Taiwan, China telecom carriers to build cross-strait undersea cable

Jan 14, 11:53

Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile, Far EasTone Telecommunications, Taiwan International Gateway and China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) on January 13 signed an MOU for joint...

Taiwan market: CHT ranks as most profitable carrier in 2010

Jan 11, 01:25

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) led the top-three Taiwan-based telecom carriers with the highest EPS of NT$4.92 for 2010, followed by Taiwan Mobile (TWM) at NT$4.62 and Far EasTone Telecommunications...

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: Mobile carriers see growth in New Year Eve messages

Jan 3, 11:17

Taiwan-based carriers Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) saw messages sent by their subscribers on 2011 New Year Eve increase by...

Taiwan market: Telecom carriers see no impact on netbook sales from tablet PCs

Dec 30, 16:36

Netbook sales via telecom carriers in the Taiwan market have not been affected much by tablet PCs as the Taiwan telecom channel currently only has a limited choice of tablet models...

FET launches Android-based applications on China Mobile online store

Dec 29, 01:20

Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has launched 25 Chinese-language Android applications om Mobile Market, the online store operated by China...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom posts January-November EPS of NT$4.60

Dec 13, 12:14

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profit of NT$3.928 billion (US$128 million) for November 2010, resulting in January-November net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$4.60.

CHT, TWM, FET to offer femtocell services in 2011

Dec 10, 16:29

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plan to offer femtocell services in the...

Taiwan market: FET to reach 25,000 Wi-Fi hot spots in 2011

Dec 10, 10:46

Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) plans to complete a Wi-Fi network of 25,000 hot spots around Taiwan in 2011 mainly for promoting 3G business, according...

Taiwan market: FET upgrading retail stores

Dec 1, 12:04

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has been upgrading the hardware of its own retail stores around Taiwan since March 2010, with an estimated total investment of NT$300-400 million...

Taiwan market: FET offers WP7 smartphone+Kinect for bundled sale

Nov 23, 11:34

Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on November 22 launched a combination of a Windows Phone 7 (WP7) smartphone (either HTC 7 Mozart or HTC HD7) and a Microsoft...

Taiwan market: FET launches mobile TV service for tablet PC, smartphone users

Nov 18, 11:54

Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on November 17 announced the launch of a 20-channel mobile TV service for tablet PC and smartphone users,...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom posts January-October EPS of NT$4.19

Nov 11, 11:19

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported unaudited net profit of NT$3.689 billion (US$119 million) for October 2010, resulting in January-October net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$4.19...

Taiwan market: FET to offer HSPA+ for trial use

Nov 9, 11:24

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on November 8 announced the launch of HSPA+ (3.75G) mobile Internet-access services available for trial use at some locations in Taipei (northern...

FET launches S Mart on China Mobile online platform

Nov 5, 10:21

Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on November 3 launched S Mart, its online Chinese-language Android applications store, on Mobile Market, China...

Taiwan market: FET unveils Galaxy Tab, ViewPad 7

Nov 3, 12:12

Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on November 2 unveiled tablet PCs from Samsung Electronics and ViewSonic, the 7-inch Galaxy Tab P1000 and 7-inch ViewPad...

Taiwan market: FET to procure 600,000 smartphones in 2011, says paper

Newswatch - Oct 20, 14:38

Smartphones will represent 40% or 600,000 units of Far EasTone Telecommunications' (FET) handset procurement in 2011, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report...

Chunghwa Telecom posts January-September EPS of NT$3.81

Oct 12, 09:50

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on October 11 reported unaudited net profit of NT$3.586 billion (US$113 million) for September 2010, resulting in January-September net earnings per share (EPS)...

FET plans to launch four value-added services in China

Oct 7, 15:11

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) plans to launch four online value-added services in the China market: S Mart in the fourth quarter of 2010, and eBook Town, Omusic and Video Store...

Taiwan market: FET setting up femtocell trial network

Oct 6, 14:16

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) is establishing a network of more than 100 femtocells around Taiwan for trial use, according to company CSO and CTO Jeffrey Gee.

FET enhancing Android application store to tap China market

Oct 5, 01:00

Taiwan mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) is boosting development of S Mart, its online store of Chinese-language applications based on Android handsets,...

Taiwan market: FET sets up joint venture Omusic to launch online music services

Sep 28, 01:30

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on September 27 announced the establishment of Omusic to provide online digital music services in the Taiwan market. The company is a joint venture...

Taiwan market: CHT, FET to add Wi-Fi access points to reduce 3G/3.5G traffic

Sep 23, 11:26

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will add Wi-Fi access points to lighten the traffic through their 3G/3.5G broadband mobile Internet-access...

FET, Azion to apply mobile communication technology to rescue work

Sep 23, 11:22

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), a mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, has signed an MOU with Azion, a Taiwan-based provider of IT/communication system integration services, for...

HTC to use FET-developed TD-LTE experimental network

Sep 21, 02:17

3G and WiMAX operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has established a TD-LTE (time division-Long Term Evolution) experimental network in its T-Park (telecom park) in northern...

Taiwan market: Carriers kick iPhone 4 sales

Sep 17, 11:18

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) have started selling iPhone 4 in the Taiwan market.

Taiwan market: FET, Tatung InfoComm offer free WiMAX roaming services

Sep 16, 15:11

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Tatung InfoComm, two WiMAX operators in Taiwan, on September 15 jointly announced the launch of free WiMAX roaming services on a trial basis...

Taiwan market: Carriers CHT, FET and TWM to launch iPhone 4 on September 17

Sep 13, 13:45

Taiwan-based telecom carriers Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) reportedly will begin selling Apple's iPhone 4 on September 17,...

Chunghwa Telecom posts January-August EPS of NT$3.44

Sep 13, 09:43

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profit of NT$4.350 billion (US$136 million) for August 2010, resulting in a January-August net EPS of NT$3.44.

Taiwan market: FET aims to exceed 1 million mobile Internet-access users, NT$10 billion value-added revenues in 2011

Sep 10, 11:37

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has been aggressively promoting sales of value-added services in the Taiwan market through contract-bundled subsidies for purchases of smartphones,...

Taiwan market: FET receives exclusive rights to distribute entry-level Google smartphone

Sep 8, 11:25

Far Eastone Telecommunications (FET) will exclusively distribute in Taiwan a smartphone endorsed with the Google logo at the end of September at the earliest. The new handset, based...

FET to invest in China-based company

Sep 2, 15:53

Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will invest US$7.0 million, through its wholly-owned subsidiary FarEastern New Diligent Company based in British...

FET to wholly own Sparq in two steps

Sep 1, 11:48

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will increase its stake in New Century InfoComm Tech (Sparq as trade name), an operator...

TWM, FET to set up large IDCs in northern Taiwan

Aug 18, 10:40

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will each invest over NT$1 billion (US$31 million) to set up a flagship IDC (Internet data center) in northern Taiwan...

Taiwan market: FET to launch Acer e-book reader and tablet PC by year-end

Aug 12, 15:09

Far Eastone Telecommunications (FET) looks to be tightening its relationship with Acer by publicly stating during a recent press event that it will distribute a tablet PC and six-inch...