Asia's Power Bloc

As we continue to feature the best of the best in the field of technology, this time we will feature the biggest names around Asia, Japan and India.

This is ranked according to company name, market value ($bil), sales ($bil) and country:

I. Semiconductor

• MediaTek. 17.2. 1.7. Taiwan.
• Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. 48.4. 9.7. Taiwan.

II. Software and Services

• Infosys Technologies. 27.4. 3.2. India.
• Satyam Computer Services. 7.9. 3.2. India.
• Tata Consultancy Services. 27.6. 4.3. India.
• Wipro. 17.2. 3.5. India.
• Yahoo Japan. 20.5. 1.8. Japan.

III. Technology Hardware and Equipment

• Lenovo Group. 5.1. 14.5. China.
• Ibiden. 12.4. 3.4. Japan.
• Nintendo. 63.0. 8.2. Japan.
• Chi Mei Optoelectronics. 7.5. 5.9. Taiwan.
• Compal Electronics. 4.0. 11.7. Taiwan.
• Delta Electronics. 7.6. 3.2. Taiwan.
• Acer. 4.6. 11.3. Taiwan.
• Wistron. 2.4. 6.8. Taiwan.
• Hon Hai Precision Ind. 42.1. 40.5. Taiwan.

IV. Telecommunications Services

• China Mobile. 216.5. 37.1. China.
• Bharti Airtel. 39.2. 4.3. India.
• Telkomunikasi Indonesia. 23.5. 5.7. Indonesia.

V. Conglomerate

• LG Group. 9.6. 70.9. South Korea.

Out of the 20 technology players, it is interesting to note of the following:

• 40% of the companies came from Taiwan while India has 25%
• 45% are in the technology hardware and equipment sector
• 50% has more than US $ 10-49 billion in market value
• 10% has more than US $ 50 billion in market value
• 30% generated more than US $ 10 billion in sales last year

Other interesting developments are:

• Lenovo is now one of the biggest names in the computer sector with its acquisition of the IBM Personal Computer unit
• Infosys, Satyam and Tata are some of the biggest names in the global BPO sector

reference: Forbes.com. "The Asian Fab 50", Deborah Orr and Scott DeCarlo, Sep. 06, 2007.

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