According to a press release of MIC (Market Intelligence Center ) am ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, Taiwan mobile phone shipment volume is expected to have grown 27,2% sequentially to 31,8 million units in the fourth quarter of 2007, but that the overall volume for the year will drop 16 % compared from the 135 million volume of 2006 to a total of 114 million units, mainly due to the poor performance of the industry's major client Motorola and the effect of the BenQ-Siemens breakup.

In Q3, shipment volume rebounded shortly due to increased contract production orders from Sony Ericsson and Motorola and several private labels.

Due to difficulties in expanding business with the five major international brands, Taiwan contract production makers have switched their efforts to seeking private label orders from telecom carriers. An example would be the increased shipment of Calcomp tor Indian Reliance in the third quarter, which considerably boosted overall shipment volume of the Taiwan mobile phone industry. Meanwhile, after abandoning the BenQ OBM (Own Brand Manufacturing ) business, Qisda will shift the focus of its contract production operations to the telecom sector in Western Europe.

Taiwan is forecast to rebound in 2008 to 148 million units, and the region's 30% annual growth rate will outpace the expected global growth rate of 9%, according to the research department of Taiwan's DigiTimes, Asia's only daily tabloid shaped newspaper for ITC only.