
ZTE and KDDI Offer the World’s First VoLTE Kids Watch in Japan
ZTE Mobile Devices and KDDI announced the availability of mamorino Watch, the World’s First VoLTE Kids Watch, scheduled for a late-March release from KDDI and the Okinawa Cellular Telephone Company. Developed for preschool or young schoolchildren, the waterproof and dustproof watch is the world’s first VoLTE kid’s watch...

Taiwanese Online Users Have High Expectation Towards Garmin Wearables, MIC Says
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The most popular wearable brands based on count of posts from 1 January 2015 to 30 September 2015 were Apple, Garmin, Xiaomi, ASUS, Samsung, Sony, LG, Jawbone, Lenovo, Fitbit, Pebble, Polar and Withings, according to research done by MIC using big data analytics...

TSMC’s Market Share to Reach 57% By Obtaining Approval to Go China
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's government yesterday approved TSMC's China investment application, allowed the world’s largest IC foundry to set up a wholly owned 12-inch fab plant in Nanjing, China. By obtaining the approval,TSMC will push up its global market share from 55% to 57%...

Panasonic Develops the Ultra Sensitive APD-CMOS Image Sensor
Panasonic announced that it developed the CMOS image sensor (APD-CMOS) that uses avalanche photodiodes (APDs) in each pixel. The company has succeeded in obtaining 10,000 times multiplied electric signals by means of the APDs' multiplication of photoelectrons that are generated by photoelectric conversion in the photodetector...

The Retail price of the 40W-equiv. and 60W-equiv. LED Light Bulbs Decline in January
LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, reports that both the 40W-equivalent (equiv.) and 60W-equiv. LED light bulbs suffered decline in their global average retail prices in January. The price of the 40W-equiv. dropped 3.3% from December to US$10...

Imec, Holst Centr Showcase Wi-Fi HaLow Digital Polar Transmitter for IoT Applications
imec and Holst Centre (initiated by imec and TNO) at this week’s ISSCC 2016 presented a 1.3nJ/b fully digital polar transmitter optimized for IoT applications and the novel IEEE 802.11ah Wi-Fi protocol, with a ten-fold power reduction as compared to state-of-the-art OFDM transmitters...