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Friday 10 August 2012
Losing R&D professionals may turn Taiwan LED firms into OEM firms: Q&A with Epistar chairman Biing-jye Lee
Despite the fact the penetration rate of LED backlight units (BLUs) in TVs has been increasing continuously, shining a light on the LED industry, Biing-jye Lee, chairman of Taiwan-based...
Friday 10 August 2012
China market: K-Touch rolling out low-priced quad-code smartphone
China-based smartphone vendor K-Touch has rolled out a quad-core smartphone, the Hornet II, priced at CNY1,999 (US$314) compared to CNY2,999 of a comparable model, the MX4, launched...
Friday 10 August 2012
China TV vendors expect sales to increase in October
China-based TV vendors do not expect to see LCD TV sales increase substantially until the October 1 holidays due to lack of promotion by energy saving subsidies since they were issued...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Trends in the China video market
In addition to strong potential video content demand in China, the market has developed rapidly due to government intervention and delays in establishing copyright protections. Content...
Thursday 9 August 2012
WPG July sales up 6%
WPG, Asia's largest IC distributor, saw its July sales increase 6% sequentially driven by rising shipments of smartphone-use components and also brisk demand coming from emerging...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Commentary: No winners in solar trade war
There are no winners in trade wars why typically see policies used as short-term prescriptions. Governments should consider creating fair competition allow the solar industry to shine...
Thursday 9 August 2012
Commentary: Solar firms should invest in R&D to escape from becoming OEM firms
The messy conditions in the solar market have been causing invested firms to reconsider their strategies. Taiwan-based firms should adopt the model of their South Korea-based peers...
Thursday 9 August 2012
China market: More and more smartphone brands emerging
Several new smartphone brands, including Zopo, Greenorange, THL, Cooco and Nieche, have emerged in China, as more and more white-box handset vendors transform themselves into brand...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
China Mobile to expand TD-LTE trial, says reports
China Mobile plans to expand trial operation of TD-LTE networks from 10 cities to 13, adding Ningbo in eastern China, Chengdu in western China and Fuzhou in southeastern China, according...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
China market: iPad occupies over 72% of 2Q12 tablet sales
There were 2.34 million tablet PCs sold in the China market during the second quarter of 2012, increasing by 7.8% on quarter and by 63.4% on year, and iPad series had the largest...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
Departure of unhealthy China solar firms is key to future of industry, claim sources
Many solar firms in the global market believe that if unhealthy China-based vertically integrated firms do not exit the market in this ongoing reshuffle, the solar industry would...
Wednesday 8 August 2012
Lack of demand caused by solar incentive cuts in Europe, says industry source in China
Third-quarter demand in the solar market has been low, which is expected to cause more problems for Europe-based solar firms. China-based solar firms noted that low demand has been...
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Jiangxi provincial government will not allow LDK to fall, says China media
According to China media reports, if LDK files for bankruptcy, a ripple effect will occur as many small-size solar firms in China depend on the firm. In addition, LDK has been engaging...
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Taiwan LED firms hope to obtain bid for Guangzhou project
An LED lighting project of Guanzhou's subway system has been opened for bidding. Taiwan-based LED firms have been hoping to obtain the bid.
Tuesday 7 August 2012
Hisense releases dual-core TD-SCDMA smartphone using Spreadtrum chip
Spreadtrum Communications has announced that the Hisense T96 for China Mobile, which is a dual-core smartphone with Android 4.0 using Spreadtrum's TD-SCDMA modem and RF transceiver,...