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Retail Asia03/07/2020

Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corporation will begin operating a 45 MW solar power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan in July. The plant is a joint venture between Sharp Energy Solutions Corp., a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, Vietnam’s T&T Group JSC, and its affiliate Ninh Thuan Energy Industry JSC. The new solar plant […]

Retail Asia09/10/2019

Sharp Electronics Vietnam is considering suing Asanzo for allegedly counterfeiting evidence to prove it owns technology that actually belongs to the Japanese brand. The subsidiary of electronics giant Sharp said this in a statement Thursday after Asanzo said earlier this week that it has a business partnership with a company called Sharp-Roxy Hong Kong, a […]

Retail Asia02/04/2019

Sharp is not a smartphone brand that makes the news frequently. Its phones are mostly sold in Japan with some models making an appearance in Europe as well but in fairly small numbers. This is probably no one is expecting them to have a go at the latest trend in mobile tech: foldable smartphones. By […]

Retail Asia24/08/2016

Pay-TV providers in advanced economies in Asia are focused on improving existing product suites, while investment in emerging economies is being used to create new solutions to boost subscriber growth, according to NAGRA and MTM. Across advanced economies in the region, 97% of pay-TV providers offer IP connected set-top boxes, compared to only 42% in […]

Retail Asia21/06/2016

A walking smartphone robot has been launched in Japan by Sharp. Called RoBoHon, it has an Android smartphone for a body with tiny legs and arms. Sharp is producing 5000 RoboHon units a month, each selling for about US$1850, plus monthly charges. Sharp says the robotic phone was developed in collaboration with Robo Garage Co […]

Retail Asia29/06/2015

Japanese electronics company Sharp has launched its first Aquos wireless phone, the Sharp Aquos Crystal, in Indonesia, The Jakarta Post reports. The Aquos Crystal will be on sale in Indonesia for IDR 3.99 million (approximately USD 302.9). Sharp targets sales of over 100,000 Aquos Crystal units during the first six months of this year. The […]

Retail Asia26/03/2015

Japan’s loss-making electronics firm Sharp plans to cut around 6,000 jobs, over 10 percent of its workforce, in a global restructuring that will cost over 200 billion yen ($1.7 billion), a person familiar with the plan said on Thursday. The job cuts will include around 3,000 in Japan through early retirement and 3,000 overseas, according […]

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Sharp to launch new solar power plant in central Vietnam

Sharp considers suing Vietnam’s Asanzo

Sharp has patented a sleek foldable phone

Sharp innovation gap seen between advanced, emerging Asia

Meet RoBoHon : Sharp new smartphone robot

Sharp launches Aquos Crystal 4G smartphone in Indonesia

Sharp to cut 6,000 jobs, spend over USD1.7b to restructure