Apple Supplier Bullish on 2020 as China 5G Phone Demand Kicks In
- Chinese makers drive early demand for 5G stations and handsets
- Taiyo Yuden CEO Tosaka comments on the outlook in an interview
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Taiyo Yuden Co., a Japanese maker of ceramic capacitors used in smartphones, sees increasing demand for its components next year as China pushes ahead with the fifth generation of cellular technology.
“We’re already getting orders for 5G base stations,” Chief Executive Officer Shoichi Tosaka said in an interview on Thursday. “Early next year we should start seeing 5G-related orders for smartphones.”