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Friday 4 December 2015
Taiwan LED makers should develop invisible-light LEDs to avoid overcrowded market, says HPL chairman
Large-scale price completion from China-based makers in the visible-light LED market has caused product prices to keep falling, resulting in an overcrowded market, according to chairman...
Friday 4 December 2015
Digitimes Research: Taiwan TV shipments to grow 2.6% in 2016
Taiwan TV makers' shipments are expected to reach 35.14 million in 2016, up 2.6% on year, to hold a 16.4% global share of the overall 215 million TVs estimated to ship in the year,...
Friday 4 December 2015
Production of 5th-generation Apple TV to begin in 1Q16, say Taiwan makers
The fifth-generation Apple TV will come into trial production in December and volume production in the first quarter of 2016, with Apple for the first time adopting a heat-dissipation...
Friday 4 December 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$27.605 billion, says NCC
Open-bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands available for 4G operations on December 3 resulted in total bids of NT$27.605 billion (US$849 million), 91.7% over the total floor price, according...
Friday 4 December 2015
Inotera orders NT$2.55 billion of equipment
Inotera Memories recently announced two separate equipment purchases from KLA-Tencor and Tokyo Electron totaling about NT$2.55 billion (US$77.8 million).
Friday 4 December 2015
Taiwan app developer Call Saver planning to sue Asustek over IP infringement
Taiwan-based app developer Call Saver is planning to file a lawsuit against Asustek Computer for infringement of its intellectual property as Asustek smartphones' built-in quick-dial...
Thursday 3 December 2015
China should drop LCD tariffs to help Taiwan LCD makers, says Foxconn chairman
Foxconn Electronics chairman Terry Guo has vocalized that he believes the China government should drop tariffs on LCDs shipped from Taiwan into China from 5% to 0% in order to help...
Thursday 3 December 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$27.145 billion, says NCC
Open-bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands for 4G operations on December 2 resulted in total bids of NT$27.145 billion (US$835 million), 88.51% over the floor price, according to the National...
Thursday 3 December 2015
Taiwan players expect business opportunities from Facebook datacenter
Commenting on reports Facebook is considering plans to establish a datacenter in Changhua, central Taiwan, related upstream supply chain players pointed out that Taiwan's low power...
Thursday 3 December 2015
Taiwan market: Apple begins selling iPad Pro tablets in local market
Apple has begun selling its iPad Pro products in the Taiwan market, with a 32GB Wi-Fi version priced at NT$27,900 (US$853), 128GB Wi-Fi version at NT$32,900 and 128GB Wi-Fi+Cellular...
Thursday 3 December 2015
Taiwan market: TWM launches own-brand 4G smartphones
Mobile telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has launched two own-brand entry-level 4G smartphone models, the Android 5.0 Amazing X7 and Android 5.1 Amazing X5s, in the Taiwan market...
Thursday 3 December 2015
BenQ sets up incubation center
Projector and display device vendor BenQ has established a joint-venture start-up business incubation center in Tainan, southern Taiwan, with the Department of Electrical Engineering...
Thursday 3 December 2015
KYEC buys equipment from Teradyne
Wafer probing service company King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has purchased equipment from automated test equipment supplier Teradyne for a total of NT$517.81 million (US$15.8 million),...
Thursday 3 December 2015
Egistec to list on Taiwan OTC
Fingerprint sensor maker Egis Technology (Egistec) will be listed on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) stock market as early as the end of December, according to the company.
Wednesday 2 December 2015
Idle solar cell equipment expected to be in high demand in 2016
Viewing that demand for crystalline silicon solar cells has been increasing, Taiwan- and China-based solar cell makers are expected to try their best to expand production capacities...