The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has announced the ICT Industry Economic Trend Report for the 3rd Quarter of 2009 (July to September)

Main Points

- Business confidence has improved over the 2nd quarter for both the electromechanical industry and ICT industry.
- ICT manufacturing industry has seen improvement in both production and inventory since the last quarter.
- Consumer expenditure in the ICT field has continued to increase since the 2nd quarter.
- Consumer prices have continued to drop in the ICT field.

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