Vol 21 – Issue 40 – Page 10

Hannstar’s Monthly Sales Fell 32% YoY

by Super User

Hannstar Display reported a 32.2% year on year fall in sales in September to NT$1.9 billion ($62.6 million), though this represented a 7.7% improvement from August. Total sales in the first nine months of …

APAC Growth Boosts Chip Sales Worldwide

by Super User

Worldwide semiconductor sales in August were up 9.4% YoY, to $28.4 billion, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The figure also represents a 1.3% MoM increase. Sales in the January-August period were 10.1% higher …

Ingram Micro Adds Kazam

by Super User

Ingram Micro Mobility has added Kazam smartphones to its portfolio. The company is now distributing the devices in Italy and Poland.

Microsoft Committed to Surface

by Super User

Microsoft wasted no time recently in countering a claim by Taiwan’s Digitimes that the company was ‘likely to terminate the [Surface] product line’. A blog post by Surface general manager Brian Hall (http://tinyurl.com/kc7fxr9) showed …

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BSkyB Adds to Roku Investment

by Super User

BSkyB has invested a further $0.7 million in Roku, taking its total investment in the OTT streaming platform to $12.2 million. The funds will be used by Roku to finance its operations and activities. …

Sony Enters Chinese Console Market

by Super User

Sony will follow Microsoft into the console market in mainland China, with a facility in the Pudong New Area packaging around 200,000 Playstation 4 units annually. The consoles will go on sale in December.

LEDs Replace Projectors at Plasa 2014

by Super User

2014 marked our first attendance to the Professional Lighting and Sound Association (Plasa) show for several years – slightly marred by a terrible train service. Signal failures between Reading and Slough turned what should …

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Innolux’s Monthly Sales 19% Higher YoY

by Super User

Innolux reported sales of NT$38.5 billion ($1.2 billion) in September, 0.8% higher month on month and 18.8% up on September 2013. Last month’s result brought sales for the third quarter to NT$113.1 billion ($3.7 …

Associations Call for ITA Agreement

by Super User

IT associations from around the world have called for an early conclusion to talks on the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). It is hoped that the talks will reach an end before the leaders of …

Xiaomi Signs Agora in Czech Republic

by Super User

Xiaomi has chosen Agora in the Czech republic as a new distributor for its smartphones.

Samsung Owes Microsoft Over $1 Billion

by Super User

Back in 2010, Microsoft started bringing legal action against Android stakeholders, which resulted in various licensing deals. The company refused to announce what was being licensed to the stakeholders – 25 of them, including …

EC Finally Clears Liberty’s Ziggo Deal

by Super User

The European Commission has finally approved Liberty Global’s pending acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo. Liberty Global said in January that it would acquire Ziggo in a stock and cash transaction which valued Ziggo …