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Smartphone shipments rose 83% YoY in the MEA region in 2014. The availability of cheap and dual-SIM models bolstered demand last year, with smartphones taking 41.9% of the region’s mobile phone market, according to IDC – up from 27% in 2013, with the overall handset market expanding 19.6% in volume terms. Affordable smartphones have hit … Read more
Blackberry is reported to be considering plans to close its offices in Sweden, with the loss of 100 jobs. A spokesman was quoted as saying that it is consulting with the employees’ trade unions before making any firm announcement.
Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron have agreed to end the business agreement which would have seen Applied Materials acquire Tokyo Electron for $9.4 billion. The decision came after the US Department of Justice told the companies that their proposals for a combined business were not sufficient to replace the competition lost from the merger. Based … Read more
Taiwan’s Taichung District Court has approved Wintek’s restructuring plan. Last October, the troubled touch panel maker filed its restructuring panel and an emergency injunction seeking court protection of its assets. The court appointed three trustees to oversee the reorganisation plan. As of the third quarter of last year, Wintek had accumulated liabilities of NT$53.5 billion … Read more
China Star Optoelectronics (CSOT) has started production at its T2 8.5G facility in Shenkeng, China, producing large size, high-end TV panels. The new fab is expected to generate annual sales of CNY20 billion ($3.2 billion). CSOT is also planning to expand production at its T1 and T3 facilities. T1 produces small to medium sized TV … Read more
Pay-TV in the MENA region grew substantially in 2014, according to IHS; revenues jumped from €702 million in 2013 to €873 million. While free satellite TV was the dominant reception method, primary pay-TV households climbed from 4.3 million to 4.8 million (a 12.4% YoY increase, and the largest of any region in 2014). Between 2015 … Read more
Digital TV Research says that the impact of cord-cutting will be ‘minimal’ in Western Europe. Despite market maturity, pay-TV penetration is expected to grow from 56.7% at end-2014 to 60.4% in 2020. Subscribers will rise almost 2.6 million, to 99 million, as the region recovers from the global recession. Total pay-TV subs will increase by … Read more
Marvell had a meeting room at the event and was talking about its new Armada 1500 Ultra (88D3218) chip for STBs, an upgrade on the Armada 1500 Plus launched at the end of 2014. The chip has a Quad Core 14K DMIPS ARM A53 CPU (1.5GHz) and an 8 core GPU (rated at 51 GFLOPs). … Read more
We are finally getting more details on the Apple Watch display, now that the long coveted device has started trickling out in limited quantities (Mashable.com is reporting an Australian Fitness trainer was one of the first to receive hers on Friday April 24th.) Now DisplayMate Labs and principle researcher Dr. Ray Soneira offer a first-hand … Read more
At it’s Next@Acer press conference last week (see Norbert Hildebrand’s Display Daily), Acer Inc. introduced three new projectors, the K138ST, the P5515 and the U5320W. Acer also showed, without formally introducing, the P1285. Perhaps the most interesting of these projectors was the K138ST. This DLP-based LED projector is said to produce 800 lumens and is … Read more
At its Next@Acer press conference last week (see Norbert Hildebrand’s Display Daily), Acer Inc. introduced a new series of products targeting the gaming community. Acer believes it is already a leading supplier of displays optimized for gamers and these new products should help solidify its position in the industry. Acer announced four products in this … Read more
Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa saw unprecedented year-on-year growth of 83% in 2014, according to – Q4 2014 Handsets Tracker released by International Data Corporation (IDC). Spurred by the increased availability of cheaper models and dual-SIM devices, the global advisory and consulting services firm announced that smartphones accounted for 41.9% of all … Read more
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