Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Taiwan's Hon Hai wins Apple orders for mobile handsets, notebook PCs

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd (2317.TW) has secured contracts from Apple Computer for 12 mln mobile handsets that also function as music players, the Commercial Times quoted industry sources as saying.

Apple will launch the mobile handsets in the first half of next year, the newspaper said, without providing financial details of the contract.

The daily also reported that Hon Hai won orders from Apple for its new 15-inch 'MacBook' personal computers which it will deliver starting next month or in January.

The Commercial Times, which also cited industry sources, did not provide the quantity or value of the MacBook contract.

Apple's existing contracts with Asustek Computer Inc (2357.TW) for other MacBook models will not be affected by the new orders made to Hon Hai, according to the report.

Officials of both Hon Hai and Asustek declined comment, the daily said.

Hon Hai is the world's leading manufacturing services provider for information technology devices.

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