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Thursday 28 June 2012
China market: Smartphone vendor Xiaomi lands new loans for ramping hardware production, says paper
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi has recently secured new loans totaling US$216 million, which will be used to support its hardware production lines, the Chinese-language Commercial...
Thursday 28 June 2012
China market: China Mobile begins trial operation of OTT service
Mobile carrier China Mobile has started trial operation of OTT (over the top) service in a number of provinces in China through cooperation with several OTT licensees including China...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Quanta to manufacture Toshiba notebooks at Chongqing plants from July
Toshiba, the sixth-largest notebook vendor worldwide, will have its notebooks from Quanta Computer shifted from Quanta's Songjiang plants to plants in Chongqing starting July, according...
Thursday 28 June 2012
Price of 6-inch mono-crystalline solar wafers in China drops to US$1.45/unit
The price of 6-inch mono-crystalline solar wafers in China has fallen to US$1.45/unit, from US$1.60/unit in mid-February. Industry sources noted that pricing is likely to drop to...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
HTM International automating production at China factory
HTM International Holding, a Taiwan-based maker of PC keyboard components, is automating production at its factory in Suzhou, eastern China, with automation to be completed by the...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
LDK reports 1Q12 financial performance with write-down of US$91.1 million
LDK Solar (LDK), a China-based vertically integrated solar firm, has reported its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.
Wednesday 27 June 2012
MediaTek launches dual-core MT6577 smartphone platform
MediaTek has announced the availability of its MT6577, a dual-core platform developed specifically for sub-US$200 smartphones – which the firm recognizes as the fastest-growing...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Walton mulls capacity expansion at China subsidiary, plans to set up headquarters in western China
Walton Advanced Engineering, a Taiwan-based provider of memory IC packaging and testing services, is evaluating the expansion of packaging and testing capacity at Walton Advanced...
Wednesday 27 June 2012
China government delays announcement of firms eligible for LED subsidies
The China government said it would announce a list of firms selected for LED lighting subsidies in March. However, this announcement has been delayed. The government planned to introduce...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Strong year-end demand motivates aggressive cost reductions across the value-chain as solar prices continue to fall, says Solarbuzz
The leading metrics influencing solar industry supply and demand (module production, supply and market-demand) are forecast to come to within 8% of the second-half market demand of...
Tuesday 26 June 2012
Coasia to land AMOLED panel orders from China handset firms
Coasia Microelectronics, which mainly distributes IC components for Samsung Electronics such as CMOS image sensors, multi-chip package (MCP) memory and OLED displays, will grab new...
Monday 25 June 2012
China rolls out over 440 million handsets in January-May
There were 440.47 million handsets produced in China during January-May 2012, growing by 5.2% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Monday 25 June 2012
China and Taiwan TV panel competition increasing as new panel sizes are produced
LCD TV competition will be heating up this summer as China-based panel manufacturers such as China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) will be producing new TV panel sizes in order...
Monday 25 June 2012
China May mobile phone user base grows to over 1.04 billion
There were 1.04072 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of May 2012, growing 1.04% on month and 14.35% on year. 166.68 million (16.02%) were...
Monday 25 June 2012
China-made solar module prices drop in US market
The price of China-made solar modules in the US has dropped about 10% since the US announcement of the preliminary result of the anti-dumping investigation.