Apple 'hacking department,' Sprint worker complaints ... 5 things to know today
1. Apple told a court it has a "compelling interest in not creating" the software the FBI is requesting. The FBI wants Apple's engineers to write software the government could use to access...
Foxconn is best known as the manufacturer of Apple's iPhones and iPads, and the human costs of its efficient fabrication processes are well documented. Less well known are the Taiwanese company's global aspirations. Foxconn, which trades under the name Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.,...
In wireless infrastructure news this week, Sprint is demanding more accountability of its tower crews, and Foxconn will reportedly target service provider networks with server hardware.
Sprint prioritizes tower crew safety and accountability
Sprint is making some changes as it wraps up its Network Vision build...
Hon Hai Precision Industry, more commonly known as Foxconn, is reportedly buying a Taiwanese chipmaker that specializes in ARM-based SoCs, the applications processors most commonly used in smartphones and tablets. Socle Technology Corporation licenses the ARM Cortex MPCore processors, ARM Mali (GPUs), ARM11MP-S, ARM1176-S,...
BlackBerry's mobile device business is costing it billions, but the Canadian company that pioneered the smartphone is determined to stay in the game. Its latest strategy is a partnership with China's Foxconn, best known as the manufacturer of Apple's iPhone and iPad. The first...
40 years after Motorola's Marty Cooper made the world's first cell phone call, the race to bring new mobile phones to market has never been more intense. Chipsets that integrate mobile processors, modems, graphics processors and connectivity solutions are speeding time-to-market for manufacturers. Broadcom...
A Foxconn plant that reportedly makes components for the iPhone 5 is idle today after a worker riot that involved two thousand people and sent 40 individuals to the hospital. Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that manufactures iPhones and iPads in China, said the riot...
Anatel validates spectrum tender: LTE commercialization to begin. Nextel expected to launch 3G network in Brazil by December. Foxconn announcement of U.S.$ 500 million in a new industry plant; and Brazilian government release of new taxes incentives.
These were big themes discussed during this week's...
Foxconn, which manufactures products for Apple as well as other vendors, is investing $500 million (R$1 billion) to open a new plant in the state of São Paulo, creating 10,000 new jobs. "The new facility consolidates the company's intention to invest heavily in the Brazilian market....
Brazilian Foxconn plant employees in the city of JundiaÃ, Brazil, gave up going on a strike that was proposed last week due to bad working conditions. In a meeting held yesterday, employees voted for no downtime. The strike was contemplated as a way...
Brazilian workers in the city of Jundiaà have threatened to go on strike against Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn beginning May 3 if the company does not fix problems related to water, food, and transportation. Local newspaper Jornal de Jundiaà first reported the situation on April 25.
Evandro Santos, director at...
Reports that Foxconn will make the next version of Amazon's popular e-reader are gaining credence as chinatimes.com reported that Amazon is finalizing a deal with the Taiwanese manufacturing giant. Foxconn has been under fire for abusive labor practices at the plant in China where...
Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd., which manufactures the Apple iPad, has received federal tax benefits for producing tablets in Brazil. The manufacturer was given reduced import tax rate for tablet components.
The determination, the country's official gazette reported Wednesday, provides for exemption or reduction...
Images of dozens of Foxconn workers clustered on a rooftop and threatening to jump have apparently inspired Apple to join The Fair Labor Association and allow outside monitors into its suppliers' factories. The FLA says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the first technology company to...
Emerging countries such as Brazil, India and China have been strategic for companies around the globe, specifically in the IT and telecoms sector. When presenting recent financial results, Latin American enterprises reported some interesting perspective on the region, including comments about the continued expansion...
The company that manufactures the Apple iPad will start manufacturing in Brazil, said the Science and Technology Minister Aloizio Mercadante. Yesterday the Brazilian government reported that president Dilma Rousseff had a meeting with Foxconn president Terry Gou. The company expects to invest an estimated...
Reuters | August 1, 2011 | Lee Chyen Yee, Clare Jim
Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, known for assembling Apple's iPhones and iPads in China, plans to use more robots, with one report saying the company will use one million of them in the next three...
DigiTimes | July 21, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Joseph Tsai
After having to share Apple's next generation iPhone orders with Pegatron Technology, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is internally working on raising its production efficiency and yield rates to maintain its advantages in tablet...
The Cisco jobcuts will be more extensive than analysts expected, it was revealed on Tuesday, with 11.500 jobs set to be culled, as the firm also announced the sale of its factory in Mexico to Taiwanese firm Hon Hai Precision industry, better known as...
DigiTimes | July 14, 2011 | Yenting Chen, Steve Shen
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reportedly landed orders for 10.1-inch tablet PCs from Amazon with shipments to begin in 2012, while Quanta Computer has begun shipping a 7-inch model to Amazon.
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DigiTimes | July 13, 2011 | Monica Chen, Steve Shen
Pegatron Technology is expected to land orders for at least 10 million units of iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S) but is unlikely to share iPad orders with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry)...
DigiTimes | July 12, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Adam Hwang
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) on July 11 held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Taipei Information Park, an IT shopping mall project based on a BOT (build-operate-transfer) contract with the Taipei City ...
DigiTimes | July 11, 2011 | Ninelu Tu, Adam Hwang
Taiwan-based EMS provider Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) had non-consolidated revenues of NT$228.401 billion (US$7.9 billion) for June growing by 13.88% on month and by 15.70% on year.
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