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Berlin (dpa) - In the near future, the delivery bottlenecks for electronic components could affect the manufacturers of entertainment electronics and telecommunications equipment in addition to the auto industry.
Consumers would have to expect longer delivery times and rising prices, reported the "Welt am Sonntag".
The newspaper interviewed 20 providers of routers, telephones, entertainment electronics and household appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines.
Due to the increased demand in the corona pandemic and bottlenecks in the procurement of semiconductors, all companies are therefore working to adapt their logistics.
However, there are also significantly longer delivery times for suppliers.
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For example, the company AVM, which offers one of the most popular WLAN routers in Germany with the Fritzbox, reported that delivery commitments for components were canceled at short notice.
The company has to wait up to a year for newly ordered goods.
Therefore delivery bottlenecks could not be ruled out.
Gigaset, a manufacturer of cordless telephones, smartphones and devices for the smart home, has similar problems.
About 80 percent of Gigaset products are potentially affected by the shortage of chips, it said in the report.
Gigaset also claims to suffer from extended delivery times and replacement times of up to 60 weeks.
The price comparison portal Idealo reported rising prices.
"Our data show that the ongoing semiconductor bottlenecks apparently also affect consumer prices," said Michael Stempin, price expert at Idealo, the newspaper.
A significant price increase has been observed for many products from the electrical sector, especially in the last few months.
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Due to the lack of semiconductor chips, car manufacturers such as Ford, Audi, VW and Daimler have already canceled shifts and had to cut production.
The chip giant Intel recently warned that the bottlenecks could last for several years - also because investments do not take effect immediately.
The shortage was triggered, among other things, by the skyrocketing demand for technology such as laptops in the corona pandemic and inventory purchases by the Chinese Huawei group in the face of US sanctions.
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