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Thursday 26 June 2014
Solar makers to expand production capacity; pricing to be affected by China market demand, says EnergyTrend
Contrary to PV makers' high utilization rates spurred by demand in the UK and Japan demand in the first quarter of 2014, pricing in the PV industry is likely to drop in the following...
Thursday 26 June 2014
Sony has 3-pronged strategy for China, says report
After announcing the sale of its Vaio PC business and plans to restructure its LCD TV operations, Sony has turned its focus to smartphones and tablets. For the China market, the company...
Thursday 26 June 2014
China-based Changjiang narrows gap with Taiwan IC backend service firms
China-based IC backend service company Changjiang Electronics Technology has shifted its focus to more advanced technologies such as wafer-level, FC CSP and bumping packaging processes,...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
China government likely to acquire Broadcom handset solution business
The China government, which has set up a number of development funds to promote the IC industry, reportedly plans to take over Broadcom's handset solution business, according to industry...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
China May mobile phone user base reaches 1.256 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.256 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China at the end of May 2014, growing 0.36% on month and 7.82% on year, and 464.07 million (36.94%) were 3G...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
China software industry January-May revenues top CNY1.3 trillion, says MIIT
China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY1.325 trillion (US$215.5 billion) in January-May 2014, growing 20.9% on year, according to statistics from the Ministry of...
Tuesday 24 June 2014
China telecom carriers see mixed results in subscriber growths, say reports
China's telecom carriers have announced their subscriber growths for May, with the number of 3G and 4G subscribers growing continuously, and the number of 2G subscribers declining,...
Monday 23 June 2014
Taiwan makers may expand PV module capacity as China PV module export costs to US may increase, says EnergyTrend
According to EnergyTrend, Taiwan-based solar cell makers' capacity utilization has dropped recently because of countervailing duty (CVD) and anti-dumping duty (AD) issues. However,...
Monday 23 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments to China unlikely to surpass 400 million units in 2014
China smartphone vendors' shipments started weakening in mid-May with the upstream supply chain also seeing orders turning week despite the fact that several China-based smartphone...
Monday 23 June 2014
China May mobile phone user base grows to 1.256 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.256 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2014, growing 0.36% on month and 7.82% on year. 464.07 million (36.94%) were 3G...
Friday 20 June 2014
First China supplier breaks into top 10 LED rankings in 2013, says IHS
China's massive investments in LED manufacturing capacity are paying off, with a China-based company entering the top ranks of the global market for the first time ever, according...
Friday 20 June 2014
More chipset suppliers to tie up with Taiwan-based IC design houses
More chipset suppliers are likely to tie up with Taiwan-based IC design houses in order to tap retail channels as well as to expand their ecosystem in China, according to industry...
Thursday 19 June 2014
Digitimes Research: Qualcomm far ahead of Marvell and MediaTek in China LTE market
Qualcomm, a leading player in terms of LTE technologies, started supplying LTE solutions to markets worldwide including China in 2013. But because of regulations and issues over licensing...
Thursday 19 June 2014
China market: Coolpad is top 4G smartphone vendor in May, says paper
Coolpad ranked as the top 4G smartphone vendor in the China market in May with a 23.1% share in the segment, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) cited Sino Market...
Wednesday 18 June 2014
China lowers 2014 PV installation goal to 10GWp
China's National Energy Administration, viewing that installation of distributed PV systems (mainly rooftop models) so far in 2014 has lagged far behind schedule, has lowered the...