Taiwan market: NCC approves cuts in ADSL circuit lease price

Jan 5, 11:24

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the reduction in leased ADSL circuit wholesale price proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT).

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom to lower ADSL charges

Dec 15, 10:50

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced reductions in charge rates for its ADSL broadband Internet-access service by an average of 20%.

Taiwan market: NCC approves price cut for fixed-line Internet

Jun 9, 16:39

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on June 8 gave the green light to reduce charge rates for ADSL and FTTx broadband Internet-access services as well as increased download/upload...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom offers free upgrade in ADSL speeds to promote value-added services

Aug 18, 10:48

Chunghwa Telecom on August 17 started upgrading Internet-access speeds for its ADSL subscribers at 256K/64K, 1M/64K and 2M/256K to respective download speeds of 512K, 2M and 3M in...

Taiwan market: CHT raises ADSL speeds without hiking prices

Jul 15, 15:27

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 14 announced it will upgrade three existing ADSL download/upload speeds with circuit-lease and network fees remaining unchanged.

Taiwan market: Internet user base over 16 million

Mar 31, 15:30

There are an estimated 16.22 million fixed-line Internet surfers in Taiwan, equivalent to a penetration rate (divided by population) of 70.46%, according to the government-sponsored...

Ralink-TrendChip merger to help Taiwan makers win ADSL procurement, say sources

Mar 15, 14:34

The merger of Ralink Technology and TrendChip Technologies is expected to help Taiwan-based networking equipment makers expand their presence in the telecom procurement markets, according...

Taiwan market: 3.5G data card users double in 2009

Feb 8, 16:26

The number of 3.5G data card users in Taiwan doubled to 660,000 at the end of 2009 compared to 330,000 a year earlier, according to data compiled by Taiwan's National Communications...

China residential gateway shipments surge on multimedia services, says iSuppli

Jan 8, 16:47

Shipments of residential gateways (RGs) in China are set to more than triple from 2009 to 2013 as the nation's telecommunications carriers look to these platforms to enable the delivery...

Chunghwa Telecom capex tops NT$16.5 billion in Jan-Sep 2009

Nov 2, 10:22

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) recorded a capex of NT$16.56 billion (US$505 million) for January-September 2009, 79.8% of which went on fixed-line and Internet infrastructure and 17.8% on...

Arcadyan posts profit for first three quarters

Oct 28, 14:29

Network equipment maker Arcadyan Technology has posted net profits of NT$442 million (US$13.6 million), or NT$4.12 per share, for the first three quarters of 2009, according to company...

Edimax steps into ADSL IAD and GPON CPE production

Oct 2, 14:05

Network equipment maker Edimax Technology has stepped into the development of ADSL IAD (integrated access device) and GPON (Gigabit passive optical network) CPE products with small...

Top-three Taiwan carriers post strong earnings gains in August

Sep 14, 10:02

The top-three carriers in Taiwan, Taiwan Mobile, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), all posted strong profit gains in August, with their EPS' topping...

Chunghwa Telecom lands 4-year FTTB/ADSL network contract from Taipei City Government

Sep 7, 10:31

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has obtained a contract from the Taipei City Government to provide a network of 13,800 FTTB and ADSL leased-circuits specifically for a security monitoring...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom gaining users in FTTx, losing in ADSL

Sep 3, 15:49

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) saw a rise of 25.4% in subscribers to its FTTx (fiber to the home/building/curb) broadband Internet service but a drop of 8.6% in ADSL users in the first half...

Taiwan market: TWM lowers broadband Internet-access rates

Aug 10, 11:54

Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has announced a reduction in charge rates for its ADSL and FTTx broadband Internet-access services by 20-58%.

Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$2.30 per share for January-June 2009

Jul 13, 10:36

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 10 reported a net profit of NT$4.024 billion (US$123 million) for June 2009, with a January-June net profit of NT$22.323 billion translating into net...

Emphasis shifts to fiber to the home, says Ovum

Jul 9, 11:57

In countries such as Korea and Japan, the rapid take-up of FTTH/B and subsequent decline of ADSL technologies is nothing new. However, this network evolution is now spreading outside...

ADSL solution vendor TrendChip Technologies to debut on TSE on June 18

Jun 11, 12:36

Shares of ADSL chipset solution vendor TrendChip Technologies will debut on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) with an initial price of NT$70 (US$2.13) on June 18. The company posted...

Network equipment maker Cameo eyes 50% shipment growth in 2009

May 7, 11:49

Network equipment maker Cameo Communications expects its shipments of broadband products, including ADSL CPE, cable, WLAN and VoIP products, to top three million units in 2009 compared...

Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$1.11 per share for first quarter

Apr 13, 10:57

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 10 reported a net profit of NT$2.80 billion (US$82.8 million) for March 2009, with its January-March net profit of NT$10.78 billion translating into...

Taiwan market: ISPs dispute over ADSL interconnection fees

Apr 13, 09:38

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest ISP (Internet service provider) in Taiwan, on April 8 temporarily reduced the 9.3Gbps bandwidth of Internet-access interconnection leased to fellow...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom ADSL fee cut approved

Apr 9, 14:33

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved the reduction in circuit-leasing fee by 5.35% on average proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for its ADSL broadband Internet-access...

Sercomm expects to ship over one million ADSL routers to China in 2009

Mar 25, 14:46

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Sercomm will focus its marketing on telecom carriers in China in 2009 and expects to ship more than one million ADSL routers to the market, accounting...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom sees FTTx surpass 2M/256K ADSL in user volume

Feb 23, 10:51

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has indicated the number of its 10Mbps/2Mbps FTTx (fiber to the home/building/curb) broadband Internet-access subscribers has risen to 1.05 million, exceeding...

TrendChip ADSL CPE shipments jump over 100% in 2008

Feb 11, 15:50

TrendChip Technologies, a Taiwan-based ADSL solution provider, has said that shipments of its ADSL CPE (customer premises equipment) chipsets rose more than 100% in 2008. The impressive...

Taiwan market: NCC approves Chunghwa Telecom ADSL/FTTx network fee cuts

Nov 6, 15:44

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on November 5 approved reductions in network fees proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for using its ADSL and FTTx broadband Internet-access...

Taiwan 3.5G mobile Internet-access could grow to 2 million users in 2009, says Vibo Telecom

Oct 9, 16:24

Mobile access to the Internet through a notebook PC together with an HSDPA data card is becoming increasingly popular in the Taiwan market. The number of 3.5G Internet surfers, of...