Vol 25 – Issue 09 – Page 5

Gartner: MENA IT Device Spending to Reach $27 Billion in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

IT device spending in the Middle East and North Africa region is projected to reach $27.4 billion in 2018, a 1.6% increase from $26.96 billion in 2017, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. …

Acer Injects More Cash into StarVR HMD Project

by Andrew Fenn

Acer has invested an additional $5 million in StarVR, a head-mounted display joint venture partnership with Starbreeze, raising its stake in the venture from 50% to 66.7%. At the end of 2017, StarVR and …

Latin America pay TV subscribers by country

Digital TV Research: Latin America Pay-TV Decelerates

by Andrew Fenn

Although the economic recession waned somewhat in 2017, the Latin American Pay-TV sector was still affected. According to Digital TV Research, the number of Pay-TV subscribers was flat year-on-year. Fewer than 5 million additional …

Sony Supports HDR in XZ Phones

by Bob Raikes

Hideuki Furumi of Sony kicked off the press event on its booth before the start of the event by talking about the key concept of current president, Kaz Hirai, ‘Kando’ which is to say …

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Nokia Has News at the Top and Bottom of its Range

by Bob Raikes

The Nokia brand always attracts attention at the show and is licensed by HMD Global for smartphones. The company captured a lot of attention last year with a new feature phone and it got …

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Qualcomm Boosting Wireless and Shows VR Platform

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm had a range of different demonstrations on its booth and also had an area with smartphones using its different processors. The first demonstration that we had a quick look at was a test …

ZTE Pushes for 5G But Has 1.2Gbps

by Bob Raikes

ZTE was promoting a quick introduction of 5G at MWC. It also said that it is working with Velcom of Belarus to deploy the first commericial 5G-ready virtual core network in Belarus. The company …

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Xiaomi Sets Its Sights on US Smartphone Market

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi chairman Lei Jun is reported to have stated that the company intends to enter the US smartphone market as early as this year, with plans to raise an initial public offering of at …

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3D Printing Moves AMLCD’s Beyond Displays

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, a new 3D printing system, just recently commercialized, is using TFT LCD technology as a photo mask with an array of UV LEDs as a planar light source, to …

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Nuu Moves Slightly Up-Market

by Bob Raikes

Nuu is from Hong Kong (and emphasised, not mainland China!) where it has been making smartphones for the last seven years. It specialises in OEM and ODM supply and has successful business in the …

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Goodix Extends its Touch Technology

by Bob Raikes

Goodix is a Chinese supplier of fingerprint and touch technology and was showing its modules for a range of smartphone applications. Wins have included: Xiaomi Mix2 – rear ceramic sensor Nokia 6 – front …

Hisense and Yi+ Collaborate on AI Television System

by Andrew Fenn

Hisense has revealed the launch of its new AI television system, VIDAA-AI, in Beijing. The system offers voice-command functions and real-time video search in full screen. This new technology is said to be faster …

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