China's Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies has unveiled what it claims is the world's largest optical fiber preform, highlighting China's accelerating push to strengthen its position in AI-driven optical networking and high-speed data infrastructure.
Taiwan's major telecom operators delivered robust April results, supported by continued 5G migration, seasonal smartphone demand around Mother's Day, and sustained contributions from enterprise ICT projects. Chunghwa Telecom posted record April revenue and EBITDA, Taiwan Mobile outperformed in profitability and year-to-date EPS, while Far EasTone Telecommunications extended its monthly mobile service revenue growth streak to 62 consecutive months.
Nvidia is deepening its partnership with US fiber-optics maker Corning, with plans to replace copper cable connections with optical fiber in next-generation rack-scale AI systems. The move is drawing renewed attention to China's role in the global optical communications supply chain.
For many Taiwanese businesses, cybersecurity still means buying a router and moving on. That gap between perception and exposure has become expensive — and increasingly hard to ignore. Speaking at CYBERSEC 2026 in Taipei, executives from Zyxel Group subsidiaries Zyxel Networks and Zyell Solutions described an industry in transition: from one-time hardware purchases toward continuous managed protection, and from conventional encryption toward systems designed to withstand quantum-era threats.
FocalTech Systems said its business is expected to bottom out in the first quarter of 2026, with a recovery already underway and a return to growth in both revenue and profitability beginning in the second quarter, according to remarks made at an investor conference on May 8.
Gemtek Technology reported consolidated revenue of NT$3.112 billion (US$99.1 million) in the first quarter and a gross margin of 10.4%, but swung to a net loss as strategic restructuring and raw material pressure hit results, the firm announced. The networking equipment maker recorded an operating loss of NT$205 million, a net loss of NT$131 million, and earnings per share of NT$0.32, while April revenue declined 23.21% year on year to NT$1.149 billion.
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has launched a new next-generation communications program under its A+ Industrial Innovative R&D Program, aiming to steer company research toward 6G networks, non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and all-photonics networks (APN). The move follows the Executive Yuan's Five Trusted Industry Sectors push launched in May 2024, and its Next-Generation Communications Technology Development Program announced in July 2025.
Samsung Electronics has reportedly raised its May production plans for the Galaxy S26 series, with the Galaxy S26 Ultra leading the increase as demand for the company's premium smartphones holds steadier than expected amid the second quarter of 2026's seasonal slowdown.
Driven by surging AI computing demand and the industry-wide shift toward higher-bandwidth, lower-power network infrastructure, optical communications company Coherent Corp. says customer orders are growing at an accelerated pace, with its backlog reaching a record high and order visibility now extending into the 2028–2030 timeframe.
Accton Technology reported consolidated results for the first quarter of 2026 after a board meeting on the 7th, disclosing that revenue rose to NT$70.121 billion, up 64.02% year on year and down 2.63% sequentially, driven by shipments of AI products and orders from hyperscale cloud service providers. The network equipment maker said operating profit reached NT$10.049 billion, up 70.16% year on year and up 10.28% quarter on quarter, while net profit after tax was NT$8.341 billion, up 62.68% year on year and down 0.18% sequentially.
Samsung is reportedly testing a next-generation Exynos processor that could push the company's chip ambitions beyond smartphones, with early specifications pointing to a 1.4nm-class design, a 10-core CPU, a large 96MB system-level cache, and a possible PC variant aimed at Google's Chromebook ecosystem.
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