Broadband equipment supplier Twoway Communications continues to focus on its two core businesses — broadband transmission equipment and smart networking AIoT applications. In particular, the company has actively expanded its AIoT business in recent years, with increasing order momentum contributing significantly to overall revenue through September 2025.
Digital transformation solutions integrator International Integrated Systems (IISI) reported September 2025 revenue of NT$649 million (US$21.3 million), up 122.49% year-over-year. For January to September 2025, cumulative revenue reached NT$3.248 billion, a 15.97% increase from the prior year. Third quarter 2025 revenue rose 29.61% quarter-over-quarter and 58.67% year-over-year.
Pegatron saw its September 2025 revenue rebound, driven by strong shipments of Apple's new iPhone 17 series, reaching NT$114.91 billion (US$3.76 billion), a 74.52% sequential and 5.17% year-over-year increase. This marks the first time in five months that the company's revenue has surpassed the NT$100 billion mark.
Following China's 2025 Golden Week, major brands Oppo and Honor announced upcoming smartphone releases featuring advanced imaging and AI enhancements to stimulate demand. Despite promotional efforts, the third quarter of 2025 showed only a modest 2.3% year-over-year shipment growth, reflecting ongoing market challenges.
Largan Precision CEO Adam Lin provided a wealth of insights regarding robotics and smartphone lenses at Largan's third-quarter online investor conference.
At the geopolitics forum of SEMICON West 2025, corporate government affairs executives from Arm Holdings, ASML, Entegris, Intel, and Lam Research all presented policy recommendations in relation to US strategies to compete with China. All attendees unanimously agreed that policy consistency and continuity are the most urgent areas for improvement.
In recent years, China's traditional industries and those with lower technical barriers have faced intensifying competition, with bad money driving out good. This trend threatens long-term industrial development and competitiveness. Taiwan's industry value chains face similar challenges amid tariffs, exchange rates, and geopolitical risks, compounded by worsening competition among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It is imperative to take action now to tackle the problem.
Samsung Electronics is set to release a new high-end foldable smartphone designed specifically for the Chinese market, aiming to break into China's price-competitive smartphone landscape by focusing instead on flagship devices.
Networking firm Planet Technology has reported consolidated revenue of NT$132.23 million (approx. US$4.36 million) for September 2025, down 18.8% year-over-year. The company's cumulative revenue for the first nine months of 2025 reached NT$1.386 billion.
Apple is set to launch a 7.6-inch folding iPhone in 2026, with Samsung Display (SDC) expected to be the exclusive supplier of its OLED panels, capturing about 40% of Samsung's total foldable panel shipments.
The launch for the next-generation optical communication infrastructure, IOWN (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network), led by Japanese telecom group NTT, is scheduled for 2026. The production system for core equipment will involve US semiconductor company Broadcom, Japanese IC substrate manufacturer Shinko Electric Industries, and Taiwan-based Accton.
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