Airoha Technology has become a central hub for cross-company collaboration within the MediaTek Group. At its latest investor conference, the company detailed integration plans involving MediaTek, newly merged IC Plus Corp. (ICPlus), and ASIX Electronics to strengthen the group's networking ecosystem.
Just two weeks after its launch, the iPhone 17 has provided strong momentum for Apple's fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, and the trend is expected to continue into the fiscal 2026 first quarter. The iPhone 17 series may become one of the best-selling models in years, so Apple may be prompted to accelerate its supply chain to meet demand.
India's smartphone market grew 5% year-over-year in shipments and 18% in value in the third quarter of 2025, reaching its highest-ever quarterly value, according to Counterpoint Research. The growth was driven by festive-season sell-ins, aggressive promotions, and financing offers that boosted premium segment demand.
Despite ongoing challenges from tariffs, inflation, and geopolitical tensions impacting the 3C and consumer sectors, the smartphone industry showed unexpectedly resilient demand in the third quarter of 2025, driven by Apple and Android manufacturers. Shipment volumes surpassed expectations for the quarter.
CXMT has released its LPDDR5X products on its official website to coincide with rising global memory prices. Many major companies, such as Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron, are benefitting from the memory market boom; whether CXMT will capture a share of the market growth will depend on its capacity expansion and yield progress.
Chunghwa Telecom announced on November 3, 2025, that it has received formal approval from regulators to begin commercial operations using SES's O3b medium-Earth orbit (MEO) satellite network, completing a 14-month review process. The license, granted on October 30, 2025, makes Chunghwa Telecom the first carrier in Taiwan authorized to operate across all three major satellite orbits—GEO, MEO, and LEO.
As the AI race intensifies, telecom giant Nokia has reemerged into the global spotlight following a strategic investment by Nvidia. Industry analysts highlight that Nokia's role as a "key puzzle piece" in Nvidia's latest capital deployment stems from their complementary strengths in computing power and networking.
RF front-end chipmaker RichWave has reported solid financial results for the third quarter, citing strong Wi-Fi 7 product shipments as a key factor behind an improved product mix and margin recovery. The company posted revenue of NT$986 million (approx. US$32.2 million) in the third quarter, a 1.2% increase from the previous quarter and an 8% rise compared to the same period last year. Gross margin expanded to 38%, up 3pp sequentially and 7pp year-over-year.
After hosting GTC DC to discuss quantum computing, 6G, and autonomous driving, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang flew to South Korea to attend the APEC CEO Summit and meet with leading Korean tech companies. However, Huang has unexpectedly found himself in the political spotlight after US President Donald Trump namedropped him on Truth Social.
With 5G deployment expanding worldwide and 6G research accelerating, the global communications industry is entering a new era defined by speed, intelligence, and ubiquitous connectivity. The rise of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence is reshaping how the world connects—and Taiwan aims to position itself at the center of that transformation.
Taiwan's mobile data analytics firm Groundhog Technologies has successfully entered the North American market in the fourth quarter of 2025 by securing a contract with a leading Canadian telecom operator. The company continues to strengthen its presence in Japan and South Korea while actively developing large language model (LLM) modules to drive future revenue growth.
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