
Midea's Electric Fans Garner Close to 1.4 Million Mentions on Sina Weibo
Electric fans are an indispensable household item, especially in the hot summer months of China. A recent study done by MIC (Market intelligence & Consulting Institute), found that of all the electric fan brands in China, Midea is the most popular in terms of online visibility on social media platforms...

Taiwan Opens Antitrust Investigate into Qualcomm
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Fair Trade Commission is conducting an investigation whether Qualcomm breaks Fair Trade Act by charging enabling technology fee. Chiu Yung-ho, vice chairperson of Fair Trade Commission, said that the Commission is launching an investigation into Qualcomm alleged adoption of limited competition measures, like monopoly or cartel...

Asus’ Nov. Revenue Hits a Record High
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Asustek Computer Inc. (Asus) announced its consolidated revenue hit a record high in November at NT$47.2 billion dollars. The company’s consolidated revenue grew 22 percent in November from the previous month, and grew 4 percent compared to same period last year...

NGMN Workshop in Chunghwa Telecom Connecting the Island to 5G era
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Department of Industrial Technology of MOEA and Ministry of Education join forces to host the NGMN workshop for “Industry Vertical Requirements” from December 8 to 9, 2015. International NGMN Partners (Operators, Vendors and Research representatives) discuss with industry vertical representatives (e...

Foxconn to Expand Pepper Robot Production Capacity
TAIPEI, Taiwan - According to Japanese media reports, due to the high sales of the Japanese company Softbank’s Emotional Robot “Pepper,” Foxconn has proposed expanding the Pepper production lines and increasing production capacity by 50% in order to meet the market demand...

Solar Frontier Achieves World Record Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiencyof 22.3%
Solar Frontier achieved 22.3% conversion efficiency on a 0.5cm² cell using its CIS technology. This is an increase of 0.6 percentage points over the industry’s previous thin-film record of 21.7%. The Fraunhofer Institute, Europe’s largest organization for applied research, has independently verified this result...