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Friday 25 March 2016
Taiwan market: LG launches modular G5
LG Electronics has unveiled its G5, an Android 6.0 modular smartphone, in Taiwan at a contract-free retail price of NT$23,900 (US$724) with availability to begin in early April. The...
Thursday 24 March 2016
EMEA x86 server spending grows 5% on year in 4Q15, says IDC
As reported in IDC's EMEA Server Tracker, in the fourth quarter of 2015 the EMEA server market continued to show moderate growth, reporting US$3.9 billion in vendor revenues and 625,000...
Thursday 24 March 2016
Google to establish new Cloud Platform Region
Google has announced it will expand its Cloud Platform Region and establish new centers in Oregon, the US and Tokyo, Japan with both to start operating at the end of 2016.
Thursday 24 March 2016
Taiwan FTC terminates ASE-SPIL takeover bid
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has decided to terminate its review of an application submitted by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) to acquire additional Siliconware...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Taiwan February manufacturing production index down on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded a manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 86.28 for February 2016, decreasing 15.30% on month and 4.65% on year, according to statistics released by...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
TSMC buys equipment from Applied, Lam
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from Applied Materials and Lam Research for a total of about NT$2.88...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Taiwan market: CatchPlay launches OTT steaming service
CatchPlay, a provider of online entertainment content in the Taiwan market, on March 22 launched CatchPlay On Demand, with charge rates of NT$60 (US$1.81) or NT$80 for a streaming...
Wednesday 23 March 2016
15 million 4-inch iPhone SE to ship in 2016
Component makers in the iPhone supply chain in Taiwan are mostly conservative about the prospects of the new iPhone SE, expecting total shipments to reach 15 million units in 2016,...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 1Q16 top foundries combined revenues to decrease
Combined revenues of Taiwan's major foundries: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) are...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Taiwan February unemployment rate up, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 462,000 jobless citizens in February 2016, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.95%, rising 0.08pp on month and 0.26pp on year, according to statistics released by the...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Taiwan market: FET aims at 500,000 OTT users at end of 2016
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will enrich its OTT (over the top) content by procuring more drama series, movies and songs at a budget of up to NT$20 million (US$606,000) in...
Tuesday 22 March 2016
TUC to appeal patent ruling favoring Isola
Taiwan Union Technology (TUC) will file an appeal against a US district court ruling in favor of Isola in a patent dispute, according to the Taiwan-based CCL maker.
Monday 21 March 2016
Taiwan February export order value down on month, year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$27.67 billion in total in February 2015, decreasing 19.1% on month and 7.4% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic...
Monday 21 March 2016
China vendors to ship 200-300 million fingerprint-recognition-enabled smartphones in 2016
China-based smartphone vendors have been mostly inclined to adopt fingerprint recognition for their mid-range and high-end models and consequently they will ship an estimated 200-300...
Monday 21 March 2016
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$932 million in January-February, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 491 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$931.63 million in January-February 2016,...