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2018 has been something of a roller coaster for Huawei, the highly controversial telecommunications equipment vendor that also somehow managed to beat Apple for second place in global smartphone shipments for two consecutive quarters. Ultimately, the…
IDC says the global market for smart home devices will grow 26.9% year over year in 2019 to 832.7 million units shipped. The analyst predicts consumers to adopt multiple devices within their homes, which will result in 1.6 billion devices shipped by 2023.…
AirAsia was named Operating Model Master for Malaysia at the IDC Digital Transformation Awards (IDC DXa). In a press statement, it said, the award honours companies that have enabled discernible and measurable excellence in their ability to make business…
Global smartphone sales are expected to fall for the second year running this year, before returning to growth next year, according to analysis by the International Data Corporation (IDC). In the research house’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker,…
Hong Kong has been recognized in IDC’s third annual Smart City Asia Pacific Awards, scoring awards in two of the 14 categories. Hong Kong won in the transportation category for its Next Generation Intelligent Transport System, and in the smart building…
Equinix is expanding its Hong Kong footprint to accommodate local interconnection needs and increasing numbers of inbound cloud service providers. This latest expansion of Equinix’s Hong Kong footprint adds over 1,400 new cabinets and brings the company’s…
Web application firewall (WAF) service provider Cloudbric announced the opening of five internet data centers, including facilities in Hong Kong and Vietnam, in response to the growing, global demand for cloud services. The new data centers are located in New…
The government will have a more strategic ICT push to enable technology adoption among organizations by 2021, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts. In its latest forecast for the country, IDC Philippines noted that with a new dedicated,…
Lenovo has opened two Moto Concept Stores for its mobile phone brand in Metro Manila as part of its Philippine “full-throttle” expansion. Both run by smartphone retailer MemoXpress, the stores are in the Cyberzone areas of SM North Edsa Annex and SM Megamall.…
IDC Philippines announced its top predictions for the Philippine ICT industry for 2017 and beyond and predicts 25% of its top 1,000 companies will see majority of their business depend on their ability to create digitally enhanced products, services and…
Asian online shoppers research, locate, engage with and purchase products and services in entirely different ways in different markets, according to a new report. For example, almost all consumers in Indonesia knowingly provide brands with wrong details,…
The Lenovo-Motorola India combine has applied for single-brand retail licence to open company- owned showrooms. This comes on the heels of the Chinese company’s mobile sales in India crossing the US$1 billion mark. Lenovo India’s director Sudhin Mathur…
Smartphone giant Xiaomi continues to distance itself from the lower end of the market, as Chinese buyers shift their attention mainly to device upgrades. Xiaomi international VP Hugo Barra says the company continues to direct its efforts at becoming a premium…
IDC reported that the country saw a 20 per cent year-on-year increase, or 3.5 million smartphones shipped to retail stores in 2016. Indonesia’s growth was only 3 per cent during the quarter, while Malaysia was down 20 per cent, Thailand flat, Singapore down…
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