Taiwan market: NCC to examine femtocell installation

Nov 4, 11:41

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on November 3 indicated it is set to examine femtocells to be installed by local mobile telecom carriers on an application basis.

NCC approves APBT plans to purchase base stations from Huawei

Oct 8, 01:50

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a green light for telecom carrier Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT) to import the first batch of base station equipment...

Taiwan government to allow local telecom carriers to lay cross-strait undersea cables

Sep 15, 11:05

Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications has decided to allow Taiwan-based telecom carriers to cooperate with their China counterparts to lay undersea cables across...

NCC explains stringent inspection procedures on China-made telecom equipment

Aug 26, 16:12

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), in response to questions from industry players that it may want to block imports of telecoms equipment made by China-based makers...

Taiwan NCC decides to shift pricing for fixed-line to mobile calls to fixed-line operators

Jul 29, 16:32

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on July 28 passed a regulatory amendment to shift the pricing rights for voice calls from fixed-line telephones to mobile phones...

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: NCC paving legal way for using femtocells

Jul 8, 12:26

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on July 7 came up with a draft new regulation on setting up and operating mobile communication base stations which adds provisions...

Taiwan market: 1Q10 mobile voice calls up 11.35% on year

May 17, 10:40

Mobile voice communications in the Taiwan market in the first quarter of 2010 totaled 9.677 billion minutes, increasing on year by 11.35%, according to the National Communications...

Taiwan market: No decision yet on release of GSM bands for 4G operation, says NCC

May 7, 16:58

While Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications has unveiled a plan to phase out GSM mobile communication standard in 2017 to make the frequency bands of 900MHz and 1,800MHz...

Taiwan reportedly plans to switch to digital TV broadcast in 2013

May 6, 12:06

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) plans to completely switch terrestrial TV to digital broadcast in 2013, according to industry sources.

Taiwan market: Pricing for fixed-line to mobile calls to be shifted to fixed-line operators

Apr 29, 14:56

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 28 decided to shift the pricing rights for voice calls from fixed-line telephone numbers to mobile phone numbers to fixed-line...

Taiwan market: NCC to liberalize geographical coverage for cable TV operation

Apr 6, 11:39

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 2 announced a draft amendment to the Cable Radio and Television Act mainly for removing the existing limit to the geographical...

Taiwan market: Fitel receives WiMAX operating license from NCC

Newswatch - Mar 11, 12:04

WiMAX licensee First International Telecom (Fitel) has received an operating license from Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), making it the last of six licensees to...

Taiwan market: NCC issues WiMAX operating license to Vee Telecom

Mar 4, 15:15

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a WiMAX operating license to Vee Telecom Multimedia. Vee is expected to kick off WiMAX commercial operations in Kinmen...

Taiwan market: NCC to issue only 1 mobile TV license by year-end 2010, say sources

Feb 25, 12:16

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) plans to issue only one mobile TV operating license before the end of 2010, instead of the release of two licenses as originally...

Taiwan NCC plans digital TV set top box subsidy

Feb 23, 14:58

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), in line with its policy to stop analog terrestrial TV broadcasts in 2012, is drawing up a plan to subsidize the purchase of digital...

Taiwan-market: NCC to reclaim 2G mobile numbers from TWM, FET

Jan 28, 15:21

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) plans to collect back some of the 2G mobile phone numbers allocated to Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)...

Taiwan market: Two mobile TV licenses may be issued by end of 2010

Jan 15, 15:38

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) plans to issue Taiwan's first two mobile TV licenses by the end of 2010, one to operate on Channel 35 (596-602MHz) and the other...

Taiwan market: Government unveils plan to promote switch to digital TV

Jan 14, 14:57

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), viewing that the switching to digital broadcast has significantly lagged behind schedule, plans to allow MSOs (multi-systems operators...

Taiwan market: NCC price adjustment proposal may deter carriers from investing, says Nokia Siemens executive

Jan 14, 14:10

The recent proposal by Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) requiring local telecom carriers to lower charges for fixed-line and mobile communication services may hamper...

Taiwan market: NCC to enforce new price adjustment formula for fixed-line, mobile communication services

Jan 7, 16:02

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a new formula for adjusting prices for fixed-line and mobile communications services.

Taiwan NCC grants two more WiMAX operating licenses to carriers

Dec 17, 12:07

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued two more WiMAX operating licenses to telecom carriers Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Vmax Telecom. The two carriers...

Taiwan market: NCC issues WiMAX operating license to Global Mobile

Dec 3, 12:19

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued an operating license to Global Mobile, enabling the company to start offering WiMAX services.

Taiwan market: CHT last-mile circuit lease fee lowered

Oct 15, 14:55

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on October 14 reduced the monthly rate charged by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for its last-mile circuits leased to other operators from...

Taiwan market: NCC conditionally approves Chunghwa Telecom 20M/2M FTTx pricing

Oct 1, 14:32

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on September 30 approved rates proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for its 20Mbps (20M/2M) FTTx Internet-access service, but asked...

Taiwan market: Government approves Chunghwa Telecom price cuts for IP peering

Aug 6, 16:19

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on August 5 approved a reduction in IP (Internet protocol) peering charge rates proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), with the new...

Taiwan market: NCC to ban sales of handsets not passed through compliance testing

Jul 10, 16:06

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it will take measures against the sale of handsets that have not been put through compliance testing by the commission...

Some Taiwan WiMAX licensees looking to switch to LTE technology

Jun 12, 12:05

Some WiMAX licensees in Taiwan are considering bypassing WiMAX technology and instead switching directly to Long Term Evolution (LTE), according to sources within the WiMAX segment...

Taiwan market: Government body to settle IP peering fee dispute

May 21, 11:06

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has indicated it is collecting opinions from ISPs (Internet service providers), and plans to soon propose draft IP (Internet Protocol)...

Taiwan government reiterates ban on China Mobile's investment in FET

May 8, 14:55

Taiwan officials have reiterated that the government will not approve China Mobile Communications' investment in local carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) because of legal...

China Mobile not allowed to invest in FET, says Taiwan government agency

May 7, 16:34

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), in response to local carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications' (FET) signing with China Mobile Communications for strategic alliance...

Taiwan market: Government agency to mediate over IP peering fee dispute

Apr 16, 16:44

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it will talk with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and other fixed-network telecommunication operators to resolve the dispute...

Taiwan market: NCC neutral to PLC specifications for last-mile broadband

Apr 2, 16:02

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is neutral to using power line communication (PLC) for last-mile connections to provide broadband Internet-access services...

Taiwan market: NCC requires 5% cut in 2G voice talk charges

Mar 26, 11:57

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on March 25 decided to ask the operators of 2G mobile communication service in Taiwan to lower their highest charges rates for voice...

Taiwan market: NCC asks cable TV operators to guarantee pre-paid service agreements

Mar 19, 14:49

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on March 18 passed a draft regulation requiring MSOs (multi-system operators of cable TV) and operators of independent cable TV networks...