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Challenging Conditions Affect Africa’s Mobile Phone Market

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Q1 mobile phone shipments in Africa were 54.5 million, down 8.2% QoQ, according to figures from IDC. Smartphones in particular saw a drop of 17.6% to 21.2 million units. However, the YOY market rose …

Tags:Emerging Markets| IDC| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Almatel Kazakhstan Offers DTH with UHD

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The largest cable company in Kazakhstan, Almatel, is using video delivery firm Harmonic’s Electra solution to launch its DTH satellite platform. Alma TV will now be able to provide high quality SD and HD …

Tags:HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Satellite| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Xbox One X Unveiled

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Microsoft’s “project Scorpio” has now been announced as the Xbox One X. It will have the Scorpio gaming processor with 6Tflops of memory and 326GB/s bandwidth, as well as 12GB of GDDR5 graphic memory. …

Tags:Consoles| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Vol 24 - Issue 23| xBox

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HannStar Display to Supply 18:9 panels for Smartphones

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From July, Hannstar Display will be supplying 5.7″ and 6″ 18:9 panels for all-screen smartphones, according to Digitimes. Later in the year the company says that other sizes, including 5.5″ and 6.2″, will be …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium LCDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Panel Makers See a Jump in Revenue

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Innolux saw its May turnover rise 25% YoY to NTD28.1 billion ($933.7 million). This resulted in year to date revenue of NTD142.5 billion ($4.7 billion), a jump of 43%. During the month, the company …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Notebook Makers See Good May

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Quanta Computer posted May sales of NTD74.31 billion ($2.5 billion), up 6.1% YoY. This brought turnover to date to NTD371.42 billion ($12.35 billion), a rise of 10.7%. Pegatron reported revenue of NTD78.64 billion ($2.6 …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Quanta| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Asustek and Acer See Varied Fortunes in May

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Asustek Computer recorded turnover of NTD31.34 billion ($1.04 billion) for May, down 1.6% on the same period a year ago. This brought revenue for the year to date to NTD166.68 ($5.53 billion), a drop …

Tags:Acer| Asus| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

MasMovil to Launch Pay-TV in Spain

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Spanish mobile operator MasMovil is in talks with with Huawei and content providers with the aim of launching a pay-TV service this summer. The company is hoping to supply channels from Sky, Netflix, HBO …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Pay TV| Spain| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Can VR Cure a Stutter?

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Gareth Walkom is a student at Nottingham Trent University in the UK. He has been working on a treatment for stuttering using VRET (virtual reality exposure therapy). The headset wearer talks to an animated …

Tags:AR/VR| Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 23

YouView Uses Alexa for Voice Control

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The UK’s YouView FTA DTT platform has used the Alexa Video Skill API to make it easier for viewers to control its content and apps. The company says that all of its 2.4 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| STBs| UK (United Kingdom)| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Worldwide Semiconductor Sales See 21% YoY Rise in April

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Worldwide semiconductor sales were up 21% YoY to $31.3 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association, using WSTS figures. The market is predicted to grow by 11.5% this year and by a further 2.7% …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Scottish Football Gets Two Giant LED Screens

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Two LED video displays have been installed in Scotland’s national stadium, Hampden Park, in Glasgow. Daktronics was responsible for the 5.49m x 19.75m screens placed at each end of the stadium. They have 13HD …

Tags:Daktronics| Large Display Monitor| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Vol 24 - Issue 23