The Taiwanese WLAN industry posted an impressive 75.2% year-on-year gain in the third quarter of 2004, driven by a new peak in global notebook PC shipments, built-in WLAN shipment share increases, and the strong sales season. Demand in global retail markets recovered from the first half of the year; the three largest retail channel players all registered shipment increases.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10976) has announced the addition of The Taiwanese WLAN Industry, 3Q 2004 and Beyond to their offering

Shipment share of notebook PCs adopting Centrino rose and shipment volume of wireless broadband network equipment saw healthy growth, bringing Taiwanese WLAN shipments to a new high. In the fourth quarter, with seasonal effects and built-in WLAN modules shipments to notebook PC makers scaling peaks in September and October, Taiwanese WLAN makers will see continued shipment growth. However, factors such as rising oil prices and fading consumer confidence will likely have negative impacts.

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Volume forecast up to 1Q 2005; special discussion on the impact of Cameo's merger with GST ; 3Q 2004 review of shipment volume, value, ASP, rankings and industry concentration, key components including MAC/BB and RF, product mix, business types, shipment destinations, and manufacturer profiles.

The companies mentioned in this report are as follows:

Abocom, Accton, Agere, Alpha, Apple, Arcadyan, Askey, ASUSTek, Atheros, Belkin, Broadcom, Cameo, Conexant (Intersil), Corega, CyberTAN (Bromax), Dell, D-Link, Edimax, Gateway, Gemtek, Global Sun (GST), Honhai (Ambit), HPQ, Intel, Linksys, Marvell, Melco, Motorola, NEC, Netgear, Philips, Ralink, Realtek, Siemens, Sumitomo, Terayon, TI, Toshiba, USI, Ychyn, Z-com

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