China aims at 250 million fixed-line broadband Internet-access subscribers in 2015

May 10, 10:48

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has set forth plans to establish broadband Internet-access infrastructure around China under the 12th Five-year (2011-2015)...

Lantiq launches ADSL2/2+ SoC for broadband home gateways

Mar 30, 11:06

Lantiq has introduced its XWAY ARX300 device family for ADSL2/2+ customer premise equipment (CPE) designs. The Lantiq XWAY ARX300 family includes four system-on-chip (SoC) derivatives...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom fined over 50Mbps ads

Mar 8, 11:29

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) NT$5 million (US$169,000) for exaggerating the download speed in advertising its 50Mbps fixed-line broadband...

Taiwan broadband Internet-access users top 5 million in 2Q11

Nov 21, 10:27

The total number of home/business subscribers to broadband fixed-line Internet services was steadily increasing to 5.18 million at the end of second-quarter of 2011, according to...

Taiwan market: CHT to invest NT$200 billion in broadband infrastructure

Jul 6, 11:16

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), in order for its ambitious goal of creating a digital rain forest around Taiwan to mark its 15th anniversary of privatization, plans to make a 10-year investment...

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: CHT, FET hope Wi-Fi can offload 10% of mobile Internet traffic 2011

Jan 7, 10:26

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) expect the rapid increase in smartphones and tablet PCs to put more burden on their mobile Internet-access capacities...

Taiwan market: Broadband Internet-access user base reaches almost 5 million in 3Q10

Dec 31, 10:03

The total number of home/business subscribers of broadband fixed-line Internet services in Taiwan was steadily increasing to 4.995 million at the end of the third quarter of 2010,...

CHT aims at 1.2 million users, revenues of over NT$14.0 billion for broadband mobile Internet-access business in 2011

Dec 21, 01:30

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) expects to attain more than 800,000 subscribers of broadband mobile Internet-access services at the end of 2010 and the corresponding revenues of NT$11.0 billion...

Global broadband market rebounds, says iSuppli

Nov 4, 11:31

Recovering from a slight decline in the second quarter, global broadband subscriber growth is rebounding in the third and fourth quarters as China's demand for high-speed Internet...

Next-generation mobile broadband technologies to close the gap with fixed broadband, says Frost & Sullivan

Apr 20, 12:31

Mobile operators are expected to fully maximize their high-speed packet access (HSPA) deployments before eventually deploying 3G long-term evolution (LTE). Many operators will leapfrog...

Mobile broadband in Asia is evolving, says Frost & Sullivan

Apr 20, 11:14

Asia's mobile subscriber total is expected to surpass two billion subscribers by 2012 when 63% of the regions' residents are expected to own a mobile phone, according to Frost &...

Recession not holding back mobile broadband subscribers, says Infonetics Research

Mar 18, 17:04

The number of mobile broadband subscribers (including W-CDMA/HSPA and CDMA2000/EV-DO) worldwide jumped 125% in 2008 over 2007, hitting 210.5 million, and are expected to top 1 billion...

US consumers could drop spending on mobile, broadband and pay TV services due to economic turmoil, but Internet video will expand, says In-Stat

Mar 11, 13:57

US Consumer spending on subscription-TV, broadband, and mobile services will be "about the same" for most consumers, but about 15% intend to cut back, according to In-Stat...

Alpha Networks: Expanding home economies to push up demand for broadband products

Mar 3, 14:47

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Alpha Networks is likely to see its revenues continue growing in 2009 as the economic slowdown is expected to accelerate a further growth in home...

Mobile broadband network capex could reach 1,000 euro per subscriber, says Omnitele

Feb 19, 15:54

The future of mobile broadband looks promising, but network costs are becoming a threat to the profitability of mobile network operators (MNOs) at a time of global financial crisis...

Telco broadband subscriber additions slump in 2008, says iSuppli

Feb 13, 10:27

The telco broadband market experienced a significant downturn in new subscriber additions during 2008, according to iSuppli.

APAC to see 564 million 3G subscribers by 2013, says Frost & Sullivan

Jan 20, 12:07

APAC was home to some 121 million 3G subscribers in 2007 and an estimated 158.4 million in 2008. By 2013, the region's 3G subscriber base is expected to top 564 million, accounting...

Taiwan market: So-net aims to hike broadband Internet users

Nov 24, 13:54

So-net Entertainment Taiwan, an ISP (Internet service provider) and ICP (Internet content provider), has set a goal of increasing the number of its broadband Internet-access subscribers...

Taiwan market: Five MSOs, two STB makers form broadband digital multimedia service alliance

Nov 6, 16:52

Five major MSOs (multi-system operators) of cable TV services in Taiwan and two Taiwan-based STB (set-top box) makers at a November 5 press conference announced the joint establishment...

Alcatel-Lucent aims to build broadband optical network ecosystem with Taiwan makers

Oct 9, 14:52

Alcatel-Lucent will continue to cooperate with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) as well as Taiwan-based network-equipment makers to develop broadband optical network products...

Does GSMA need "Intel Inside" type of marketing strategy?

Oct 1, 12:11

This week, the GSMA announced a new mobile broadband service mark which, like 'Intel Inside', will be placed on devices to help customers identify laptops and other devices which...