Digitimes Research has revised downward its 5G smartphone shipment forecast for the second quarter and also all of 2020 in the wake of the coronavirus impact.

The coronavirus outbreak may have created a temporary set in the development of 5G in China, but Digitimes Research believes construction of 5G infrastructure is a long-term bid that that will not be derailed. In fact, Taiwan's semiconductor...

While the cancellation of MWC 2020 and the locked-down management in many cities in China due to the coronavirus outbreak have raised concerns about the development of 5G, the epidemic may end up with limited impacts on the operations of telecom firms as well as the deployments of 5G infrastructure...

Corning has announced it is working with Qualcomm Technologies to develop 5G mmWave infrastructure systems for enterprises and public venues. The 5G systems are designed to combine Qualcomm Technologies' 5G and mmWave technology leadership with Corning's industry-proven small-cell expertise to deliver...

Everyone in the ICT sector had expected the 5G era to get off to a flying start in 2020 when the coronavirus hit. Major players continue to make deployments for 5G, but cannot be sure when the momentum will actually pick up. Now Taiwan-based chip vendor MediaTek,...

TSMC has started reducing its chip capacity support for Huawei, but is still working closely with the China-based vendor in the development for advanced 5nm and 3nm chip solutions, according to industry sources.

The cancellation of the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) will prompt the ICT industry to explore and try new marketing campaigns online.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 has been canceled out of health concerns in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the organizer has confirmed.

Taiwan PCB supply chain is confident that shipments for 5G infrastructure applications in China will remain stable and the coronavirus impact on their operations will be relatively limited as Chinese clients are likely to just postpone rather than cut orders with them, according to industry sources.

To improve 5G spectrum's usage efficiency, 3GPP has brought up several solutions with dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) being one of the major technologies expected to be used when transitioning from 4G to 5G. The technology is expected to be adopted by the enterprise market in the second half of 2020,...

China-based makers of optical transceiver modules for 5G base stations are gearing up to scramble for capacity support from their components suppliers in Taiwan in order to maintain stable shipments to Huawei amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to supply chain sources.

The extent of the impact on the ecosystem by the coronavirus outbreak is anyone's guess at this stage, but industry and market observers generally agree that a prolonged epidemic will take a heavy toll on both the supply chain and consumer demand. The China smartphone market is very likely to see a...

Huawei is the top smartphone vendor in China. But its sales have been under much pressure, first from the US trade ban, and now the coronavirus outbreak that has promised to dampen 5G phone replacement demand. Huawei is set to see major...

The locakdown of Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak and China's production hub for optical communications components, may dent the construction of 5G base stations in the country, but Taiwan's optical semiconductor devices makers have been asked by their Chinese clients in the supply chain...

Taiwan-based IC distributors WPG Holdings and WT Microelectronics, despite the coronavirus outbreak in China, continue to see significant demand for chips and components used in 5G base stations and infrastructures, and such momentum is expected to last at least 2-3 years, according to industry sour...

Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 12 countries/cities reached total bandwidth of 3,565.368Gbps as of the end of fourth-quarter 2019, increasing 4.84% sequentially and 28.61% on year, according to the latest quarterly survey conducted by the government-sponsored Taiwan Network Information Center...

Global 5G chipmakers and networking device suppliers were ready to begin ramping up shipments at the end of 2019 to cash in on the roll-outs of 5G networks worldwide, but they now face volatile market conditions that could defer the coming of the peak season, due to the coronavirus outbreak in China...

As operators continue to roll out 5G networks, 5G fixed wireless broadband consumer premise equipment (CPE) shipments will hit more than two million units in 2020, and increase to almost seven million units in 2024, according to ABI Research.

Pegatron reportedly plans to set up a new plant in Vietnam as part of its plans to ramp up its overseas production in 2020, likely to produce styluses for Samsung's smartphones.

IT firms worldwide are taking aggressive actions for their businesses in 2020 with some adopting strategies to defend its market status such as Intel, which is looking to cut its PC processor prices in the second half of 2020 to attract...

China's telecom equipment giant Huawei has newly upgraded its Cloud & AI business unit as its fourth business group (BG) parallel in status to carrier, enterprise and consumer BGs, signaling the firm's efforts to hone its cloud and AI business.

Intel CPU shortages are expected to persist through 2020, with the entry-level segment bearing the brunt. Chromebook vendors are expected to adopt more AMD processors for their devices. In the semiconductor sector, TSMC expects the...

As the auction of 5G spectrums in Taiwan has reached an end, telecom carriers' high bidding prices are expected to prompt them to accelerate the adoption of x86 servers in their equipment sets to save costs, according to sources from telecom carriers.

Taiwan's telecommunication service industry will usher in a new era starting the second half of 2020 as now the government has auctioned off spectrums for the offering commercial 5G services.

Demand for TSMC's 7nm foundry services has been strong, with lead time for the node extending to about six months. The tight supply is expected to last throughout 2020, and Intel reportedly might also come knock on the door for TSMC's 7nm...