STRATEGY ANALYTICS: RFMD, Skyworks and TriQuint Consolidate Ownership of the Gallium Arsenide Market.Top Three GaAs Device Manufacturers Hold 55 Percent in 2006 BOSTON -- Strategy Analytics estimates that total GaAs device market (merchant and captive) revenues grew 10% year-on-year in 2006 with the market leaders, RFMD RFMD RF Micro Devices (NASDAQ) RFMD Rotary Fluid Management Device , Skyworks and TriQuint consolidating their overall ownership of the market from 47% to 55%. This announcement comes from the annual Strategy Analytics ranking of the world's top ten GaAs device manufacturers. North American GaAs device manufacturers continued to cement their dominance of the market with nine out of the top ten GaAs device manufacturers based in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Out of the top three, TriQuint was the fastest growing company, with GaAs device revenues growing 37% year-on-year. Mitsubishi Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (三菱電機株式会社 was the only Japanese company to feature in the global top ten of GaAs device vendors in 2006. "Switch complexities are increasing, which could potentially provide Japanese companies This is a list of companies from Japan. Note that 株式会社 can be (and frequently is) read both kabushiki kaisha and kabushiki gaisha (with or without a hyphen). See that article for more details. with an opportunity to regain lost ground in the cellular handset market," observes Asif Anwar, Director of Strategy Analytics' GaAs service. "We believe that Japanese market requirements may be particularly demanding, which will play to the strengths of companies like NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Sony and Eudyna Devices." In Europe, the top GaAs device suppliers in rank order were Filtronic, UMS (Unified Messaging System) See unified messaging. and OMMIC OMMIC Ordnance, Maintenance, Management Information Center . "Filtronic was the largest European GaAs device supplier in 2006 but missed out on a top ten place," notes Stephen Entwistle, VP Strategic Technologies Practice. "UMS was close behind and Filtronic's time as the number one European GaAs device supplier may be short-lived." More information from "GaAs Device Vendor Market Share 2006: North America" and "GaAs Device Vendor Market Share 2006: Asia Pacific and Europe" may be found at www.strategyanalytics.com About Strategy Analytics Strategy Analytics, Inc. - a global research and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a - provides timely insights and strategic business solutions to companies operating at the convergence of information, communications and entertainment technologies. With worldwide headquarters in Boston, MA, and principal offices in England, France and Germany, Strategy Analytics focuses on market opportunities and challenges in the areas of Automotive Electronics & Multimedia, Digital Consumer, Wireless Strategies and Enabling Technologies. For more information, see www.strategyanalytics.com |
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