Gigabyte Enters Cellphone Market

By Ian Bell
May 12, 2005

Gigabyte, known for their motherboards and other computer hardware, plans on entering the cell phone market with new high-end products.

"Gigabyte Communications, established last June, said it plans to launch its first mobile phone under the Gigabyte brand in the July-September period. The handset will be targeted at the high-end segment, which accounts for about one-fifth of the nation's NT$42 billion (US$1.35) market.

The company is also seeking opportunities to make phones for international brands outside the Asian market, Jesse Lee a vice president of Gigabyte Communications, said in a phone interview."

None of the new phones will support 3G services right away unfortunately. The company plans on adding a 120 new employees to help with the new phone division.