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Envivio Chosen as Awards Finalist

Envivio has been named as a finalist in the 2014 Fierce Innovation Awards: Telecom Edition. The company was chosen for its ...

Apple Voted ‘Coolest Wearables Brand’ Even by Android Users, Juniper Survey Finds

A new survey by Juniper Research has found that smartphone users, regardless of their mobile preference, consider Apple the ‘coolest brand’ ...

Oppo Beats Gionee and Adds Motors to N Series

China’s Gionee’s S5.1 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39) didn’t hold on to its title of ‘world’s thinnest smartphone’ for long. ...

Apple is the Biggest Smartwatch Seller Yet

While we didn’t expect Tim Cook to bare all with the Apple Watch sales, there were some indications in the quarterly ...

Caterpillar Adds Rugged Tablet

Caterpillar is bringing its first rugged tablet to the market, with a list price of €649 (including tax – $640). The ...

LG Scales Up Signage Efforts

While LG’s stand was very large, there were only a few new products. We were extremely glad to see that the ...

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Qualcomm to Reorganise Business, Cut 4,500 Jobs

by Helen Vince

Qualcomm has announced a major reorganisation of its business, in a plan which will see around 4,500 staff losing their jobs worldwide. The company also said it would not rule out breaking itself up. …

Tags:Employment and Redundancies| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Vol 22 - Issue 30

ASO Boosts DTT Receiver Sales in Uganda

by Helen Vince

Analogue switch-off began in Kampala, Uganda on 17th June, since when 700,000 DTT receivers have been sold. The ASO process will continue in two phases, ending on 31st August. There are an estimated four …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Mexico Opens Tender for DTT Receivers

by Helen Vince

The Mexican government is to open a tender for DTT receivers to be provided to low-income households in the country, in readiness for analogue switch-off. Mexico has committed to distributing 10 million DTT receivers …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LATAM| Terrestrial (DTT)| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Brazil Delays ASO

by Helen Vince

Brazil’s Ministry of Communications has updated the country’s analogue switch-off timetable and says that ASO in the cities of Abadiania, Alexania and Cabeceira Grande will be delayed. The country is expected to complete ASO …

Tags:ASO (Analogue Switch Off)| Brazil| Large Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Pericom has USB Type-C for Alt Mode

by Bob Raikes

Pericom has developed a USB Type-C support chip (the PI3USB30532) with alternate mode switching to support DisplayPort V1.2. There is a 6×4 differential crossbar signal switch that allows 5Gbps for USB 3.1 and 5.4Gbps …

Tags:Chips| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 30

HD Boosts Share in Moscow

by Helen Vince

HD subscribers to Russia’s Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS) increased 3.5 times in the last 12 months, rising at the beginning of July to 35% of the company’s digital TV customers, from 10% in …

Tags:HDTV| Large Display Monitor| Russia| TV Reception| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Amino to Buy Entone

by Helen Vince

UK-based set top box manufacturer and internet TV technology provider, Amino, has signed an agreement to acquire cloud TV firm, Entone, for a total consideration of $73 million. Amino provides digital entertainment solutions for …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| STBs| Vol 22 - Issue 30

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Panasonic Updates 20″ 4K Tablet

by Bob Raikes

Panasonic has upgraded its 20″ 4K tablet. The FZ-Y1 continues to have the 230 ppi IPS Alpha display but has had an HDMI 2.0 input added, allowing the use of the tablet as a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Panasonic| tablets| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Kyocera BLU Life Reaches 100K Hours

by Bob Raikes

UK distributor, Ginsbury, has said that Kyocera is extending the backlight lifetime specification on 26 of its LCD modules to 100,000 hours. Sizes are from 4.3″ to 12.1″. Ginsbury said that the enabler for …

Tags:Kyocera| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 30