Last update: Tuesday 23 April 2013 [61 news items]
Asustek to push Padfone Infinity in China
Apr 23, 09:57
Asustek Computer has recently partnered with China Unicom to sell its new Padfone Infinity in China and the company will also host a launch conference later this month (April) to...
Synnex Technology becomes sales agent for China Unicom
Apr 1, 11:54
Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has obtained a sales agent right from China-based WCDMA operator China United Network...
China Mobile reports higher 2012 profits than competitors
Mar 25, 10:43
China Mobile, the TD-SCDMA telecom carrier in China, recorded net profit of CNY129.3 billion (US$20.49 billion) for 2012, much higher than those for China Telecom, the CDMA2000 carrier,...
China market: China Unicom to offer quad-core smartphones at CNY1,000
Mar 4, 10:15
China Unicom, the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, will offer smartphones equipped with 5-inch screens and quad-core processors for sale at CNY1,000 (US$161) in a bid to...
China Mobile aims to sell over 100 million TD-LTE end devices in 2013
Dec 13, 21:41
China-based telecom service provider, China Mobile, has stated that its 2013 sales target for TD-LTE end devices is to exceed 100 million units and believes smartphones will account...
Nokia increasing competition in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Dec 7, 14:02
Nokia is strengthening its deployment in the entry-level to mid-range smartphone market with the launch of Lumia 620, a move which will affect the sale of Windows Phone 8 handsets...
China Unicom likely to adopt FDD LTE, say reports
Oct 22, 10:58
China Unicom, the only WCDMA operator in China, may adopt FDD LTE as its 4G mobile telecom standard, according to China-based media reports.
China market: Dual-core CPUs, 4-inch displays become standards for entry-level smartphones
Sep 17, 12:02
Local brands in China have made upgrades to the specifications of their entry-level smartphones for the CNY1,000-1,500 (US$158-237) segment making dual-core 1GHz processors and 4-inch...
China Unicom begins construction of cross-strait undersea cable TSE-1
Aug 21, 14:38
China Unicom on August 20 announced that it has started construction of TSE-1, the first undersea telecom cable directly linking Taiwan and China across the Taiwan Strait, and may...
China market: China Unicom may not continue contract-bundled sale of iPhone, says report
Aug 17, 01:05
China Unicom, the only WCDMA mobile telecom in China, began 24-month contract-bundles of iPhone 4 in September 2010 and, as initial contracts will expire in September 2012, may not...
China market: China Unicom reportedly to cut subsidies for end market devices
Aug 3, 01:20
China Unicom reportedly plans to lower subsidies offered for the purchase of end market devices, particularly CNY1,000 (US$157) smartphone models due to weakening profitability, according...
China market: China Unicom gearing up for sub-CNY800 WCDMA smartphones
Jun 4, 11:40
China United Network Communications (China Unicom), the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, will promote sale of WCDMA smartphone models priced at below CNY800 (US$127) to...
China Unicom aims at 30% of revenues from e-commerce services in 2014
May 18, 14:48
China Unicom, one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in China, plans to have its existing e-commerce platform become the largest of its retail channels, with a goal of having...
Senao to expand retail chain in China
Feb 7, 11:58
Senao International, a Taiwan-based retail chain of handsets and other consumer electronics, has set up Wo Senao, a joint venture retail chain with China Unicom in the China market...
China market: Top-3 telecom carriers promoting CNY1,000 smartphones
Jan 18, 13:37
While China Unicom has launched smartphones priced at CNY1,000 (US$158) recently, rival carriers China Telecom and China Mobile are also ready to enter the segment soon, according...
China market: China Unicom to launch mid-level smartphones for sale at below CNY1,500
Dec 27, 01:10
China United Network Communications (China Unicom), the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, on December 26 unveiled mid-level Android smartphone models equipped 1GHz processor...
China market: China Unicom launches smartphone MI-ONE
Dec 21, 15:12
China Unicom and xiaomi.com, a China-based smartphone vendor, on December 20 jointly unveiled MI-ONE, a customized 3G smartphone model, for contract deals by the carrier.
China market: China Unicom procures more GPON than EPON
Nov 15, 11:07
China United Network Communications (China Unicom) has finished procurement of PON equipment worth CNY4 billion (US$628 million) for deployment of FTTx networks for 25 million additional...
Sep 27, 10:46
PT/Expo Comm China 2011, an annual ICT exhibition claimed to be the largest in Asia, is taking place in Beijing from September 26-30, with major focuses on TD-LTE, Things of the Internet...
Taiwan gives green light to cross-strait submarine cable
Sep 22, 12:11
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved an application by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for laying a submarine cable between one of its outlying islands and a city...
China Unicom and China Mobile launch own-brand 3.5G smartphones competing with iPhones
Sep 5, 15:56
China Unicom and China Mobile both have launched own-brand 3.5G handsets using chipset solutions from MediaTek, with prices set below CNY1,000 (US$156), or one-quarter the price of...
China Unicom 1H11 net profit slips 5.5% on year
Aug 25, 14:43
China Unicom on August 24 released its financial report for the first half of 2011, with net profits of CNY2.637 billion (US$403 million) 5.5% on year.
China market: China Unicom to launch WoPhone smartphones, says report
Jul 15, 16:50
China Unicom, the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, will launch smartphones based on its self-developed operating system WoPhone for sale in the China market on July 18,...
Taiwan-based Senao to open 22 joint venture chain stores in China by end of July
Jun 14, 01:50
Senao International, a handset and communication device retail chain in Taiwan, in the first quarter of 2011 established Wo Senao, a joint venture in the China market with China United...
CHT, China Unicom in online store deal
May 10, 15:40
Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on May 9 announced that it will launch its mobile applications on China Unicom's online store Wo Store, and that the China-based carrier will launch...
China Unicom to procure over one million tablet PCs, develop own-brand smartphones, says president
Apr 12, 11:58
China United Telecommunications (China Unicom), the only WCDMA operator in China, plans to procure more than one million tablet PCs and develop own-brand smartphone series, WoPhone,...
China Unicom sees 2010 revenues up, profit down
Mar 30, 01:20
China Unicom has reported 2010 consolidated revenues of CNY171.30 billion (US$25.3 billion) growing from 2009 by 11.3% but net profits of CNY3.85 billion dropped 59.7% mainly because...
Altek pushes sales of 3.5G Android smartphones to CHT and China Unicom
Mar 10, 01:30
Digital camera maker Altek has managed to push the sale of its 3.5G Android-enabled smartphone, the A14 Leo, into telecom operators in Taiwan and China, including Chunghwa Telecom...
China Unicom to focus support on non-iPhone smartphones in 2011, says president
Feb 17, 01:25
China Unicom will focus its smartphone business on models other than iPhone in 2011 to reduce the unfavorable influence on its overall business operation due to heavy reliance on...
China sees 3G user base grow by over 36 million in 2010, says media
Feb 11, 11:49
The number of 3G subscribers in China increased 36.834 million to 47.052 million at the end of 2010, China-based IT Times cited the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...
China market: China Unicom makes five million inexpensive 3G handsets available
Jan 18, 01:45
China United Telecommunications (China Unicom), the only WCDMA 3G operator in China, on January 15 made available as many as five million inexpensive WCDMA handsets for contract-bundled...
Taiwan, China telecom carriers to build cross-strait undersea cable
Jan 14, 11:53
Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile, Far EasTone Telecommunications, Taiwan International Gateway and China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) on January 13 signed an MOU for joint...
Jan 13, 01:50
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has cooperated with China Telecom to undertake trial runs of iEN (intelligent energy networks) in several cities of China and is talking about cooperation with...
China government sets hard to reach 3G user base target, says report
Dec 24, 13:45
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) aims at 150 million subscribers of 3G communication services in the China market in 2011, a difficult goal viewing that...
China market: Altek teams up with China Unicom to sell 3.5G smartphones
Dec 23, 01:35
DSC maker Altek has announced a cooperation agreement with China Unicom to sell its 3.5G smartphone, the Altek Leo, in the China market. Leo will be customized for China Unicom and...
China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
Displays | 46min ago
Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
Bits + chips | 1h 1min ago
Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
Bits + chips | 1h 24min ago
Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
Green energy | 1h 37min ago
DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
Bits + chips | 1h 41min ago
Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
Displays | 2h 41min ago
Sean Maloney joins SMIC as independent non-executive director
Bits + chips | 3h 21min ago
Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
Bits + chips | 3h 23min ago
Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
Mobile + telecom | 4h 23min ago
Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
Mobile + telecom | 4h 38min ago
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- Globalfoundries lands wafer start orders from China-based Rockchip
- Samsung offers subsidies, Asustek cuts prices to promote tablet sales in Brazil, say local channels
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- Everlight Electronics expects increases in revenue proportion of LED backlights, lighting in 2013
- NPC 2013 capex to focus on FC CSP substrates, says president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
- China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
- Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Taiwan LED Lighting Industry Alliance to propose Taiwan-China common standards for LED lighting
- AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
- Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
- Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
- Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
- Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
- Releases
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- AZZURRO demonstrates high-yield production for GaN-on-Si voltage wafers
- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
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- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row
Dialog Semiconductor has managed to land solution orders from first-tier smartphone vendors in the...
Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...
Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...
Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 tablet market
Digitimes Research remains conservative about the prospects for the period, with half-year shipments projected to reach 49.18 million units and whole-year shipments being revised downward to 88.69 million units.
- Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections.
- 4Q12 trends in the Greater China touch panel industry
In the second half of 2012, the market focus is on the iPhone 5, which uses in-cell touch screen technology. Due to the integration of display panels and touch panel functions, the high technological threshold will mean Taiwan touch panel makers are unable to enter the iPhone supply chain.