The trend toward converging wireless and mobile technologies will continue to spur growth in Taiwan and mainland China. Makers' efforts toward building support technologies for mobile data on top of voice-centric applications will fuel product development through 2006 and 2007.

This report covers 32 manufacturers of mobile voice and data communication products: 19 from Taiwan's more than 50-maker supplier base and 13 from mainland China's supplier base of 30 to 40 makers. The profiled companies' combined output volume in 2004 was 64.66 million units. Exports accounted for 74 percent or 47.68 million units. The forecast output and export figures for 2005 are 102.60 million units and 80.20 million units, respectively.

Manufacturing centers
- About 60 percent of the companies in this report are based in Taiwan. The rest are based in mainland China.
- At least 50 percent of the profiled companies manufacture their mobile voice and data communication products in mainland China.
- More than 30 percent of the companies have factories in both Taiwan and mainland China.
- Taipei is the key production center for mobile voice and data communication products in Taiwan.
- In mainland China, the key production center is Guangdong where more than 75 percent of companies in this report have factories.

Production
- Taiwan-based companies produced at least 44.18 million units in 2004. This will increase by 69 percent to reach 74.45 million units in 2005. Mainland China-based companies manufactured at least 20.48 million units in 2004. Their projected output in 2005 is 28.15 million units, a growth of 38 percent.
In this Report
- 21 In-depth supplier profiles
- 11 Supplier tables
- Product gallery of 104 products,including smart phones, PDAs and pocket PCs, WLAN APs, gateways,routers, cards and adapters
- Supplier index