Taiwan's trade promotion agency said yesterday that a recent symposium it held in Mexico could help Taiwan manufacturers of information and communication technology (ICT) products tap into the Central American country's communication market, creating as much as US$5 million in business opportunities.The Taiwan External Trade and Development Council (TAITRA) said that its "2009 ICT Trade Promotion Group to Central and South America," featuring leading Taiwanese ICT companies, was a success.
"Taiwan has great strength in the ICT industry, holding the number one global market share in notebooks, computer motherboards and liquid crystal displays, and manufacturing 83 percent of the world's ICT products," the semi-official trade promotion agency said.
At the symposium, the senior director-general of the communication department of SerComm Corporation, a leading manufacturer of broadband and wireless networking equipment in Taiwan, gave Mexican ICT companies an introduction of Taiwan's ICT industry.
Other Taiwanese ICT companies that participated in the symposium included Yung Hsiang Information Management, Billion Electric Co., Ltd., Dan-Chief Enterprise Co., Ltd., Megatone Electronics, Romancell Technology Co., Ltd., Senao Networks Inc., Soundlink Technology Ltd., and 3JTech, according to TAITRA.
Some 100 buyers from 51 Mexican companies, including Axtel, Salinas, Maxcom and MVS, met one-on-one with Taiwanese manufacturers. The buyers showed great interest in products such as Internet protocol private branch exchanges (IP PBX) , SIP IP phones, SIP gateways, 3G routers and VDSL modems.
It is estimated that follow-up business opportunities could amount to US$5 million, the TAITRA said.
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