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Wednesday 25 November 2015
Bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$22.55 billion, says NCC
Open-bids for 2,500-2,600MHz frequency bands for 4G mobile communications on November 24 resulted in total bids of NT$22.55 billion (US$694 million), 56.6% over the total floor price...
Wednesday 25 November 2015
RS Technologies to open wafer reclaim fab in Taiwan
Japan-based RS Technologies, a provider of wafer reclaim services for the semiconductor industry, will hold an opening ceremony for a new wafer reclaim plant in Tainan, southern Taiwan...
Tuesday 24 November 2015
Taiwan 3Q15 international Internet bandwidth rises to 1.611Tbps, says TWNIC
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 15 countries (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached total bandwidth of 1.611Tbps as of the end of third-quarter 2015, increasing 3.23% on...
Tuesday 24 November 2015
Open bids for 2,500-2,600MHz bands increase to NT$22.12 billion, says NCC
Open-bids for 2,500-2,600MHz frequency bands for 4G mobile communications on November 23 resulted in total bidding prices of NT$22.12 billion (US$681 million), 53.61% in excess of...
Tuesday 24 November 2015
Digitimes Research: Nexus 6P, Xperia Z5 series highlight latest smartphone presentation in Japan
Google's Nexus 6P, Sony Mobile Communications' Xperia Z5 series products and a number of feature phones highlighted the product presentation for the winter-spring session held by...
Tuesday 24 November 2015
Taiwan market: LG Electronics announces the availability of Nexus 5X
LG Electronics has announced the availability of Nexus 5X, a smartphone developed jointly with Google, in the Taiwan market, priced at NT$13,900 (US$428) for 16GB version and NT$16,900...
Monday 23 November 2015
Taiwan October unemployment rate up on month, down on year, says DGBAS
Taiwan had 455,000 jobless citizens in October 2015, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 3.90% which rose 0.01 percentage point on month but dropped 0.05 percentage point on year,...
Monday 23 November 2015
Taiwan October manufacturing production index up on month, down on year, says MOEA
Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2011 as base year) of 105.19 for October 2015, increasing 2.53% on month but decreasing 6.35% on year, according to statistics released...
Monday 23 November 2015
Targeting Taiwan IC sector: Q&A with Tsinghua Unigroup chairman Zhao Weiguo
China-based Tsinghua Unigroup is currently riding high in the global semiconductor industry with a series of acquisitions totaling over US$10 billion in the past two years. Tsinghua...
Monday 23 November 2015
Taiwan attracts foreign direct investment of nearly US$3.7 billion in January-October, says MOEA
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) approved 3,118 foreign direct investment projects (except from China) with a total value of US$3.689 billion in January-October 2015,...
Monday 23 November 2015
Taiwan October export order value up on month, down on year, says MOEA
Taiwan received export orders worth US$42.55 billion in total in October 2015, increasing 2.9% on month but decreasing 5.3% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
Friday 20 November 2015
Korea panel makers anticipate steady 8K TV panel demand in 2018
Korea-based panel makers will strengthen investments into 8K TV panel development in anticipation for demand in 2018.
Friday 20 November 2015
Taiwan market: Alliance Digital Tech launches RicoPay
TSM (trusted service manager) Alliance Digital Tech on November 19 announced the launch of RicoPay, a NFC electronic wallet for third-party mobile electronic payments, in the Taiwan...
Friday 20 November 2015
Taiwan market: Huawei steps up marketing for smartphones
Huawei plans to double the number of retail outlets for promotion of its smartphones in the Taiwan market to 400 in 2016 from 200 currently, according to sources from local retail...
Friday 20 November 2015
DSLR models to account for over 50% of Taiwan camera shipments in 2015, says Canon
Seeing declining demand for entry-level digital still cameras, Canon has turned to push DSLR models instead, and is looking to achieve shipment growth. Taiwan's DSC shipments will...