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HTC aims to build open content platform instead of app store: CEO

Focus Taiwan | February 22, 2011 | Jeffrey Wu Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) HTC Corp., the world's fifth-largest smartphone maker, plans to build an open platform for mobile video content on its smartphones and tablet PCs to create new value and strengthen ties with its...

China Telecom deepens cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom

Trading Markets | February 21, 2011 | Press Release BEIJING, Feb 21, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Fixed line network operators across the Taiwan Straits are deepening their cooperation. Lately, China Telecom Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: CHA and SEHK: 0728) and Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (NYSE: CHT |PowerRating)...

iPad 2 delayed until June?

CNET | February 22, 2011 | Lance Whitney The iPad 2 may be delayed until June due to production issues. At least, that's what one Taiwanese brokerage firm is claiming, according to Reuters. In a research note released today, Yuanta Securities analyst Vincent Chen said that...

Mobile device sales lift Taiwan telecommunications sector

Taiwan Today | February 18, 2011 | Meg Chang Taiwan’s telecommunications industry continues to gather steam on the back of strong global demand for personal mobile devices, the Industry and Technology Intelligence Services said Feb. 18. According to the latest report from the state-backed research body,...

Compal, Chunghwa picture tubes set up joint venture in China

CENS | February 18, 2011 | Steve Chuang Taipei, Feb. 18, 2011 (CENS)--Compal Electronics Inc., one of the world`s top two notebook PC makers, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. (CPT), a display panel supplier, have together announced a US$3 million investment in setting up a...

HTC aims to lead Taiwan’s smartphone market

Taiwan Economic News | February 8, 2011 | Ben Shen HTC Corp., Taiwan`s leading smartphone vendor, is cooperating with Tsai International to open a HTC-brand flagship store, the largest of its kind in Asia, at the Guanghwa market in Taipei City, known for ITC product...

HTC aims to lead Taiwan's smartphone market

Taiwan Economic News | February 8, 2011 | Ben Shen HTC Corp., Taiwan`s leading smartphone vendor, is cooperating with Tsai International to open a HTC-brand flagship store, the largest of its kind in Asia, at the Guanghwa market in Taipei City, known for ITC product...

HTC invests in Saffron Digital

HTC Corp. announced today that it will be investing in Saffron Digital, a London-based firm that operates a mobile multimedia delivery platform. The company, which has proprietary technologies to support media distribution on multiple devices, already works with many of the top device manufacturers...

UPDATE 1-Sharp jumps on talk of deals with Samsung, Chimei

Reuters | February 4, 2011 | Reiji Murai * Sharp needs to raise production at LCD panel plant * Chimei deal would involve mutual panel supply * Sharp's shares rise after the news (Recasts, adds share price move) TOKYO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Shares in Japan's Sharp...

CHT launches its first BlackBerry smartphone

Taipei Times | January 25, 2011 | Lisa Wang Chunghwa Telecom Co (CHT, 中華電信), the nation’s biggest telecoms carrier, yesterday launched its first BlackBerry smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM), ending Taiwan Mobile Co’s (台灣大哥大) five-year exclusive right to sell the phone in Taiwan. The partnership...

HTC likely to outsource production of smartphones

Taiwan Economic News | January 25, 2011 | Steve Chuang Taipei, Jan. 25, 2011 (CENS)--While actively expanding its capacity, the Taiwan-based High Tech Computer Corp (HTC)., a globally leading vendor of smartphones, has also been planning to outsource production to meet explosively increasing demand for...

UPDATE 1-HTC sees Q1 revenue, shipments more than double

Reuters | Janaury 21, 2011 | Clare Jim * Sees Q1 revenue T$94 bln, shipments 8.5 mln units * Guidance quite conservative-analyst (Adds comment, details) TAIPEI Jan 21 (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp (2498.TW), the world's No.4 smartphone brand, expects revenue and shipments to more than...

HTC to launch its tablet Flyer in March prior to iPad 2 release

International Business News | January 20, 2011 | Carl Bagh HTC missed the CES 2011 tablet mania but that does mean it has no tablet plans. In fact, it is due to launch not one but three tablets in the first half of 2011. DigiTimes confirmed...

Chunghwa Telecom to Launch Hami Digital Music Store

Trading Markets | January 12, 2011 BEIJING, Jan 12, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., a leading telecom operator in Taiwan, planned to launch Hami digital music store in the first half of 2011 to provide legal music downloading channel...

2011 Taipei WiMAX Summit Draws Global Buyers of WiMAX Equipment to Taiwan

CENS | January 12, 2011 | Steve Chuang Taipei, Jan. 12, 2011 (CENS)--The 2011 Taipei WiMAX Summit, held by Taiwan`s Ministry of Economic Affair officials on Jan. 10 at Grand Hotel in conjunction with week-long IEEE Session and WiMAX Forum Global Operator Summit, have drawn...

Quanta, 3M to broaden collaboration

Taipei Times | January 11, 2011 | Jason Tan NEW OPPORTUNITIES: Compal said that its revenues jumped 34 percent to NT$851.9 billion last year from NT$636.81 billion in 2009, after it shipped 48 million portable PCs Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦), the world’s largest notebook PC contract...

Chunghwa Telecom profit gains on internet, tax cut

Business Week | January 10, 2011 | Tim Culpan Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Taiwan’s largest phone operator, posted a 1.6 percent increase in quarterly profit after a reduction in corporate taxes and higher Internet revenue offset a decline in telephony fees. Fourth-quarter net...

HTC Fourth-Quarter Profit Beats Estimates on Android Mobile Phone Sales

Bloomberg | January 6, 2011 | Tim Culpan HTC Corp., the world’s largest maker of handsets using Google Inc. Android and Microsoft Corp. Windows operating systems, more than doubled profit after new models spurred sales to a record. Fourth-quarter net income climbed to NT$14.6 billion ($500...

Cross-strait undersea communication cable under debate

The China Post | January 6, 2011 TAIPEI, Taiwan — The topic of Taiwan and China jointly building an undersea communication cable was the center of a heated debate during a briefing session before the Communications Committee of the Legislative Yuan yesterday, according to local...

SanDisk Modular SSD selected by ASUS for new Eee Slate Tablet

SanDisk | January 5, 2011 | Business Wire LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that its 32 gigabyte (GB)1 and 64GB SanDisk® P4...

Taiwan market: Global Mobile to launch WiMAX phone numbers

DigiTimes | January 4, 2011 | Chloe Yu and Adam Hwang Global Mobile has obtained 100,000 WiMAX phone numbers from the National Communications Commission (NCC), the first among the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, and will launch such numbers for sale to subscribers for voice...

Qualcomm to build $1 billion panel plant in Taiwan

Reuters | January 3, 2011 | Baker Li (Reuters) - U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc will invest nearly $1 billion in Taiwan this year to build a display plant to tap growing demand for new portable devices including electronics reading devices. Taiwan's economics ministry said in a statement...

MOEA to set up smart handhelds taskforce

Taipei Times | January 4, 2010 | Jason Tan EVER EVOLVING:An analyst said that Taiwanese firms have carved out a firm niche in the sector, but they must continually offer new innovations to keep customers The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) yesterday said it is forming...

Rexchip Suspends Shipments to Powerchip Semiconductor on Overdue Accounts

Bloomberg | December 21, 2010 | Tim Culpan Rexchip Electronics Corp. suspended shipments to Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., a key customer and major shareholder, because of overdue accounts, the memory-chip maker said in an exchange filing today. Some bills weren’t paid “due to financial constraints,” Eric Tang,...