Global LTE market to take off in 2011, says Nokia Siemens Networks regional head

Oct 1, 01:10

The Global LTE market will begin to grow fast in 2011, with LTE FDD to come on the stage first, according to Nokia Siemens Networks general manager Mike Wang for Taiwan, Hong Kong...

China Mobile to talk to Taiwan companies for 4G development

Sep 23, 11:09

Chairman Wang Jian-zhou for China Mobile Communications, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, has invited Taiwan-based enterprises in the WiMAX supply chain to attend conferences...

Taiwan government supports WiMAX, but will take LTE potential into account, says economics minister

Sep 15, 14:44

The Taiwan government has been boosting establishment of a WiMAX supply chain and applications in Taiwan, but has considered the development potential of LTE and will also promote...

Chunghwa Telecom to test LTE at 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo

Sep 6, 11:25

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to undertake LTE field tests at the 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo scheduled for November 6, 2010 to April 25, 2011, with the plan subject to approval...

Taiwan WiMAX operators can be in parallel operation of LTE, says Rohde & Schwarz Taiwan

Sep 3, 16:56

As several WiMAX operators and developers of WiMAX chip solutions have stepped into LTE, it has increasing potential to become a dominant global 4G standard and therefore WiMAX operators...

Arcadyan to start production of LTE routers/IADs in 2H11

Sep 3, 14:40

Arcadyan Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of broadband networking/communication equipment, plans to begin volume production of LTE routers and IADs (integrated access devices) in...

Samsung to launch LTE-enabled smartphone in the US in September, sources say

Sep 3, 11:22

Samsung Electronics plans to launch its first LTE-enabled smartphone, the Samsung Craft (SCH-R900), in the US market in September as well as its first LTE/HSPA+ dual-mode netbook,...

Huawei demos 50Mbps LTE FDD on Shanghai Maglev Train

Aug 13, 16:27

China-based Huawei Technologies has successfully demonstrated an LTE FDD network operating at speeds up to 50Mbps on a Shanghai Maglev train traveling at about 430km/h.

MediaTek signs LTE licensing agreement with NTT DoCoMo

Jul 28, 11:47

MediaTek has announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with NTT DoCoMo regarding "LTE-PF," a mobile-terminal platform based on Long Term Evolution (LTE). Upon...

China-based Huawei lands LTE equipment contract from Vodafone Germany, say Taiwan makers

Jul 27, 10:55

China-based telecom/networking equipment maker Huawei Technologies has become one of the two suppliers of LTE (Long Term Evolution) base station equipment for Vodafone Germany, its...

Taiwan WiMAX operators hold rosy business outlook

Jul 21, 12:08

Five of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, at a joint press conference held by the Consortium of Mobile Broadband on July 20, indicated that they are optimistic about the business...

Prices for LTE cards expected to fall to US$50 at end of 2011, say Taiwan makers

Jul 13, 11:59

Due to efforts from chip developers such as Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson to move from 3G/3.5G to LTE (Long Term Evolution) and efforts to minimize production costs by system makers such...

Intel closing WiMAX office marks success of LTE, says Digitimes Research

Jul 2, 17:36

Despite Intel saying that the company's WiMAX Program Office has already finished its task of helping the WiMAX industry take off as it reasons for deciding to close down the office,...

Rohde & Schwarz to offer instruments LTE handset testing in 2011, says CEO

Jul 2, 12:00

Germany-based Rohde & Schwarz holds an optimistic outlook on the market potential of LTE and has offered instruments for testing LTE data cards for notebooks and will offer solutions...

CHT and Ericsson jointly offer LTE testing platform for Taiwan-made products

Jul 2, 11:48

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 1 announced that its Telecommunication Laboratories and Ericsson have cooperated to finish testing of LTE base stations and terminal devices produced...

CHT to release results of LTE field trial through cooperation with Ericsson

Jun 29, 11:49

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will release the results of LTE (Long Term Evolution) field trial undertaken by its Telecommunication Laboratories through technological cooperation with Ericsson...

WiMAX to remain feasible for at least 10 more years, says Acer chairman

Jun 2, 12:30

In response to worries about the outlook of WiMAX, chairman JT Wang for both Acer and the Taipei Computer Association (TCA) has stressed that there is still large room for development...

Ericsson looks to cooperation with Taiwan-based makers to boost LTE

May 18, 15:39

While Ericsson has cooperated with China Mobile Communications and China Telecom to test LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks in China and Taiwan respectively, Taiwan is one of several...

4G market to come into focus in 2012, says ABI Research

May 14, 16:05

ABI Research has been tracking cities and population coverage for 4G for the past year. At the end of 2009 there were more than 170 802.16e carriers across 65 countries, covering...

Commercial LTE to take off in 2014, says Qualcomm vice president

May 4, 13:55

While WCDMA and CDMA 2000, each with about 500 million users around the world, are developing toward LTE, large-scale commercial applications of the 4G standard will begin in 2014...

Taiwan may assign 700MHz band for LTE operation

Apr 26, 12:04

Viewing that LTE (Long Term Evolution) is developing toward a global mainstream 4G standard for mobile communications, the Taiwan government is likely to assign the frequency band...

Taiwan market: TWM to not consider LTE until 2012

Apr 16, 16:10

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will focus on HSPA (high-speed packet access) and HSPA+ for 3G upgrade and will not evaluate the feasibility of adopting LTE (long term evolution) until 2012,...

Nokia Siemens Networks demonstrates FDD-LTE in Taiwan

Apr 16, 14:42

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) on April 15 demonstrated FDD-LTE in Taiwan for the first time. The standard is looking to feature 100Mbps downloads, high-definition video voice over...

China Mobile to trial TD-LTE in Qingdao, Xiamen and Zhuhai, says report

Apr 15, 11:23

China Mobile Communications, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, will establish three experimental TD-LTE (time division-long term evolution) networks separately in three...

Global presence of LTE on the rise, GSA statistics show

Apr 13, 11:45

As of April 2010, 64 mobile telecom carriers in 31 countries have decided to adopt the LTE (long term evolution) standard and another 24 in 11 countries are evaluating and/or testing...

Chunghwa Telecom, NCTU cooperate with Nokia Siemens for LTE experiment

Apr 12, 15:02

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 9 announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) Taiwan to co-establish an LTE-SAE (long term evolution-system...

Shipments of 3G/4G mobile broadband devices by Taiwan makers to pick up in 2010, say sources

Apr 1, 16:18

Shipments of 3G/4G mobile broadband devices by Taiwan-based networking/telecom equipment makers are expected to start gaining momentum in 2010, according to industry sources.

Sequans announces LTE IC for China market

Mar 17, 12:07

France-based 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications has announced its first LTE chip, SQN3010, will soon be sampling with key customers. The chip has been in development for many months...

Ethernet-based microwave equipment market to grow 100% by 2014, says Infonetics Research

Mar 15, 15:50

The worldwide microwave equipment market grew from US$4.94 billion to US$5.85 billion between 2008 and 2009, up 18% on year, according to Infonetics Research, and Ethernet-only microwave...

More network equipment makers to allocate funds for LTE development

Mar 12, 16:05

More Taiwan-based network equipment makers, including Alpha Networks, Arcadyan Technology and Sercomm, are planning to channel more funds to the development LTE technology and related...

Ericsson to expand purchases of 3.5G, LTE and IPTV products in Taiwan, says paper

Mar 10, 15:35

Ericsson plans to expand its purchases from Taiwan to include CPE products supporting HSPA and LTE standards as well as IPTV products in addition to current 2G and 3G products, the...

Worldwide WCDMA handset semiconductor revenues to exceed US$30 billion by 2014, says In-Stat

Mar 3, 16:12

WCDMA handset semiconductor revenues will see a CAGR of over 10% between 2009 and 2014, exceeding US$30 billion by 2014. Overall handset semiconductor revenues will see a more moderate...

LTE and WiMAX deployments go head-to-head as the 4G technology battle begins, says ABI Research

Mar 3, 15:57

As LTE deployments begin to pick up pace, WiMAX continues its steady progress. according to ABI Research analyst Bhavya Khanna.