LOS ALTOS, CA – Smartphones continue to dial up big gains, but the overall cellphone market isn't generating much in the way of busy signals.

ANGLETON, TX -- Benchmark Electronics saw sales rise 7% year-over-year for the third quarter ended Sept. 30.

NEENAH, WI – Plexus reported revenue of $595 million for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 29, up 10.5% year-over-year. Revenue was down 2.3% sequentially.

BOSTON – A widespread shortage of high-skilled manufacturing workers in the US is overstated, but it will be an emerging problem by the end of the decade, says a new report from Boston Consulting Group.

ORLANDO, FL — Gartner today asserted mobile devices will supersede the PC as the preferred Web surfing device, one of 10 technologies and trends the firm identified as strategic for most organizations in 2013.

BILLINGSTAD, NORWAY -- EMS firm Kitron today reported third-quarter revenue rose 3.7% from a year ago on higher demand for marine and defense electronics.

VELLINGE, SWEDEN -- PartnerTech reported third-quarter sales fell 3.7% year-over-year to SEK 517 million ($77.3 million).

SANTA CLARA, CA — With consumers all over the world facing continued economic uncertainty, global TV demand is expected to be flat in 2013, after shipments of all TV types declined by more than 4% in 2012, to 237M, according to results from the NPD DisplaySearch report.

HAWTHORNE, CA -- OSI Systems today reported fiscal first-quarter sales at its Optoelectronics and Manufacturing division rose 7.6% year-over-year to $57.1 million.

TAIPEI -- Pegatron has become the latest ODM to be targeted by workers’ rights groups for poor working conditions in China.

SOUTH KIVU, DRC -- The first deposits from a mine dedicated to conflict-free tin mining have been brought from the ground, says an NGO dedicated to ensuring a steady and safe supply of the ore.

WASHINGTON --  The International Trade Commission has launched an investigation to determine whether imports of certain ICs are violating patent infringement laws.