LCD monitor revenues in the Taiwan market decreased 20% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2008 mainly due to significant price reductions by retailers to stimulate demand, although...
The Western European smartphone market experienced good performance in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker. Vendors shipped 9.3 million units,...
The continued erosion of the global economy, including the prospect of negative GDP growth in many major countries, has led IDC to update its forecast for worldwide IT spending in...
IDC has forecast a further revenue decline of 22% in the global semiconductor market in 2009, due to double digit declines in unit shipments of key system markets, low utilization...
The mobile sector has emerged as the dominant driver of the global telecommunications industry. The US$700 billion mobile industry now serves almost half of the world's population...
According to IDC, factory revenues in the worldwide server market declined 14% year-over-year to US$13.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008, marking the second consecutive quarter...
BenQ made it to the top-three rankings in both the LCD monitor and projector markets in China in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to data from research firms.
Worldwide PC processor shipments fell significantly in the fourth calendar quarter of 2008, according to IDC. A further demand decline in the first quarter of 2009 points to a very...
Despite a drastic slowdown of global PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2008, Taiwan-based Acer and Asustek Computer managed to continue expanding their shares in the US notebook...
The worldwide mobile phone market experienced an unusual downturn in the normally robust fourth quarter of 2008 (4Q08). According to IDC, vendors shipped a total of 289 million units,...
The total server shipments to the Taiwan market in the third quarter of 2008 reached 19,208 units, drops of 10.7% on quarter and 8.7% on year, while total revenues reached US$70.8...
Despite market optimism early in the fourth quarter, the pace at which the economic environment unraveled and the extent to which PC purchases were affected was faster than anticipated...
A recent report from research firm IDC has indicated that the cost to produce netbooks will drop around 15-20% this year compared to that of mid-2008 mainly due to drop in the prices...
There were 44,999 laser printers shipped in the Taiwan market during the third quarter of 2008 dropping by 30% while 171,576 inkjet printers or MFPs (multi-function peripherals) were...
The IT services provided in the Taiwan market during the first half of 2008 generated total revenues of NT$31.47 billion (US$958 million), increasing by 3.1% on year, according to...
