Network equipment maker Alpha Networks said it has teamed up with Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Chen Lung Technology to jointly advance the “B5G/Pre-6G public network Massive Antenna Radio Unit project.”

At the Semicon Network Summit 2026, speakers from Marvell, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research’s Holst Centre, the UK Semiconductor Centre, and the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) discussed the future of silicon photonics (SiPh). They said the industry’s bottlenecks have shifted from materials to packaging precision, materials platform selection, and the manufacturing tools needed to support both.

India’s fixed wireless access (FWA) market is expanding quickly as 5G rollouts accelerate and policymakers push local manufacturing, but Taiwanese networking suppliers say the opportunity comes with familiar risks. Telecom demand in the country remains strong, yet vendors with experience in India warn that growth does not automatically translate into profit.

SK Hynix boosted its silicon wafer purchases in the second quarter of 2026 by more than doubling spending from the previous quarter as it moved early to secure raw materials amid rising wafer prices and surging AI demand. The increase drew more attention than Samsung Electronics’ modest rise over the same period.