MediaTek and GemTek crack Malaysian WiMAX market.

Taipei, Oct. 30, 2009 (CENS)--Malaysian WiMAX operator Packer One Network recently ordered through its parent Green Page consumer-premise end (CPE) products developed by GemTek Technology Co., Ltd. using MediaTek Inc.'s wireless chips.

GemTek will begin delivering such products sometime this quarter. Industry executives projected the orders to help boost GemTek's revenue for this quarter to record high and its shipments for this quarter to exceed the total it had throughout the previous three quarters.

Packer One Network, or P1, is Intel's first WiMAX investment in Asia.

GemTek has declined to confirm its winning of P1 contracts, though admitting to landing orders from a heavyweight buyer this quarter. Its executives said orders from WiMAX equipment buyers in in North America, Malaysia and India will all increase this quarter, raising the shipments in this quarter to 400,000 sets, with the total shipment for the first three quarters totaling 300,000 sets.

The Malaysian contract is estimated to help elevate telecom equipment to constitute 40% of GemTek's 2009 revenue, with industry watchers projecting increased WiMAX shipments to push up GemTek's revenue for this quarter 20-30%, to a new high of NT$5 billion (US$151 million).

Industry watchers say that the P1's purchase is to prepare for its 2010 expansion, and it was sold on GemTek's competitive pricing that is mainly due to MediaTek's less-expensive WiMAX chips.

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