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Thursday 31 May 2012
China market: Lenovo launches Intel smartphone
Intel and Lenovo have jointly announced the general availability of the Lenovo LePhone K800 in China, Lenovo's first smartphone with Intel Inside. The LePhone K800 will be available...
Thursday 31 May 2012
Apple may have difficulty establishing assembly lines in the US in the short term
Although Apple CEO Tim Cooks recently commented that he hoped more of Apple's production lines can move back to the US in the future, sources from the upstream supply chain pointed...
Wednesday 30 May 2012
China software industry posts January-April revenues of CNY652 billion
China's software industry generated total sales revenues of CNY652 billion (US$103.4 billion) in January-April 2012, growing 26% on year, according to statistics by the Ministry of...
Wednesday 30 May 2012
US anti-dumping tariffs could suspend 45% of solar module shipments to North America, says IHS
US government anti-dumping penalties on imports of solar cells from China could suspend nearly half of solar module shipments to North America this year, impacting pricing, inventories...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
China Mobile picks handset suppliers by price, says report
China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, has selected suppliers of TD-SCDMA handsets through open-bids, with all of the winners being local vendors bidding the lowest...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Booming smartphone sales in China not generating volume orders for Taiwan component suppliers
Although China has become as the world's largest smartphone market since the third quarter of 2011, orders for handset components and parts from China to Taiwan-based component suppliers...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Europe-based polysilicon supplier seeking cooperation with China-based makers
A Europe-based maker of polysilicon is seeking cooperation with China-based fellow makers mainly because spot market prices for polysilicon have dropped to US$20-25/kg which are lower...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Many China-based solar firms facing financial troubles
As many China-based makers of polysilicon, solar wafers and cells have faced financial difficulties, a financial crisis may lead to some of them following the case of LDK Solar, according...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
China-based smartphone vendors to compete with big players with ultra-thin models
China-based handset vendors have ventured into the production of ultra-thin smartphones, enhancing their strength to compete with international brands in the global market, according...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Taiwan LED lighting product makers expected to win orders from China, as subsidies begin kicking in
As China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) is expected to announce more than 10 winners from 110 competitors at the first open bid for CNY200 million (US$31.7 million) subsidies...
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Osram plans LED assembly plant in China
Osram has signed a contract with the Wuxi New District Administrative Commit-tee to build a new assembly plant in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. LED chips will be packaged in housings...
Monday 28 May 2012
ST-Ericsson seeking cooperation with China-based low-cost smartphone vendors, says paper
ST-Ericsson has won adoption of its U8500 chip solution by China-based Shanda which will launch a smartphone for sale at about CNY1,000 (US$158) in the China market on June 6, according...
Monday 28 May 2012
China operators to invest CNY370 billion in fiber-optic infrastructure in 2012
China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile, the three largest telecom carriers in China, will invest a total of CNY370 billion (US$58.6 billion) in fiber-optic infrastructure in...
Monday 28 May 2012
Commentary: Dependence on China solar firms may turn Taiwan supply chain into OEM factories
The huge duties slapped onto China-made solar cells by the US Department of Commerce have been causing different effects in different economies.
Monday 28 May 2012
SPIL to expand packaging, testing capacity at China subsidiary
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), a Taiwan-based provider of IC packaging/testing service, will add investment of US$100 million in Siliconware Technology (Suzhou) to expand...