Last update: Thursday 18 October 2012 [11 news items]
HTC to launch J Butterfly smartphone in Japan through cooperation with KDDI
Oct 18, 15:09
HTC will launch the HTC J Butterfly, a smartphone customized for mobile telecom carrier KDDI, in the Japan market in early December 2012, according to the company.

Notebook ODMs expect surging growth in cloud computing business in 2013
Sep 25, 01:25
As cloud computing business opportunities are expanding, several notebook ODMs have been aggressively pushing their related business segments and expect strong revenue growth from...
Japan market: WiMAX operator UQ covers a population of 10 million, says company CTO
Jul 11, 12:14
UQ Communications, a WiMAX operator in Japan, has expanded its network to more than 20,000 base stations to cover a population of 10 million, according to company CTO Fumio Watanabe...
HTC adjusts strategy for North Asia, shifting focus to Japan
Jun 6, 11:46
HTC plans to adjust its marketing strategy for North Asia and will shift its resources to focus on the fast growing smartphone market in Japan, while maintaining a basic operating...
Sequans powers new HTC WiMAX smartphone for KDDI Japan
Mar 11, 10:54
4G chipmaker Sequans has announced that it is the provider of the WiMAX chip inside the HTC EVO WiMAX smartphone that was announced in Japan on February 28 by KDDI and HTC.
KDDI subsidiary UQ Communications to carry HTC WiMAX smartphone
Mar 1, 13:40
Smartphone vendor HTC and Japan-based telecom carrier KDDI jointly announced on February 28 that UQ Communications, a KDDI subsidiary in WiMAX services, will distribute the HTC EVO...
KDDI to invest in Taiwan online music platform KKBOX
Dec 16, 15:24
KDDI, the second largest mobile telecom carrier in Japan, will acquire a 76% stake in KKBOX Incorporated, a Cayman Islands-registered parent company of Taiwan-based online streaming...
A dozen operators to launch LTE services in 2010, says ABI Research
Jun 17, 16:43
The tally of wireless operators committed to deploy LTE networks and offer LTE-based services to their subscribers in 2010 has climbed to at least 12, according to ABI Research. By...
HTC to ship Touch Diamond handsets to Softbank Mobile and KDDI
Nov 4, 15:00
After having recently delivered HTC Victor handsets to Japan-based Emobile, High Tech Computer (HTC) has also landed orders for its Diamond-series handsets from two other mobile operators...
Shin Kong may teams up with KDDI to increase its stake in Fitel
Sep 15, 15:56
Taiwan-based Shin Kong Group reportedly may increase its stake in financially-struggling First International Telecom (Fitel) by teaming up with Japan-based mobile telecom carrier...
Taiwan financial group Shin Kong reportedly to cooperate with KDDI to invest in APBT
Jun 20, 15:03
Taiwan-based Shin Kong Financial Group plans to cooperate with KDDI, the second largest mobile telecom carrier in Japan, for joint investment in Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT),...
Taiwan market: HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
Mobile + telecom | 18min ago
Formosa Epitaxy may see 3Q13 revenues grow 20-30% sequentially, says company chairman
LED | 40min ago
Digitimes Research: TSMC expanding in China
Bits + chips | 57min ago
Taiwan market: ViewSonic to launch Full HD projectors by end of 2013
Displays | 1h 2min ago
IDC lowers forecast growth for monitors while average screen size increases
Displays | 1h 6min ago
Acer positions Gateway and Packard Bell as mid-range/entry-level brands
IT + CE | 1h 19min ago
HP CEO to visit China and Taiwan
IT + CE | 1h 39min ago
Touch-sensor technologies poised for growth, says DisplaySearch
Displays | 2h 10min ago
Lite-On Technology to deal out 2012 cash dividend of NT$2.35
LED | 2h 12min ago
Newmax Technology to begin shipments of lenses used in Xbox One in 3Q13
IT + CE | 2h 14min ago
Innolux not to be largely affected by subsidies ending in China, says company president
Displays | 2h 15min ago
Genius Electronic to expand lens capacity by 60%
IT + CE | 2h 18min ago
AUO likely to turn around performance in 2013, says company chairman
Displays | 2h 21min ago
UMC looking for potential acquisitions in Asia
Bits + chips - Stockwatch | 2h 21min ago
Micron swings to fiscal 3Q13 profit
Bits + chips | 3h 17min ago
- LED business revenues to exceed NT$20 billion in 2013, says Lite-On Group chairman
- Pegatron expects 10% growth in 2Q13 shipments
- Windows RT facing pressure from being isolated
- Winbond, Macronix shipping NOR flash chips for Xbox One and PS4
- DRAM market grows up, IHS finds
- Lite-On IT to start production of LED light bulbs in 3Q13
- Winbond looks to rising SDRAM prices in 2H13
- Large-size panel shipments grow 4% in May, says WitsView
- Blue filter glass in short supply due to white-box smartphone demand
- Emerging solar market growth dominates Solar Taiwan 2013 forum
- Accton obtains ODM orders with shipments scheduled until October
- Samsung sales of midrange large-size smartphones to affect China-based brands
- Prices of smartphone and tablet solutions to drop 10-20% in 2H13
- China market: Domestic TV panel supply falls far short of demand, says CVIA vice president
- Digitimes Research: South Korea firms mixed on solar business developments
- Connector makers worried about price competition arising from Foxconn spinning off NWInG
- Taiwan panel makers see increased orders for 5-inch qHD panels from China telecom operators
- Taiwan vendors, ODMs turn conservative about 2H13 notebook shipments
- JDI, CPT, Innolux see increased orders for large-size panels from smartphone vendors, say Taiwan makers
- MediaTek allocating more resources for development of tablet solutions
- China has no schedule for hiking customs duty on TV panels, says CVIA vice president
- Analog IC vendors to see orders rebound in 2H13
- Tablet IC sales to soar in 2013, says IC Insights
- DRAM supply shortage to extend through 2015, says Inotera executive
- Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers, says Radiant chairman
- Releases
- White papers
- Bulletin
- PowerByProxi aims to cooperate with Taiwan makers to explore wireless power market
- 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
- 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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- Japan exports rise by most since 2010 (June 19) - BBC News
- 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
- 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...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.

















