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Thursday 26 September 2013
Taiwan polarizer makers evaluating whether to set up new facilities in China
Taiwan polarizer makers are currently evaluating whether to set up new production facilities in China as local panel makers are expanding their production capacity and will increase...
Thursday 26 September 2013
China market: Smartphone shipments to exceed 450 million units in 2014, says IDC
Total mobile phone shipments in China reached 110 million units in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. Shipments of smartphones, a subset of mobile phone shipments, totaled...
Thursday 26 September 2013
White-box tablet vendors aggressively cutting prices to stay competitive
The aggressive push of brand vendors such as Amazon, Google, Samsung Electronics and Acer, into the 7-inch tablet market has forced China-based white-box players to further reduce...
Thursday 26 September 2013
China August mobile phone users grow to 1.196 billion, says MIIT
China had 1.196 billion subscribers to mobile communication services as of the end of August 2013, growing 0.88% on month and 11.51% on year. Of the subscribers, 351.29 million (29.38%)...
Thursday 26 September 2013
China white-box makers likely to face rising DRAM costs
China-based white-box smartphone and tablet manufacturers will have to encounter rising costs of buying DRAM chips if SK Hynix' fire-damaged plant fails to restore full production...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
China government increases support for local cloud computing players
The China government started changing procurement policies in the second half to help nurture local cloud computing players. The change is expected to impact first-tier brand vendors...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
China market: Aurora lands exclusive sales agent rights for Stratasys 3D printers
Taiwan-based office automation machine and office furniture distributor Aurora on September 25 signed with US-based Stratasys in Shanghai, eastern China, for exclusive sales agent...
Wednesday 25 September 2013
China market: White-box vendors dominate OTT STB sales
White-box vendors account for more than 80% of total sales of OTT (over the top) STBs (set-top boxes) in the China market, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Foxconn employee brawls leave three dead, claims China report
Brawls between employees at a Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) production base in Yantai, China reportedly have left three dead and over 20 seriously injured, according...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Epistar aims at largest LED capacity in China via expanding joint venture, says paper
Taiwan-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Epistar aims to have the largest production capacity in China among all LED chip makers through expanding production capacity at KFES...
Tuesday 24 September 2013
Senao to increase investment in joint venture retail business in China
Senao International, which operates a handset and consumer electronics retail chain in Taiwan, has decided to inject an extra US$50 million into four China-based subsidiaries to expand...
Monday 23 September 2013
Overcapacity for China-based LED chip makers expected to continue for next two years, say Taiwan makers
Total production capacity for China-based LED chip makers currently exceeds demand and overcapacity is expected to continue over the next two years, according to Taiwan-based LED...
Monday 23 September 2013
Digitimes Research: Tablet AP shipments to China to rise 53% in 3Q13
Shipments of tablet-use application processors to the China market are set to register growth of 24.9% sequentially and 53.3% on year in the third quarter of 2013, according to Digitimes...
Monday 23 September 2013
China raises threshold for PV makers
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced regulations on the PV industry, setting standards intended for healthy development of the country's PV...
Monday 23 September 2013
More China-based smartphone vendors to join 4G competition
More China-based handset vendors including Tianyu Communication Equipment and Vivo will launch their first 4G models in the fourth quarter of 2013 as the China government is ready...