Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile obtains NT$640 million loan

May 22, 11:25

Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in northern Taiwan, on May 21 announced that it has obtained a 5-year syndicated loan of NT$640 million (US$21.7 million) from seven local banks, with...

Faraday tapes out 40nm ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, says paper

Newswatch - May 21, 15:33

IC design service provider Faraday Technology has completed the tape-out of ASICs for 4G LTE base stations, utilizing a 40nm process at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC),...

China Unicom aims at 30% of revenues from e-commerce services in 2014

May 18, 14:48

China Unicom, one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in China, plans to have its existing e-commerce platform become the largest of its retail channels, with a goal of having...

China Telecom procures PON equipment in large volume

May 18, 11:19

China Telecom has finished 2012 open-bid procurement of PON equipment, with China-based vendors ZTE and FiberHome Technologies as well as Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell being major...

China Mobile to expand TD-LTE trial run

May 17, 10:09

China Mobile will expand trial operation of TD-LTE by setting up trial networks in four more cities in China, tech.sina.com has cited company CEO Li Yue as telling a shareholders...

Taiwan market: Global Mobile to launch HTC WiMAX smartphone

May 15, 16:40

Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in the northern Taiwan region, has revealed it will launch the HTC EVO Shift, a WiMAX smartphone customized for the carrier, in late May.

Taiwan market: FET, TWM selling new iPad bundled with contracts

May 11, 16:23

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM), two mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on May 11 began contract-bundled sale of the new iPad through retail outlets.

Chunghwa Telecom posts January-April net EPS of NT$1.72

May 11, 01:00

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on May 10 reported net profit of NT$3.83 billion (US$130 million) for April 2012, resulting in January-April net EPS of NT$1.72.

Mobile telecom carriers tend to support WP8, say Taiwan makers

May 10, 12:25

The support for Microsoft Windows Phone 8 (WP8) by Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel is likely to spread to other mobile telecom carriers due to concerns over the growing dominance...

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)...

Taiwan market: Sony Mobile launches Xperia ion LT28i

May 9, 10:13

Sony Mobile Communications on May 8 unveiled Xperia ion LT28i, its latest smartphone model, for launch in the Taiwan market in late May exclusively through Taiwan Mobile's (TWM) contract-bundled...

China March mobile phone user base growing to over 1.018 billion

May 4, 10:39

There were 1.01882 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2012, growing 1.18% on month and 14.44% on year. 152.06 million (14.93%) were...

Chunghwa Telecom working with Intel for green cloud computing

May 3, 11:48

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Intel will cooperate to promote green cloud computing by integrating the chipmaker's cloud server technology and the carrier's cloud computing R&D and...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom expects mobile Internet-access users to grow to 2.35 million at end of 2012

May 2, 16:28

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) expects the number of its mobile Internet-access subscribers to increase from 1.801 million at the end of March 2012 to 2.35 million at the end of the year,...

Broadcom launches first 100Gbps full duplex network processor

Apr 28, 07:02

Broadcom recently announced the industry's first 100Gbps full duplex network processor unit (NPU). Targeting the next wave of 100GbE switches and routers for service provider networks,...

Taiwan Mobile sees net profits move higher in 1Q12

Apr 27, 16:48

Taiwan Mobile has posted net profits of NT$3.36 billion (US$113.84 million) for the first quarter of 2012, edging up 2% from a year earlier. First-quarter EPS stood at NT$1.25 compared...

China wireless infrastructure investment to peak in 2014, says IHS

Apr 26, 01:00

Increasing expenditures on equipment intended to support the rollout of 4G LTE wireless services are expected to cause China's total spending on mobile infrastructure gear to peak...

FET to deal out 2011 dividend nearly 10% excess of net EPS

Apr 23, 12:11

Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) will distribute a cash dividend of NT$3 per share for 2011, 9.89% in excess of the corresponding net EPS of NT$2.73, according...

China market: TD-LTE development likely to slow down

Apr 18, 11:29

China Mobile's development of the locally-developed TD-LTE may be forced to slow down as China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) may wait another two to three...

CHT posts January-March net EPS of NT$1.22

Apr 11, 01:05

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 10 reported net profits of NT$3.25 billion (US$110 million) for March 2012, resulting in January-March net EPS of NT$1.22.

Taiwan market: Channel operator Cyber 3C+ begins trial operations

Apr 10, 16:26

Cyber 3C+, a new chain store for the sale of IT products established by retail channel operator Cybermart of the Foxconn Group in Taiwan, has begun trial operation of its first shopping...

China February mobile phone users grow 1.04%

Apr 2, 10:50

There were 1,006.92 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of February 2012, growing by 1.04% on month and by 14.58% on year, and 143.92 million...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to hike 50Mbps user base to nearly 1 million in 2012

Mar 29, 16:24

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has focused promotions of its FTTx broadband Internet-access services on download speeds of 50Mbps in 2012 and aims to increase the number of 50Mbps FTTx subscribers...

FET launches communication private cloud service

Mar 28, 16:19

Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunication (FET) has launched communication private cloud service, customized cloud computing-based service through integration...

Arcadyan scores points in tapping telecom carrier market

Mar 28, 15:13

Arcadyan Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of networking equipment, has been transforming its focus from OEM production to Direct Account, a model to directly supply products to telecom...

Chunghwa Telecom to deal out 2011 dividend of NT$5.4608

Mar 28, 11:29

Chunghwa Telecom has decided to distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$5.4608 for 2011, accounting for 90.26% of the corresponding net EPS of NT$6.05, according to the Taiwan-based...

Hynix changes name, looks to diversify

Mar 27, 14:50

Hynix Semiconductor has officially introduced its new name, SK Hynix, reflecting its new membership to the SK Group. The memory chip vendor held a ceremony on March 26 to celebrate...

Global shipments of small cells to reach 62.4 million units in 2016, says chairman of Small Cell Forum

Mar 27, 11:36

Global shipments of small cells are projected at 3.2 million units in 2012, and will keep growing to 62.4 million units in 2016, according to chairman Simon Saunders for the Small...

Taiwan market: Asia Pacific Telecom to launch CDMA2000 EV-DO service in 4Q12

Mar 26, 15:20

Asia Pacific Telecom, the only CDMA2000 mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, will begin to offer CDMA2000 EV-DO mobile Internet-access services in the fourth quarter of 2012, according...

Chunghwa Telecom, Chinesegamer cooperate in cloud computing game

Mar 22, 16:09

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Chinesegamer International, a developer/operator of online games in Taiwan, have signed a memorandum of understanding for the latter to develop a cloud...

China Telecom sees 3G user base nearly triple in 2011

Mar 21, 16:10

China Telecom, the only CDMA2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, had 36.29 million 3G subscribers as of the end of 2011, hiking 195.3% from a year ago and accounting for 28.5% of...

China market: Nokia to launch Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones

Mar 16, 16:30

Nokia will launch Windows Phone 7.5 (Tango) Lumia series smartphones in the China market on March 28 through cooperation with China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile. WCDMA,...

China Mobile nets CNY6.27 per share for 2011

Mar 16, 15:35

China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, on March 15 released its 2011 financial report, posting basic EPS of CNY6.27 (US$0.97).