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Thursday 28 March 2013
IC demand for smartphones soaring in China
IC component orders coming from China's smartphone market have risen substantially, according to sources in the supply chain, which estimated that monthly demand for smartphones sold...
Thursday 28 March 2013
First Solar ranked largest solar EPC contractor in 2012 as Europe firms falter, says IMS Research
For the first time First Solar became the world's largest solar EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor in 2012, with more than 500MW of projects completed - an...
Thursday 28 March 2013
Digitimes Research: China panel makers continue to improve their panel technology
China-based panel makers BOE, Tianma Micro-electronics and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) are showing increasing signs of improved technology and are likely to start...
Wednesday 27 March 2013
TN panels in shortage due to increase demand from China tablet vendors
China-based tablet vendors having been increasing their panel orders to Taiwan-based panel makers, which is causing a shortage of 7- and 8-inch TN panels in the market, according...
Wednesday 27 March 2013
China market: Almost 57 million smartphones sold in 4Q12, says Analysys
There were 73.29 million handsets sold in the China market during fourth-quarter 2012, growing 15.0% sequentially and 8.1% on year, and 56.96 million units of them were smartphones,...
Wednesday 27 March 2013
China Mobile to procure 1.24 million TD-LTE terminal devices
China Mobile will initially procure 1.24 million TD-LTE terminal devices, consisting of 800,000 wireless Mi-Fi routers, 320,000 home-use CPE units and 120,000 dongles, according to...
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Ultra HD TV market limited, China territory to fight for among panel makers, says WitsView
According to observations on the Ultra HD (3840 by 2160) TV market by research firm WitsView, OLED TV development has been surprisingly slower than expected, causing TV vendors from...
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Taiwan IC design houses pull in more orders from supply chain in China
Taiwan-based IC design houses have received more orders from clients in China's smartphone, tablet and flat panel segments recently as the supply chain in China has begun building...
Tuesday 26 March 2013
JA Solar losses widen in 4Q12
China-based solar firm JA Solar has reported financial results for fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2012. JA Solar's fourth-quarter shipments reached 500MW, exceeding the 418MW shipped...
Monday 25 March 2013
China handset vendors look to Taiwan and Japan suppliers for high-end panels
China-based handset vendors have recently been seeking out Taiwan- and Japan-based panel makers to provide midrange and high-end panels, as China-based panel makers have been struggling...
Monday 25 March 2013
Suntech went from dominance to insolvency in two years due to multiple factors, says IHS
Suntech Power's epic plunge from solar module dominance to bankruptcy comes as the result of misplaced investments, a misguided pricing strategy, anti-dumping action in the US and...
Monday 25 March 2013
China Mobile reports higher 2012 profits than competitors
China Mobile, the TD-SCDMA telecom carrier in China, recorded net profit of CNY129.3 billion (US$20.49 billion) for 2012, much higher than those for China Telecom, the CDMA2000 carrier,...
Monday 25 March 2013
China software industry January-February revenues top CNY402 billion, says MIIT
China's software industry generated revenues of CNY402.263 billion (US$64.57 billion) in January-February 2013, growing 25.4% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information...
Monday 25 March 2013
China February mobile phone users grow to 1.132 billion, says MIIT
There were 1.132 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of February 2013, growing 0.89% sequentially and 12.43% on year, and 259.92 million (22.96%)...
Friday 22 March 2013
Suntech executives to hold talks with Taiwan-based partners
China-based Suntech Power Holdings announced the insolvency of its China subsidiary, Wuxi Suntech. Industry sources noted that Suntech executives will arrive in Taiwan next week to...