from the same period of last year. Read more |
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China market: C2C transactions top 30 billion yuan in 3Q08 Nov 14, 16:42 C2C online auctions in the China market reached a total transaction value of 30.453 billion yuan (US$4.45 billion) during the third quarter of 2008, rising by 18.4% on quarter and 147.8% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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China market: Online gaming services valued at 4.76 billion yuan in 3Q08 Nov 14, 10:29 Operators of online gaming services in the China market generated total revenues of 4.76 billion yuan (US$696 million) during the third quarter of 2008, rising by 7.5% on quarter, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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Microsoft PlayFX wins adoption amid top digital music player vendors in China Nov 13, 15:23 Microsoft began cooperating with Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics, a China-based multimedia IC design house, in 2007 in order to promote its self-developed sound enhancement solution PlayFX. As a result Fuzhou Rockchip integrated PlayFX technology into its audio-processing SoC (system-on-chip) solutions which have been widely adopted among more than 10 leading own-brand digital music player vendors in China, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Korean CMOS image sensor maker expands in China white-box handset market Nov 12, 16:36 Seti, a Korea-based CMOS image sensor maker, has succeeded in expanding its CMOS image sensor market share in China to 50%, according to market watchers. Seti's monthly shipments of VGA-resolution CMOS image sensors for white-box handsets in China have climbed to 10 million units, putting pressure on OmniVision, according to the watchers. Read more |
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China mobile phone user base increased to 624.05 million in September 2008 Nov 12, 14:21 There were 624.05 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of September 2008, growing by 1.3% on month and 19.25% on year, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Read more |
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China market: 3Q08 B2C transactions reach nearly 2.24 billion yuan Nov 12, 13:48 In the China market, sales transactions of B2C online shopping during the third quarter of 2008 reached a total value of 2.24 billion yuan (US$327 million), increasing by 25.6% on quarter and 88.2% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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China market: Smartphone sales expand over 12% on year in September Nov 11, 17:02 Volume sales of smartphones in the China market grew 12.2% on year to 2.53 million units in September 2008. Nokia, Motorola and Dopod China were the top-three branded vendors, according to data from China-based CCID Consulting. Read more |
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Global and white-box netbook vendors facing difficulty entering the China market Nov 7, 15:43 Global first-tier vendors are being met with stiff competition in the China market as local brands, such as Hasee, have launched netbook products with similar specifications, but lower prices. Read more |
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MediaTek to crack down on gray market trading in China Nov 6, 01:00 In order to curb the effects of gray market trading in China on handset orders, MediaTek is reportedly implementing new restrictions for its downstream distributors, according to industry sources. Read more |
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China market: IPTV user-base increased over 27% in 3Q08 Nov 3, 11:54 There were 2.173 million subscribers of IPTV services in the China market at the end of the third quarter of 2008, growing by 465,000 or 27.2% on quarter and by 158.7% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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China market: B2B trade valued at almost 1.3 billion yuan in 3Q08 Oct 31, 16:52 In the China market, B2B e-commerce services generated a total transaction value of 1.299 billion yuan (US$190 million) during the third quarter of 2008, growing by 5.8% on quarter and by 20.9% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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China market: Baidu leads search engines with over 63% of revenues in 3Q08 Oct 21, 14:47 Search engines in the China market generated total revenues of 1.464 billion yuan (US$214 million) in the third quarter of 2008. Baidu was the largest search engine accounting for 63.4% of total revenues, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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Built-in cameras unlikely to promote digital music player sales in China, say Taiwan makers Oct 20, 11:09 In the China market, a few major local digital music player vendors including Chuwi and Niho as well as white-box vendors have begun to launch models with built-in cameras. But the additional functionality may not promote sales, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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China market: IBM led in 2Q08 middleware sales Oct 17, 16:22 IBM remained the largest vendor of middleware products in the China market during the second quarter of 2008, occupying 28.4% of the total sales value, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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China market: Digital music player pricing down largely due to high stock levels Oct 16, 16:41 Digital music player vendors in the China market launched a price war cutting retail prices by 8-10% around the end of September 2008, in an attempt to catch the traditional peak sales period during the one-week vacation beginning October 1. But because actual sales fell largely short of original expectations, these vendors have cut prices again last week by 10-15%, according to market watchers. Read more |
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Kingston sees surge in demand for NAND flash products in China Oct 15, 01:10 Memory module maker Kingston Technology expects a staggering increase in shipments of NAND flash products in October as demand in China is growing strongly. Read more |
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China market: Internet service value to reach 137.5 billion yuan in 2011 Oct 13, 12:05 The total value of Internet services provided in the China market is projected to keep growing to 137.5 billion yuan (US$20.1 billion) in 2011, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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Taiwan-based community website iPartment scores points in China Oct 9, 15:40 iPartment, an online community website established in Taiwan in October 2002 and operated by the Taiwan-based company SunFun Info, has attracted 200 million frequent users, including 12 million members, in the China market since the site was launched there in July 2005. The number of China-based members is expected to gradually increase to reach 30 million at the end of 2009, according to SunFun. Read more |
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PCB maker Plotech to see only slight growth in October orders as holiday season demand fails to meet expectations Oct 2, 17:03 Handset PCB marker Plotech expects September consolidated sales of NT$360-370 million (US$11.2-11.5 million) with third-quarter performance better than in the second quarter. However, sales in October will only see slight growth since customers hold a conservative view about the holiday season. Read more |
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TechFaith and Aigo sign strategic cooperation agreement for the operator tailored market in China Sep 24, 16:16 China-based TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology, a handset and handset-solution provider, and Aigo, a leading brand vendor in China, have announced a strategic cooperation agreement for the operator tailored market in China. Under the terms of the agreement, TechFaith will provide total product solutions, including CDMA1X/EVDO and UMTS/HSDPA, under the Aigo brand name and through Aigo's sales channels for the operator tailored market in China. Read more |
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China market: Web-based games growing fast Sep 24, 14:33 In China, the web-based games market is at the initial stage development with only three million players in 2007, but the number of players is projected to increase rapidly to 34.8 million in 2011, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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Motorola launches two new handsets featuring hand-writing recognition Sep 19, 16:47 After enjoying strong shipment volumes for its Ming A1200 handset featuring hand-writing recognition in the Greater-China market, Motorola has introduced the second-generation Ming A1600 and low-price A810 model this week to grab more market share. Read more |
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China market: Third-party e-payment services nearly valued at 54 billion yuan in 2Q08 Sep 19, 15:40 In the China market, third-party e-payment service platforms generated a total sales transaction value of 53.989 billion yuan (US$7.76 billion) during the second quarter of 2008, hiking by 18.7% on quarter and by 215.1% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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China market: Nearly 36 million GSM, CDMA handsets sold in 2Q Sep 17, 10:21 There were 35.95 million GSM and CDMA handsets sold in the China market in the second quarter of 2008, and Nokia, Samsung and Motorola were the top three vendors with a combined share of 66.0%, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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LED chipmaker Genesis sees strong demand from China public displays market Sep 17, 01:20 Genesis Photonics is seeing China's public displays market driving its LED chip shipments, with its September revenues standing a good chance of hitting a new record for the seventh month in a row at NT$140 million (US$4.36 million), according to the company. Read more |
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China DRAM market tries to shake off Olympic blues, says iSuppli Sep 11, 15:57 China was hoping for an economic boost from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, but for the nation's DRAM market, the event actually had the opposite effect, plowing a trough in demand right before the all-important holiday season, according to iSuppli. Read more |
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Nokia confident about handset sales during October holidays in China Sep 4, 01:05 David Tang, vice president of Nokia China, has said the company is very optimistic about handset sales during the week-long holidays in China that start from October 1. Despite seeing a rise in non-branded handsets in China, Tang stressed that Nokia has measures to ensure its sales. Read more |
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Taiwan IC design houses excited about clone notebook demand from China Sep 4, 01:00 Taiwan IC design houses are excited about the substantial business from clone notebooks in China. With an influx of "white-box" consumer electronics drawing stronger sales in China, recent news about the launch of a 1,999 yuan (US$292) has raised expectations among IC design houses again. Read more |
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VIA announces major netbook design win from China vendor Sep 3, 16:54 VIA Technologies has announced that China-based PC OEM Tsinghua TongFang has adopted VIA's C7-M CPU and VX700 chipset to power its S1 imini netbook series. The S1 imini has a maximum power consumption of 15W, with a distinctive, lightweight design, highlighted VIA. Read more |
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China market: Lenovo to launch US$400-600 consumer notebooks Sep 2, 14:55 Lenovo is considering launching 14- and 15-inch consumer-based IdeaPad G-series notebooks with prices between US$400-600 in the China market, according to notebook industry sources. Read more |
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Hollywood movie studios not supporting China-developed CBHD, say Taiwan optical disc makers Aug 29, 01:10 While many leading optical disc makers and vendors of optical disc players in China have been actively promoting the CBHD (China Blue High-definition Disc) format, the prospects for CBHD are not optimistic because vendors are finding it difficult to win support from the main movie studios in Hollywood, according to Taiwan-based optical disc makers. Read more |
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Mentor and Global Unichip optimistic about China and India handset markets Aug 28, 15:34 Walden C Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor, has commentated that emerging markets in the Asia Pacific, such as China and India, will be the fastest-growing markets for consumer electronics (CE) products. Players in the IC design industry should strive to open channels in those markets, Rhines advised. Meanwhile, Jim Lai, president and COO of Global Unichip emphasized the growing potential of handset markets in China and India. Both Rhines and Lai were speaking at the recent EDA Tech Forum hosted by Mentor in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Read more |
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IC distributors turn conservative for September as China white-box handset clients cut orders Aug 27, 01:25 IC distributors are turning conservative about China's white-box handset market, as clients are cutting orders amid weaker-than-expected demand, according to industry sources. Read more |
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China market: IBM and HP top in 2Q08 IT outsourced management sales value Aug 21, 16:28 IT outsourced management services provided in the China market reached a total sales value of 1.57 billion yuan (US$226 million) during the second quarter of 2008, with on-quarter growth of 22.5%, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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China market: Sony cuts retail price for 10-megapixel digital camera T300, expected to cut prices in Taiwan too Aug 19, 14:55 Sony has recently lowered the retail price for its Cyber-shot DSC-T300 10.1-megapixel digital camera in the China market by about 15% to 2,200 yuan (US$321), and may do so in the Taiwan market, according to retail channels in Taiwan. Read more |
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China market: Samsung cuts retail price for 22x DVD burner to 220 yuan Aug 15, 10:42 Samsung Electronics launched the TS-H653F, 22x DVD burner, in the China market in May 2008 at an initial retail price of 289 yuan (US$41), and has successively lowered the price to 269 yuan in July, 239 yuan in early August and 220 yuan currently, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more |
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Stronger seasonal demand for IT goods expected in China after Olympics Aug 14, 01:00 Despite that demand for IT goods in China has been suppressed by natural disasters and stricter customs checks, industry players anticipate that the upcoming strong season in the fourth quarter should beat seasonal patterns when distributors replenish their inventory and consumers resume their buying. Read more |
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China market: B2C and C2C transactions top 1.8 ans 25.7 billion yuan in 2Q08 Aug 6, 16:38 In the China market, sales transactions of B2C online shopping and C2C online auctions during the second quarter of 2008 were estimated at a total value of 1.784 billion yuan (US$256 million) for the former and that of 25.725 billion yuan (US$3.70 billion) for the latter, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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PDP TVs see staggering growth in 1H08 in China, but LCD TVs remain the favorite, says GfK Aug 6, 13:40 PDP TVs registered a staggering on-year growth of 154.4% to 579,000 units in China in the first half of 2008, but they were still outnumbered by LCD TVs, whose sales rose 39% to 5.28 million units, according to GfK China. Read more |
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China market: B2B e-commerce trade tops 1.2 billion yuan in 2Q08 Aug 1, 12:26 In the China market, B2B (business to business) e-commerce services generated a total transaction value of 1.228 billion yuan (US$177 million) during the second quarter of 2008, growing by 7.9% on quarter and 71.7% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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China tops global Internet user-base at end of June 2008 Jul 29, 14:55 The number of Internet surfers in China grew to an estimated 252.9 million as of the end of June 2008, surpassing the US for the first time to become the largest among all countries, according to the latest semiannual survey conducted by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC). Read more |
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Soft-World to launch three online games in China in 2H08 Jul 15, 15:23 Taiwan-based games developer Soft-World International will launch three new online games in the China market in the second half of 2008 and aims to increase its operating revenues in China from NT$250 million (US$7.9 million) in 2007 to NT$1 billion this year, according to the company. Read more |
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Flat panel TV shipments total 4.95 million units in China in 1H08, says paper Newswatch - Jul 14, 12:39 Flat panel TV sales in China rose 37% on year to 4.95 million units in the first half of 2008, while sales for the second half of the year are expected to reach 7.2 million units to bring a total 50% growth for the entire year, according to figures compiled by the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce, as cited by the Beijing Business Today newspaper. Read more |
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GPS handset sales to account for 10% of China handset market in 2012 Jul 9, 15:09 The proportion of GPS-enabled handsets in the China market is expected to top 10% in 2012, up from less than 1% currently, as international handset vendors such as Nokia begin to incorporate GPS functionality into more handsets, according to sources at Taiwan handset chipmakers. Read more |
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Motherboard makers to focus sales activities in China during July and September, says paper Newswatch - Jul 7, 12:20 Due to China government plans to start restricting transportation in Beijing in August this year to ease traffic during the Olympic games, plus consumers are expected to put most of their attention on the event resulting in a drop in the effectiveness of advertising, first-tier motherboard makers have decided to focus their sales activities during July and September, according to a Chinese-language Apply Daily report. Read more |
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China market: Over 42 million GSM, CDMA handsets sold in 1Q08 Jul 4, 10:40 42.1 million GSM and CDMA handsets were sold in the China market in the first quarter of 2008. Nokia, Samsung and Motorola were the top-three vendors with a combined market share of 60.1%, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International. Read more |
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