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Tuesday 16 October 2012
China government plans to release 2,500-2,690MHz bands for TDD-LTE, says report
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) plans to assign 2,500-2,690 MHz frequency bands, a total bandwidth of 190MHz, for TDD-LTE mobile communications, according...
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Solar cell makers have yet to see impact from Kyocera 3-busbar patent
Japan-based solar firm Kyocera obtained a patent for 3-busbar solar cell structure in Japan on September 4, 2012. According to foreign media reports, the firm may use the patent to...
Tuesday 16 October 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan LCD panel makers face serious challenges from China competitors
Throughout the last year, the influence of China-based panel makers' increased production capacity has been increasing, especially when it comes to LCD TV panels. As 8.5G production...
Monday 15 October 2012
Digitimes Research: Taiwan global share for large-sized panels to drop in 2013, China share to rise
Taiwan-based makers are expected to expand total production capacity for large-sized TFT-LCD panels by 0.2% in 2013 from 2012, with the global share to fall from 32.1% in 2012 to...
Monday 15 October 2012
Demand for white-box tablets keeps growing despite keen competition
Demand for white-box tablets rolled out by China-based makers remains strong currently despite the launch of US$199 models by Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Google, and the dominance...
Monday 15 October 2012
China market: Asustek, Gigabyte take 70% motherboard market in September
Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology together took a 70% share of the motherboard market in China in September, with shipments totaling 1.1 and 1.0 million units, respectively,...
Monday 15 October 2012
China market: Demand for ICs from smartphone sector to remain brisk in 4Q12
Shipments of ICs for smartphones by Taiwan-based IC design houses to China will remain robust in the fourth quarter of 2012, as sales of smartphones in China during the October 1...
Monday 15 October 2012
Commentary: Non-FIT business model to pave way for grid parity
The continuous feed-in-tariff (FIT) cuts by Europe's governments and increasing trade barriers have been pushing the solar market into suffocation. The price fall seems never ending...
Friday 12 October 2012
Trade barriers bad for solar industry: Q&A with Phoenix Solar president and CEO Murray Cameron
The US government announced the final verdict of the anti-dumpig and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based solar firms on October 10, 2012. At PV Taiwan 2012, Digitimes had...
Friday 12 October 2012
Falling prices to dampen record PV inverter shipments in 4Q12, says IMS Research
Following a decline in the third quarter of 2012, global PV inverter shipments are forecast to reach a record of 8.6GW in the fourth quarter, according to IMS Research. An 18% year-on-year...
Thursday 11 October 2012
China first LED lighting subsidy to reach CNY2 billion
The list of firms that have been chosen in China's first round of LED lighting subsidies has been announced. Market observers believe the 39 firms will obtain a total subsidy for...
Thursday 11 October 2012
US announces final anti-dumping, anti-subsidy verdict on China-based solar firms
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its final verdict on the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation against China-based solar firms on October 10, 2012. A tariff will...
Thursday 11 October 2012
GET defers plans to rent solar wafer capacity in China
Taiwan-based solar-grade polysilicon wafer maker Green Energy Technology (GET) has deferred plans to rent production capacity in China because wafer prices have been falling, according...
Thursday 11 October 2012
Commentary: China government implements new strategies for expanding local panel industry
China-based panel makers are catching up to Taiwan-based ones in terms of panel production capacity, and China's Ministry of Science and Technology recently announced that it will...
Thursday 11 October 2012
Handset ODMs to land more smartphone orders from China, Japan in 4Q12
Taiwan-based handset ODMs Compal Communications and Arima Communications are expected to see a rebound in sales in the fourth quarter of 2012, buoyed by orders from China-based and...