Taiwan WLAN sector – 4Q 2007

Staff writer

Taiwan shipped 58.4 million WLAN devices in the fourth quarter of 2007, up 9.5% sequentially and up 29.4% from the same period one year earlier. Shipments included 48 million NIC devices and 10.4 million wireless routers (WR).

Table of contents

Introduction
Chart 1: WLAN equipment shipments, 3Q06-1Q08 (k units)
Shipment breakdown
NICs
Chart 2: NIC shipments, 1Q07-1Q08 (k units)
Chart 3: NIC production value, 4Q06 - 4Q07 (US$ million)
Chart 4: NIC ASP, 4Q06 - 4Q07 (US$)
Chart 5: NIC shipment proportion by standard, 4Q06-1Q08
Chart 6: NIC shipment proportion by interface type, 4Q06-1Q08
WR
Chart 7: WR shipments, 1Q07-1Q08 (k units)
Chart 8: WR production value, 4Q06-4Q07 (US$ million)
Chart 9: ASP for WR, 4Q06-4Q07 (US$)
Chart 10: WR shipments by standard, 4Q06-1Q08
The top makers
Chart 11: NIC shipments by maker, 3Q06- 4Q07
Chart 12: WR shipments by maker, 3Q06-4Q07
Chart 13: Market share of WLAN chip makers, 4Q06-4Q07
Industry outlook for 1Q08
Industry watch for 2008
Shipment growth to encounter bottleneck
802.11a/g shipments to maintain stable
Industry outlook through 2010
Chart 14: WLAN equipment shipments, 2006-2010 (k units)