Taipei, Jan. 11 (CNA) Taiwan's information communication technology (ICT) sector performed impressively at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas, winning awards and international attention, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) said Friday.
More than 60 international journalists covered the news conference of Taiwan's delegation, which introduced new products from A-Data, Asus, Mio and MSI and highlighted Taiwan’s contribution to the global ICT industry.
Asus' low-priced Eee PC was among the hottest and most discussed products at the show and was honored with one of the International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards for 2008, TAITRA said in a press release.
More than 300 Taiwanese companies, including Asus, Tatung, A-Data, Ritek, dmedia and Power Quotient International participated in the annual show, held in Las Vegas, United States from Jan. 7-10. The CES is one of the biggest technology-related trade shows.
Taiwan ranked first in terms of worldwide market share for 11 ICT products in 2007, according to statistics released by the Taipei-based Market Intelligence Center (MIC).
According to the MIC, Taiwan was tops in global market share for motherboards, notebook computers, LCD monitors, CDT monitors, digital signal controllers, cable CPEs, VoIP routers, DSL CPE devices, WLAN NIC cards, IP phones, and IP set-top boxes.
The CES was the first stop of the year for Taiwan's ICT companies, which will later exhibit at three shows in Taiwan -- April's Cartronics, June's Computex Taipei and October's Taipei International Electronics Show (TAITRONIC) in October, TAITRA said.