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Wednesday 17 April 2013
China market: Alibaba launches new smartphones running on AMOS
China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has teamed with five local handset makers to launch six smartphones running on its home-grown AMOS (Alibaba Mobile OS). It remains to be...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
China-based vendors offer Android STBs
A number of China-based vendors, including Mele Digital Technology, Geniatech, Giec Electronics and Bluetimes Technology, exhibited Android TV set-top boxes (STBs) at the 2013 China...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
LDK announces partial nonpayment for convertible notes due to cash shortage
China-based LDK Solar has announced that due to a temporary cash-flow shortage, the firm was not able to make full payments to the holders of its 4.75% convertible senior notes due...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Digitimes Research: China solar makers faced with high debts and government policy shifts
China-based makers' solar product shipments to Europe have been falling due to the ongoing trade dispute, but their shipments to the US, Japan and the domestic market have been rising...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Some China-based white-box vendors plan to develop Windows 8 tablets
Viewing that Android tablets, especially 7-inch models, have been under intense price competition and therefore profitability is thinning, some China-based white-box vendors are considering...
Wednesday 17 April 2013
China-based white-box vendors quote low prices for tablets
China-based white-box vendors have quoted tablets showcased at the recently concluded 2013 China Sourcing Fair: Electronics & Components in Hong Kong significantly lower than...
Tuesday 16 April 2013
China market: Veeco, Aixtron cut MOCVD prices by 30-40% due to competition from local makers
MOVCD vendors US-based Veeco Instruments and Germany-based Aixtron SE have lowered quotes in the China market from about US$2 million to about US$1.4 million for a single-wafer MOCVD...
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Foxconn invests in solar energy green houses in China, says paper
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) plans to cooperate with the local government in China's Guangxi autonomous region to develop solar power applications for agricultural...
Monday 15 April 2013
Local suppliers threaten Taiwan's dominance in China TV LED BLU market
China-based LED chip packaging houses have been extending their presence from small-size LED BLUs (backlight units) to large-size models in the China market, posing potential competitive...
Monday 15 April 2013
Taiwan TV panel makers see stable performance due to China demand
Sources from the flat panel display (FPD) TV supply chain have remarked that China is one of the few markets that will continue to see growth in 2013. According to China Video Industry...
Monday 15 April 2013
Post-Lunar New Year letdown: Drop in China demand causes plunge in global flat panel TV shipments in February and March, says IHS
Global flat panel display (FPD) TV shipments fell by 10% in February 2013 and by an estimated 4% in March compared to the same months in 2012 as demand in China plunged following...
Monday 15 April 2013
China market: China Mobile upgrading networks from IPv4 to IPv6
In line with the China government's network development policies set in the 12th Five-year (2011-2015) Plan, China Mobile has started upgrading its networks from IPv4 to IPv6.
Monday 15 April 2013
Samsung to take on China smartphone vendors with array of new models
Samsung Electronics has unveiled an array of new models of its Galaxy smartphone family with display sizes ranging from 3- to 6.3-inch, targeting particularly the entry-level to midrange...
Monday 15 April 2013
Digitimes Research: March LED light bulb prices rise in Japan, fall in other markets
The March average retail pricing of retrofit 40W and 60W LED light bulbs increased in Japan while other markets saw prices fall compared to February.
Monday 15 April 2013
China LED firms may begin dumping in 3Q13
LED makers have been seeing rising demand and capacity utilization rates in the second quarter of 2013. However, China-based makers noted that there is currently CNY5 billion (US$807...