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Friday 14 October 2011
China market: Foxlink to tie up with Funtalks China to sell handsets
Foxlink reportedly plans to team up with Funtalks China Holdings, a China-based retailer and distributor of wireless communications devices and content, to venture into the handset...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Installed PV system capacity in China targeted to hit 10GWp by 2015, says a new report from Digitimes Research
Taipei, Taiwan, October 13, 2011 - With China expecting slower growth in regional solar markets such as Europe over the next few years, the government has set out to increase domestic...
Thursday 13 October 2011
China TV sales flat during National Day holiday
Sales of LCD TVs in China's retail channels during its holiday season in early October reached 2.5-2.6 million units, representing only a mild gain compared with the same period in...
Thursday 13 October 2011
GigaFast announces the smallest HomePlug AV and IEEE1901 PLC Ethernet Bridge on the market using Broadcom's new BCM60321 chipset at the 2011 China Sourcing Fair in Hong Kong
GigaFast E Ltd, a OEM/ODM manufacturer of HomePlug power line communications (PLC) equipment, has launched a new HomePlug AV 200Mbps nano Ethernet Bridge (PN928-EB) at the China Sourcing...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Orders for MediaTek 3.75G smartphone chip soaring
China's brand-name handset vendors, including Lenovo, ZTE and TCL, have ordered more MT6573 3.75G smartphone chips from MediaTek, according to industry sources. To meet the continued...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Low demand likely to cause 10% of China-based LED chipmakers to close in 2H11
Due to heavy losses resulting from weak demand as well as over expansion, about 10% of LED companies in China are expected to withdraw from the segment soon. The rapid growth of the...
Thursday 13 October 2011
SAS signs supply agreement with solar cell maker TSEC
Solar cell maker Taiwan Solar Energy Corporation (TSEC) signed a 5-year, NT$9 billion (US$297 million), long-term supply agreement with Sino-American Silicon (SAS).
Thursday 13 October 2011
GCL-Poly in solar wafer supply deal with Tainergy
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings, a China-based polysilicon and wafer manufacturer, has announced that it has signed a 5-year letter of intent to supply 1GW of GCL quasi-mono wafer to Taiwan-based...
Thursday 13 October 2011
Microsoft Mango system will rise, says HTC executive
President of High Tech Computer (HTC) North Asia Jack Tung, commenting on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango system, pointed out that the smartphone industry is developing into an...
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Sapphire substrate makers report mixed September revenues
The price of sapphire substrates has been low due to weak demand in the downstream LED market. According to sapphire substrare maker, Crystalwise, order visibility has been low despite...
Wednesday 12 October 2011
China-based CSOT begins mass production at 8.5G LCD plant
China's second largest LCD panel maker China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) is set to start mass production at its 8.5G plant on October 12, 2011, becoming the second maker...
Wednesday 12 October 2011
Solar firms reportedly trying to sell in-house equipment
Low demand continues to hit the global solar market. As price drops continue, some solar firms have been reportedly trying to sell their in-house equipment. However, demand for the...
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Low price no longer sufficient to stimulate demand in the solar market
As the industry expected, the price of solar products after PV Taiwan 2011 has continued to fall. However, due to the traditional low season, industry sources think the low price...
Tuesday 11 October 2011
The role of PV in China's energy policy through 2015
During China's 12th Five Year Plan period (2011-2015), solar PV will be the fastest growing renewable energy. In 2010 solar PV system installations were only 822MWp but the price...
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Production cutbacks insufficient to prevent solar module inventory buildup, says Solarbuzz
The release of a national photovoltaic (PV) feed-in-tariff (FiT) policy in July has resulted in a significant increase in PV project development activity in China. According to Solarbuzz,...