Last update: Friday 22 February 2013 [15 news items]
Lantiq intros GPON SoC for SFP optical module form factor
Feb 22, 16:04
Lantiq has introduced the FALC ON-S, a complete GPON optical network unit (ONU) system-on-chip in a compact 11 by 11mm package. With its small size, high integration and power saving...
LuxNet enters China GPON supply chain
Nov 22, 11:18
LuxNet, a Taiwan-based maker of optical semiconductor devices and optical components, has entered China-based telecom equipment makers' GPON (gigabit passive optical network) supply...
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...
Lantiq GPON chips selected by CIG for optical network terminals
Sep 9, 10:17
China-based Cambridge Industries Group (CIG) has selected Lantiq's FALC ON optical network termination system-on-chip ICs for integration into its next-generation customer premise...
Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to launch GPON-based triple play services in 3Q11
Feb 25, 11:43
Taiwan-based carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is establishing GPONs (gigabit passive optical networks) through cooperation with Alcatel-Lucent for launching triple play services in...
Taiwan market: ITRI offers GPON+EoC for cable TV operators to upgrade HFC
Oct 13, 14:02
The government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on October 12 announced it has cooperated with Alcatel-Lucent, CopperGate Communications and Tecom to offer...
Broadcom tapping China EPON market, says executive VP
May 5, 10:53
Broadcom has been cooperating with the three largest mobile telecom carriers in China to set up interoperability standards for 10G EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network) technology...

CHT to invest NT$12.8 billion in optical fiber networks in 2010, says paper
Newswatch - Nov 10, 13:40
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will invest NT$12.8 billion (US$395 million) to expand its optical fiber networks in 2010, including the procurement of GPON (Gigabit-capable passive optical...
Alcatel-Lucent likely to release GPON ONT orders to Taiwan makers, say sources
Oct 29, 15:30
Alcatel-Lucent is in talks with a number of Taiwan-based network equipment makers for OEM production of GPON (gigabit passive optical networking) ONT (optical network terminal) products...
Edimax steps into ADSL IAD and GPON CPE production
Oct 2, 14:05
Network equipment maker Edimax Technology has stepped into the development of ADSL IAD (integrated access device) and GPON (Gigabit passive optical network) CPE products with small...
Sep 10, 15:00
Demand for telecom equipment in the North Asia region is expected to stage a major upturn in the fourth quarter of 2009 as carriers in the region are beginning to deploy their LTE...

Chunghwa Telecom holds GPON compatibility testing
Jul 14, 13:56
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) in cooperation with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and the government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) held a GPON (Gigabit-capable...
GPON market up, led by Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, says Infonetics Research
Jun 16, 15:04
Jeff Heynen, directing analyst at Infonetics Research, has noted that "In the passive optical network (PON) market, operators took a break from purchasing in the first...
CeBIT 2009: Alpha Networks to present broadband CPE lineup
Mar 2, 11:27
Taiwan-based network equipment specialist Alpha Networks will showcase a lineup of new broadband CPE solutions that include a GPON (Gigabit passive optical network) ONT (optical network...

Alcatel-Lucent aims to build broadband optical network ecosystem with Taiwan makers
Oct 9, 14:52
Alcatel-Lucent will continue to cooperate with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) as well as Taiwan-based network-equipment makers to develop broadband optical network products...
- China market: Several smartphone components in short supply
- AUO supply of iPad mini panels in 2Q13 expected to slip sequentially
- Demand for small-size panel driver ICs stays strong
- Innolux, AUO differ in strategies for tapping China smartphone panel market
- Asustek unveils Intel 8 series motherboards
- Wintek to reportedly set up joint venture 6G touch panel factory in China with Nanjing Panda Electronics
- PCB firm Apex 2Q13 sales to rise over 10%
- Taiwan LED firms to attend Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition 2013
- Touch screen notebook shipments reach 4.57 million units in 1Q13, says Displaybank
- Asia Pacific leads worldwide mobile phone sales growth in 1Q13, says Gartner
- Mobile DRAM revenues slip 5% in 1Q13, says DRAMeXchange
- SMA Technology sees 1Q13 revenues fall on year
- SunPower announces fiscal 2013 financial guidance
- LED plant factory market to reach US$1.2 billion in 2013, says PIDA
- Suntech agrees on new forbearance agreement with converible note holders
- BlackBerry to offer BBM on Android and iOS platforms
- New generation iPhone may adopt sapphire crystal glass for home button
- Ledlink to begin LED lighting shell volume production in May-June
- Ruggedized PC vendors eyeing 7- to 8-inch tablet market
- Equipment maker Acter sees profits down in 1Q13
- Soft-World sees over 50% of 1Q13 profit from 3 subsidiaries
- Corning introduces Lotus XT Glass
- Synnex Technology reports profits for 1Q13
- HannStar Display posts 1Q13 profits
- Taiwan market: HTC, Samsung optimistic about May sales
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
- Digitimes Research: Battery technologies regain focus as energy storage demand rises
- Digitimes Research: LED light bulb prices in Japan fall in April
- Digitimes Research: Sapphire 2-inch substrate prices to be around US$8/unit in 2013
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- Advantech Introduces New 18" and 21" Widescreen Multitouch Panel PCs
- Digital Network Fuels Opportunities in Vehicle Surveillance Market
- Advantech Redefines Entry Level Network Application Platforms
- WD shipping world's first 5 mm 2.5-inch hard drive
- 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
- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
- Chilisin's miniature power inductor in 0603/0805 sizes
- Chilisin introduces Thin-film chip inductor 0201 size
- Chilisin at 2012 electronics Munich A5/159 & 260
- Chilisin sunken-type molded power inductor for MXM Graphic application
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- 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
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN
- FBI probes Boston 'terror' blasts (April 16) - BBC News
- China GDP growth slows to 7.7% (April 14) - Wall Street Journal

Opportunity lies for MEMS energy harvesting: Q&A with Holst Centre general manager Bert Gyselinckx
Digitimes recently interviewed Bert Gyselinckx, general manager of the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, to...

Returning with stronger competitiveness: Q&A with Lu Li-Cheng, Chaintech chairman
Chaintech, a motherboard/graphics card maker, which quit the market once and returned recently, has...

MEMS-enabled energy harvesting: Q&A with MIG executive director Karen Lightman
Digitimes recently spoke with Karen Lightman, the executive director of MEMS Industry Group (MIG),...

Complete mobile platform solutions: Q&A with Broadcom executive VP Robert Rango
In a relentless competition against rivals including Qualcomm, Nvidia and Media in the smartphone chipset...
- 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.


















