Makers

Flat panel makers cut capacity in peak season (Financial Times)

24 Jul 2008

Flat panel makers are cutting capacity during their peak season following a sudden drop-off in demand, a rare step that raises concerns the next downturn in a notoriously cyclical industry might come earlier than expected.

ODM handset makers hit snags in smartphone segment (Digi Times)

24 Jul 2008

Plans by Taiwan-based ODM handset makers, notably Compal Communications and Arima Communications, to make substantial inroads into the smartphone segment appear to have become stuck, as the companies face dwindling orders, according to sources at Taiwan handset makers.

Industry-Leading Switch Makers Line Up for Opportunity to Prove Switch Interoperability at Tolly Group Event. (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

24 Jul 2008

Switch Interoperability 2008 focuses on a broad swath of industry switches and the interoperability provided for common and advanced network services. Leading switch makers will huddle with Tolly Group engineers in two weeks to put nearly two dozen switches through a battery of tests to prove their interoperability with each other, and with switches from Cisco Systems, Inc.