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Huawei Claims Revenue Boost of 70% in 2015

by Bob Raikes

Huawei said that it had hit revenues of $20 billion, nearly 70% up from 2018 and that it has increased its smartphone sales by 44% to 108 million in 2015. As well as a …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 01

HTC Sells Plant to Inventec

by Bob Raikes

HTC has sold a plant in Taoyuan, in Taiwan to Inventec for NT$6.06 billion (US$184.5 million) at the end of December 2015. However, the firm has denied reports that it has put its HQ …

Tags:Financial Data| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Technicolor HDR Wins SoC Makers

by Bob Raikes

Technicolor said that it has got support from chip makers Marvell, MStar Semiconductor, Sigma Designs and STMicroelectronics for the firm’s HDR technologies. The company also said that it has developed and released a tone …

Toshiba US LFD Division Appoints Reps

by Bob Raikes

Scott Ramirez, VP of Product Marketing in Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division, said that the firm would use ten sales rep firms around the US to sell its commercial displays by …

Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| toshiba| Vol 23 - Issue 01

Nokia Wins Alcatel-Lucent

by Bob Raikes

Nokia has taken control of Alcatel-Lucent through its share purchase offer and now holds nearly 80% of the company. This will add to Nokia’s capabilities and capacity in network deployment.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Vol 23 - Issue 01

MediaTek Boosts Big & Small Chips

by Bob Raikes

MediaTek has announced the MT2523 series of chips for wearables, smart home applications and the MT8581 SoC for UltraHD Blu-ray players. The MT2523 is claimed to be the first system-in-package (SiP) to offer GPS, …

Lenovo Deluge Led by OLED Notebook

by Bob Raikes

We met up with Lenovo twice at the show – once during the CES Unveiled event before the show started and also at the Aquaknox restaurant in the Venetian that the firm had rented …

Thanks to all….

by Bob Raikes

I’m finalising this issue as we close in on the New Year celebrations. After about a week of family visits and entertaining – I think I’m looking forward to some peace and quiet, although …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

AUO To Boost Capacity by 5% in Q1

by Bob Raikes

Reports from Taiwan have said that AUO’s 8.5G fab in Houli, is due to add around 25K to 30K substrates per month from the first quarter of 2016 – representing around a 5% boost …

Automotive Display Systems to Grow to $18.6 billion by 2021

by Bob Raikes

IHS said that the value of the market for automotive display systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 11% to $18.6 billion by the end of 2021, adding …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 52

UHD to Exceed 40% of TV Panels

by Bob Raikes

Electronics360 reported on the change in UHD panel shipments with a very nice infographic. The article quoted IHS as saying that UHD TV panel demand will reach 67 million units in 2016, 67% up …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 52

Reuters Adds to Apple Rumours

by Bob Raikes

Reuters has added to the rumours about Apple’s plans for iPhone displays. The news agency has reported the rumours that Apple is close to finalising deals with Samsung Display and LG Display for OLED …