Web access from STBs and TVs up 138%, feature phones down 12% in 6 months, says Netbiscuits

Mar 27, 21:45

Based on the Netbiscuits Platform which handles billions of mobile Web and content impressions a month, the company believes that consumers are accessing the Web through new emerging...

Taiwan Mobile to issue 5-year unsecured bonds worth NT$5.8 billion

Mar 25, 22:08

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on March 25 announced that it will issue 5-year 1.29%-interest unsecured corporate bonds worth NT$5.8...

China Mobile reports higher 2012 profits than competitors

Mar 25, 10:43

China Mobile, the TD-SCDMA telecom carrier in China, recorded net profit of CNY129.3 billion (US$20.49 billion) for 2012, much higher than those for China Telecom, the CDMA2000 carrier,...

China February mobile phone users grow to 1.132 billion, says MIIT

Mar 25, 10:09

There were 1.132 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of February 2013, growing 0.89% sequentially and 12.43% on year, and 259.92 million (22.96%)...

Asia Pacific Telecom transiting from voice to mobile Internet-access services

Mar 20, 14:37

Asia Pacific Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, has been focusing on the transition from voice communications to data communications since it launched 1x...

Commercial TV viewing weak in Australia as streaming goes mainstream, says Roy Morgan Research

Mar 19, 18:28

Viewers in Australia are increasingly switching off live commercial TV and finding new ways to watch their shows, according to research firm Roy Morgan research. The proportion of...

Taiwan market: New HTC One pre-sale orders hit record high, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 19, 13:55

Pre-sale orders received by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for the new HTC One have hit a new record in Taiwan, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) quoted Jack...

Chunghwa Telecom, HTC sign 2013 cooperation agreement

Mar 18, 22:28

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, and Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC on March 18 signed a 2013 cooperation agreement covering...

China Mobile aims to sell 100-120 million TD-SCDMA handsets in 2013

Mar 15, 14:30

China Mobile, the only TD-SCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, aims to sell 100-120 million TD-SCDMA handsets in 2013, 80% of which will be smartphones, according to company president...

China Mobile 2013 capex increases 49% on year

Mar 14, 21:56

China Mobile, one of the biggest telecom carriers in China, reported 2012 total revenues of CNY560.4 billion (US$90 billion, up 6.1% on year. Net profits were CNY129.3 billion, representing...

Huawei, ZTE, Lenovo, Asustek likely to double smartphone shipments in 2013

Mar 12, 22:15

Huawei Device, ZTE, Lenovo and Asustek Computer are likely to double their shipments of smartphones in 2013, buoyed by their cooperation with telecom operators in China, Europe and...

Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$0.80 per share for January-February

Mar 12, 10:52

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profit of NT$3.74 billion (US$126 million) for February, leading to net EPS of NT$0.80 for January-February. CHT said it had 2.761 million...

Taiwan market: January 3G revenues up on year, says NCC

Mar 11, 15:03

There were 5.852 million 2G mobile communication subscribers with total revenues of NT$1.728 billion (US$58.2 million) in Taiwan in January 2013, decreasing on year by 17.1% and 35.6%...

Vibo Telecom aims at revenues of NT$8.2-8.5 billion for 2013

Mar 8, 14:50

Vibo Telecom, one of five 3G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, aims to increase revenues to NT$8.2-8.3 billion (US$277-280 million) in 2013 from over NT$7 billion in 2012, according...

Taiwan market: New HTC One unveiled

Mar 8, 14:18

The New HTC One will be avaialbe in Taiwan at the end of March, with a retail price of NT$19,900 (US$670) for the 16GB version, NT$21,900 for 32GB and NT$24,900 for 64GB.

Taiwan Mobile obtains SGS Qualicert

Mar 6, 15:31

Telecom carrier Taiwan Mobile (TWM) has obtained SGS Qualicert certification for quality of customer services from Switzerland-based SGS, for myfone, its retail chain, according to...

Taiwan market: Kbro to procure two-way STBs for MSO user behavior surveys

Mar 5, 15:44

Kbro, a MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, will procure 370,000 set-top boxes (STBs) in 2013, with 100,000 units to be two-way models which can collect information...

MWC 2013: China Mobile unveils multi-mode, multi-band TD-LTE devices

Mar 1, 16:12

China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, unveiled multi-mode, multi-band TD-LTE terminal device models at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 in Barcelona, Spain...

China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, KT to cooperate in EAP-SIM roaming

Feb 27, 14:19

China-based mobile telecom carrier China Mobile, Japan-based NTT DoCoMo and South Korea-based KT, at the 2013 Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona, Spain, signed cooperation...

China January mobile phone user base growing to 1.122 billion, says MIIT

Feb 26, 13:32

There were 1.122 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of January 2013, growing by 0.81% on month and by 12.59% on year, and 245.88 million (21.91%)...

Taiwan market: Vee TIME plans to compete for 700MHz 4G license

Feb 26, 10:35

Vee TIME, a WiMAX operator in southern Taiwan, is likely to compete for a 700MHz 4G license through open bidding to be held by the National Communications Commission (NCC) by the...

Sequans, Alcatel-Lucent team up for LTE broadcast

Feb 25, 11:53

Sequans Communications has successfully completed interoperability testing of Alcatel-Lucent's LTE infrastructure equipment with Sequan's eBMS-capable LTE chipsets, according to the...

Chunghwa Telecom aims to hike non-voice revenue proportion to over 50% in 2 years, says chairman

Feb 22, 11:35

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has been increasingly strengthening its Internet-access and value-added services operations, with a goal of increasing the proportion of consolidated revenues...

Acer chairman calls for government help for Taiwan makers to compete in TD-LTE market

Feb 22, 10:33

Acer chairman JT Wang, in his capacity as president of the Taipei Computer Association which organizes the Taipei Telecom Show 2013, at a speech made at the opening of the show on...

Taiwan market: Total investment in 4G operation estimated at NT$148.4 billion, says TCA

Feb 20, 14:54

The total investment by 4G mobile communication licensees to start operation in Taiwan is estimated at NT$148.4 billion (US$5.0 billion), not including licensing prices through open-bid...

Taiwan market: Three largest mobile telecom carriers to expand retail chains in 2013

Feb 18, 22:58

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will expand their retail chains by adding...

Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$0.32 per share for January

Feb 18, 10:24

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported net profits of NT$2.48 billion (US$84.1 million) for January, equivalent to a net EPS of NT$0.32.

FET sets record capex of NT$10.5 billion for 2013

Feb 8, 10:59

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, has set aside a capex budget of NT$10.5 billion (US$355 million) for 2013, the highest...

Taiwan market: Fitel to upgrade PHS network

Feb 7, 18:34

First International Telecom (Fitel), the only low-power PHS mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, has obtained approval from the National Communications Commission (NCC) to upgrade its...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom launches 3G HD Voice services

Feb 5, 14:54

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on February 4 announced the launch of HD (high-definition) Voice for its 3G subscribers.

Taiwan market: Vibo Telecom to procure 300,000-400,000 terminal devices in 2013, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 4, 11:41

Vibo Telecom, one of the five 3G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plans to procure 300,000-400,000 mobile terminal devices for contract-bundled sale in 2013, with smartphones to...

US IPTV growth decelerates in 4Q12, says IHS

Feb 1, 15:31

The growth of the US Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) market continued to decelerate in the fourth quarter of 2012, due to the impact of hurricane Sandy and the slowing expansion...

Taiwan market: CNS aims to finish digitization of cable TV networks in 2014

Feb 1, 15:05

China Network Systems (CNS), a cable TV MSO (multi-system operator) in Taiwan, has digitized its network for 239,000 subscribers, accounting for 21.7% of all subscribers, and aims...

Taiwan Mobile aims to net NT$5.71 per share for 2013

Feb 1, 14:20

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, expects to generate a net EPS of NT$5.71 (US$0.19) for 2013, according to the company's 2013 financial...

Chunghwa Telecom plans to deal out 90% of 2012 net EPS as dividend

Jan 31, 11:28

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to distribute a cash dividend for 2012 equivalent to 90% of net earnings per share (EPS) for that year, company chairman Lu Shyue-ching told...