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Wednesday 2 December 2015
Workers with unpaid leave in Taiwan highest since 2012
The amount of workers forced to take unpaid leave in Taiwan has now reached 5,437 – the highest since March 2012. In order to prevent the issue from exacerbating Foxconn Electronics...
Wednesday 2 December 2015
Facebook assessing plans to set up data center in central Taiwan, says local government
Facebook plans to set up a data center in a site beside Changhua High-speed Rail Station in Changhua County, central Taiwan, according to the county government.
Wednesday 2 December 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$26.305 billion, says NCC
Open-bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands available for 4G on December 1 reached NT$26.305 billion (US$809 million), 82.67% over the floor price, according to the National Communications...
Wednesday 2 December 2015
Taiwan market: Logitech offers gaming peripherals for bundled sale with Ubisoft game
Switzerland-based PC peripheral vendor Logitech International on December 1 offered entry-level, mid-range and high-end gaming mice and keyboards for sale bundled with Rainbow 6 Siege,...
Wednesday 2 December 2015
TSMC orders NT$6.8 billion of equipment
Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has purchased a batch of machinery and engineering equipment from Siemens Limited and ASML Hong Kong for a total...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Taiwan panel makers calling on China government for component tariff reductions
Panel makers in Taiwan are calling on the China government to allow for zero tariffs on panel components due to Taiwan's weakening panel supply chain industry.
Tuesday 1 December 2015
More Taiwan firms step up development for large-size touchscreen ICs
More Taiwan-based IC design houses have stepped up development of touchscreen controller ICs for large-size applications such as all-in-one (AIO) computers, and touch-enabled monitors...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Taiwan 4G user base over 10 million at end of October, says NCC
The total number of 4G mobile communication subscribers in Taiwan increased to 10.087 million as of the end of October 2015, accounting for 43.8% of the population (user density),...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Intel pushing new entry-level PC processors in 2Q16-3Q16
Despite weak overall demand for PC, sales of gaming notebooks, inexpensive desktops and mini PCs remain strong, especially models using Intel's Pentium and Celeron processors, which...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Taiwan market: Gamania becomes 1st O2O mobile e-payment operator
GASH Pay has become the first O2O (online to offline) mobile e-payment service operator in Taiwan after obtaining a license from the Financial Supervisory Commission, according to...
Monday 30 November 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$25.275 billion, says NCC
Open-bid competition for 2,500-2,600MHz frequency bands available for 4G mobile communications on November 30 resulted in total bidding prices of NT$25.275 billion (US$778 million),...
Monday 30 November 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$23.820 billion, says NCC
Open-bids for 2,500-2,600MHz frequency bands available for 4G mobile communications on November 27 resulted in total bid prices of NT$23.820 billion (US$733 million), 65.42% over...
Monday 30 November 2015
Taiwan 4Q15 economic growth rate forecast at 0.49%, says DGBAS
Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, for the fourth quarter of 2015 is forecast at 0.49%, downward adjusted 1.41pp from the preceding forecast in August, according...
Monday 30 November 2015
GCL-Poly Energy to reduce solar wafer supply to Taiwan cell makers
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, the largest China-based maker of solar-grade poly-Si wafers, will reduce supply to Taiwan-based solar cell makers by 10% in December, according to Taiwan-based...
Friday 27 November 2015
China-based Luxshare becoming threat to Taiwan connector makers, says paper
China-based connector maker Luxshare ICT has announced a private fund raiser to raise CNY4.6 billion (US$720.34 million) for capacity expansion for its USB Type-C, wearable and Internet...