Taiwan's Information& Communication Technology (ICT) Industry has always been on a significant position around the globe. Over 90% of the global ICT products are processed by manufacturers in Taiwan. In addition, the tendency for the global ICT industry to seek offshore outsourcing and cost down undoubtedly confirms the importance of Taiwan��s ICT industry.
According to the ITIS project research by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the output value of ICT industry in Taiwan has maintained a 2-digit growth rate since 2004. The output value of information hardware in 2007, in particular, reached USD104.634 billion, the first time to top USD100 billion ever. The performance of network communication products remains impressive as well. In 2007, the output value of network communication products even reached USD9.463 billion, representing a growth of 32% as compared to 2006.
It helps to understand the product output of the entire ICT industry by looking at some representative products, such as: notebook computer and mobile phone. The performance of WLAN��IC, DSL Modem, Cable Modem, IP Phone are very impressive as well. The output value has maintained a 2-digit growth rate since 2007. The WLAN NIC porducts�� output value topped USD 150 billion. IP Phone even showed a growth of 100%.
Taiwan has the following 3 advantages for ICT industry investment and IPO purchasing:
A number of Taiwan products achieves number one ranking in global market share.
As mentioned above, Taiwan plays a significant role in the global ICT industry, with a number of products that capture more than 80% of OEM orders in the entire world and hold the largest worldwide market share, including NB (global market share 93.2%), main board (global market share 98.3%), Cable CPE (global market share 95.4%), DSL CPE (global market share 88.9%), LCD monitor (global market share 76.8%), WLAN NIC (global market share 88.4%). Other products like WLAN AP, cable STB, desktop computer and server rank the second for global market share.
Taiwan is able to provide a complete one-stop product supply chain.
In terms of product supply chain, as mentioned above, Taiwan is equipped with a very much complete industry chain comprising parts and components in the upstream, OEM assembling in the mid-stream and brand marketing in the downstream. Therefore, Taiwan is able to provide a complete one-stop product supply chain covering OEM assembling and all kinds of upstream parts and components like IC, panel, main board, PCB, passive device, connector, power supply, etc. Buyers are able to purchase all the parts and components they need in Taiwan directly, so as to achieve the ultimate goals of product integrity and cost down.
Taiwan has the largest EMS manufacturer around the globe.
Meanwhile, Taiwan has the world's largest EMS manufacturer�V Foxconn. Since 2005, Foxconn has surpassed Flextronics and become the largest EMS manufacturer in the world.
