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Tuesday 8 April 2014
China smartphone and industry – 4Q 2013
China first-tier smartphone players - Lenovo, Huawei, CoolPad and ZTE - started releasing new smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2013 because their entry-level model inventories,...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Digitimes Research: LED bulb prices in China fall in March
March average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market slipped 11.0% sequentially to CNY33.9 (US$5.5), while 9W models (equivalent...
Monday 7 April 2014
Microsoft and MediaTek rumored to be looking to push Windows tablets in the China white-box tablet market
Microsoft reportedly has been aggressively trying to persuade MediaTek to push Windows-based tablets in China's white-box market and with the software giant's announcement of offering...
Monday 7 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Taiwan ODMs losing out as PC brand vendors turn to China supply chain for tablets
Among global top-7 PC brand vendors, only Apple (sixth place) still outsources its tablet orders mainly to Taiwan-based EMS providers and ODMs, while the rest - Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard...
Monday 7 April 2014
Taiwan becomes largest source of China electronics imports in 2013, says MOEA
China imported electronic devices and components worth US$307.04 billion in total in 2013 and Taiwan-based makers together accounted for 27.3%, making Taiwan become the largest source...
Monday 7 April 2014
Digitimes Research: LED fluorescent powder prices dropping amid waning reliance on China rare earths
The China government has lowered its rare earths export quotas for 2014 by 30% compared to 2013 after the actual export volume last year was lower than its original estimates. Prices...
Thursday 3 April 2014
Intel CEO outlines new opportunities, investments and collaborations with China technology ecosystem
As the computing industry landscape undergoes rapid transformation, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has outlined the company's plans to build upon its nearly 30-year history in China, and...
Thursday 3 April 2014
NXP strengthens China team with appointment of Li Zheng as SVP Sales & Marketing, Greater China and Country Manager, China
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the appointment of Li Zheng as Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, Greater China and Country Manager for China. Zheng, who will be based...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Panel makers unsure about 3G handset panel orders in 2Q14
Panel makers have order visibility for handset panels for 3G handsets through April 2014 but are pessimistic the orders will fade out through the second quarter of the year as demand...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Taiwan component suppliers cautious about headhunting from China
Taiwan upstream supply chain players have been taking a cautious attitude about the aggressive headhunting by China-based competitors as demand for mid-level executives and R&D...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Commentary: Taiwan handset vendors, ODMs advised to optimize rising supply chain in China
Taiwan-based handset vendors and ODMs are advised to optimize the advantages of the handset supply chain in China to sharpen their competiveness and to avoid of being marginalized...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
China starts 700MHz TD-LTE trial
Trials of TD-LTE base stations using 700MHz band units have been established in a small city in eastern China, according to China-based media reports.
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Clevo sees notebook shipment drop, but profits grow in 2013
Taiwan-based second-tier notebook player Clevo shipped 1.57 million notebooks in 2013, down 13% on year, but its revenues from the business were only down 1% on year and profits increased...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Digitimes Research: Tablet application processor shipments in China slip 2.7% in 1Q14
Shipments of tablet-use application processors (AP) in China edged down 2.7% sequentially in the first quarter of 2014, affected by seasonality, according to preliminary findings...
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Digitimes Research: 3-mode smartphones to dominate China entry-level market
When announcing its LTE product lineup in 2013, China Mobile originally set 5-mode support for five major networking standards in China as a basic requirement for its 4G products,...