Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China's largest silicon wafer foundry, experienced its largest net operating loss over the past five years in 2008. The...
Foxconn International Holdings (FIH), the Hong Kong-listed handset subsidiary of Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), plans to cut its capex (capital expenditure) 27.5%...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has recently spent a total of almost NT$5 billion (US$145 million) on five separate machinery equipment purchases. The amount already...
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will set aside an annual budget of NT$30-32 billion (US$880-940 million) for capital expenditure (capex) from 2009 to 2010 or 2011, with the amount estimated...
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) 2009 is likely to set its 2009 capex at NT$32 billion (US$922 million) compared to an actual capital spending of NT$30 billion in 2008, according to company...
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, has set aside a capital expenditure (capex) budget of NT$9.1 billion (US$264 million)...
Passive component maker Holy Stone saw significant growth in its sales in all segments in February thanks to strong demand from the white-box handset market. The company expects March...
Passive component maker Yageo has said that it remains conservative about the outlook for the second and third quarters despite a sequential increase of 24.1% in the company's revenues...
Handset PCB maker Unitech Printed Circuit Board plans to cut capex to NT$200 million (US$5.72 million) this year from NT$750 million in 2008 because of weakening global handset shipments...
Consumer IC packaging company Greatek Electronics expects to see profits in the first quarter thanks to strong market demand in China, according to the company.
Despite an overall economic contraction, network operator spending on telecom equipment in the Asia-Pacific region will rise slightly over the next 24 months, driven primarily by...
The future of mobile broadband looks promising, but network costs are becoming a threat to the profitability of mobile network operators (MNOs) at a time of global financial crisis...
TFT-LCD panel maker Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) has announced plans to cut its 2009 capital spending (capex) to NT$30 billion (US$882.21 million) from previous estimates of NT$100...
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has estimated that its sales in the first quarter of 2009 may drop 35-40% sequentially amid a continuing dim outlook. The wafer packaging...
Semiconductor equipment makers have expressed concerns over huge capex cuts at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Chartered...
