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Monday 5 May 2014
China mobile telecom carriers considering infrastructure joint venture, says reports
China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, three main mobile telecom carriers in China, have been evaluating the feasibility of establishing an infrastructure joint venture specifically...
Monday 5 May 2014
China software industry posts January-March revenues over CNY742 billion, says MIIT
China's software industry generated total revenues of CNY742.565 billion (US$121.69 billion) in January-March 2014, growing 20.9% on year, according to statistics from the Ministry...
Monday 5 May 2014
Simplo Technology to expand component capacity in China
Taiwan-based battery pack maker Simplo Technology will expand production capacity at its component factory in Changshu, eastern China, around the end of 2014, chairman Raymond Sung...
Friday 2 May 2014
China handset vendors may face increasing patent complaints, say sources
China-based handset vendors have begun strengthening their patent portfolio or establishing defensive alliances to fend off increasing threats of patent complaints from international...
Friday 2 May 2014
Digitimes Research: China vendors to see smartphone shipments grow over 20% sequentially in 2Q14
Shipments of smartphones by China-based vendors are expected to advance 21.3% sequentially to 97.4 million units in the second quarter of 2014, buoyed by the release of entry-level...
Friday 2 May 2014
Datang NXP Semiconductors opens its doors for business in China
NXP Semiconductors N.V. and DATANG TELECOM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD recently announced that they have been awarded a business license for their joint venture (JV) by the Chinese Government...
Wednesday 30 April 2014
Graphics card vendors look to 10-20% sequential drops in 2Q14 shipments
Most graphics card vendors are expected to see shipments slip 10-20% sequentially in the second quarter of 2014 due to high inventory levels in retail channels, weak demand in China,...
Wednesday 30 April 2014
PV system installation in China may surge in 2H14, say Taiwan makers
There is likely to be concentration of PV systems installed around China due to government-offered feed-in tariff subsidies in the second half of 2014, and consequently Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 30 April 2014
China March mobile phone user base up to 1.248 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.248 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2014, growing 0.7% on month and 8.96% on year. 445.02 million (35.65%) were 3G...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
PV systems installed in China in 2013 total 12.92GWp in capacity, says NEA
PV systems installed in China in 2013 had a total power-generating capacity of 12.92GWp, consisting of 12.12GWp (95.81%) ground-mounted PV stations and 800MWp (6.19%) distributed...
Tuesday 29 April 2014
Notebook makers brace for minimum wage hike in eastern China
The minimum wage in Jiangsu Province, eastern China, is expected to hike by 14.86% from CNY1,480 (US$239) currently to CNY1,700 in July 2014, which will affect Taiwan-based notebook...
Monday 28 April 2014
TV sales in China decline 10.5% in 1Q14, says AVC
TV sales in China reached 10.9 million units in the first quarter of 2014, down 10.5% on year, according to findings from research firm AVC. The sales represented CNY$36.6 billion...
Friday 25 April 2014
Lenovo to start dual-brand smartphone marketing
Lenovo will adopt dual-brand marketing for smartphones in 2014, using the Motorola brand to sell mid-range to high-end models in the US and Western Europe, and selling entry-level...
Friday 25 April 2014
Tesla seeing short production capacity, say Taiwan makers
US-based electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors has seen production capacity fall far short of its fast growing global demand, and a feasible solution is to set up production lines in...
Friday 25 April 2014
Taiwan IC design houses see booming orders from China smartphone vendors
China-based smartphone vendors have been increasing their purchases of IC parts, including application processors, LCD driver ICs, touchscreen controller ICs, analog ICs and ambient...