China government plans to release 2,500-2,690MHz bands for TDD-LTE, says report

Oct 16, 13:41

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) plans to assign 2,500-2,690 MHz frequency bands, a total bandwidth of 190MHz, for TDD-LTE mobile communications, according...

Taiwan market: NCC measures fixed-line broadband Internet-access speeds

Oct 12, 15:47

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) commissioned the government-sponsored Telecom Technology Center (TTC) to measure download speeds of fixed-line broadband Internet-access...

MediaTek extends partnership with Indonesia-based Telkomsel, IMO

Newswatch - Oct 12, 14:51

MediaTek has announced that it is extending its strategic partnership with Indonesia-based mobile operator Telkomsel and handset brand IMO to bring a multimedia, dual core platform...

Chunghwa Telecom posts January-September net EPS of NT$3.99

Oct 11, 18:44

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on October 11 reported net profit of NT$3.13 billion (US$106 million) for September, resulting in January-September net EPS of NT$3.99.

CHT expected to increase 2013 capex

Oct 5, 15:42

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is expected to expand its capital expenditure (capex) in 2013 from a budget of NT$33.1 billion (US$1.12 billion) in 2012 because the company will...

China market: China Mobile aims to sell over 100 million TD-SCDMA devices in 2013

Oct 1, 16:39

China-based telecom carrier China Mobile has set a goal of selling more than 100 million TD-SCDMA terminal devices in 2013, with 80% of them to be smart devices, according to the...

Taiwan Market: FET mobile communication users to reach 7 million at end of 2012, says executive

Sep 28, 15:20

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, expects its number of mobile communication subscribers to increase to seven million,...

Qualcomm to offer TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE reference design to enter China Mobile supply chain

Sep 28, 01:00

Qualcomm will offer a TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE-based Qualcomm reference design (QRD) in a bid to enter China Mobile's supply chain in the first quarter of 2013.

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom urges NCC to not cancel IP peering charges

Sep 27, 12:27

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has urged the communications authorities to not ask it to cancel IP peering charges. The call comes in the wake of a plan by the National Communications...

China August mobile phone user base grows to over 1.072 billion

Sep 25, 14:06

There were 1.07224 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2012, growing 0.96% on month and 14.06% on year, 192.56 million (17.96%) of...

Non-iPhone brands to counter iPhone 5 with more NFC-enabled models, say sources

Sep 24, 16:32

Although Apple's iPhone 5 is expected to enjoy strong sales, the lack of NFC (near field communication) functionality in the latest iPhone model will allow rival brands to differentiate...

HTC hopes to regain US market share with new Windows Phone 8 smartphones

Sep 20, 01:15

The rise of Apple and Samsung Electronics has pushed HTC to rank number three in the US smartphone market with an approximately 14% market share. The firm plans to regain turf with...

Trusted Service Management joint venture to be examined by FTC in October

Sep 19, 15:31

Five mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan and EasyCard Corporation, in the second half of 2011, jointly proposed a joint venture company, Trusted Service Management (TSM), specifically...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims at revenues of NT$80 million from MOD advertising in 2012

Sep 19, 15:25

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) aims to generate revenues of NT$80 million (US$2.7 million) from advertising services on its MOD (multimedia on demand) platform in 2012, according to company...

Taiwan government yet to decide on inclusion of WiMAX bands in new mobile Internet licenses

Sep 17, 15:10

As the Taiwan government is expected to approve release of two total bandwidth allocations of 135MHz (one for upload, one for download) for operating mobile access to the Internet...

China market: Dual-core CPUs, 4-inch displays become standards for entry-level smartphones

Sep 17, 12:02

Local brands in China have made upgrades to the specifications of their entry-level smartphones for the CNY1,000-1,500 (US$158-237) segment making dual-core 1GHz processors and 4-inch...

Taiwan market: Top-3 mobile telecom carriers on track to 2012 user-base targets

Sep 12, 01:35

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, are on track to hit their subscriber targets...

China may unveil frequency bands for 4G soon, says MIIT official

Sep 11, 15:13

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is likely to release frequency bands available for 4G mobile communication services as soon as the end of September...

Chunghwa Telecom posts January-August net EPS of NT$3.59

Sep 11, 01:15

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on September 10 reported net profit of NT$3.53 billion (US$118 million) for August 2012, resulting in January-August net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.59.

Timing is good for WP8 phones, but Microsoft faces challenges to maintain relationships with partners

Sep 6, 15:30

The timing for Nokia, Samsung Electronics, and HTC to release Windows Phone 8 (WP8) smartphones at the end of October or later in 2012 could not be better, but Microsoft's preferential...

China market: China Mobile hopes China Telecom will adopt TD-LTE, says report

Sep 4, 15:56

China Mobile, while having been promoting TD-LTE in overseas markets and preparing to start operations in the China market, hopes that China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom...

Taiwan market: TWM cooperates with Evernote to offer personal cloud computing services

Aug 31, 15:53

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on August 30 announced cooperation with California-based Evernote to promote its notetaking personal...

Chunghwa Telecom lowers 2012 target user bases for fixed-line broadband access to Internet, MOD

Aug 31, 14:17

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has downward adjusted the 2012 target number of subscribers for its fixed-line Internet-access services from five million to 4.75 million, and that for its...

China July mobile phone user base growing to over 1.062 billion

Aug 29, 15:43

There were 1.062.03 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2012, growing 0.96% on month and 14.22% on year. 183.76 million (17.30%) were...

Handset vendors unlikely to benefit from indoor location-based service, say sources

Aug 28, 16:05

Handset vendors, with the exception of those with own mobile advertising platforms and other services, are unlikely to benefit directly from emerging business opportunities that will...

Taiwan market: NCC to release new licenses for mobile Internet at end of 2013

Aug 27, 15:57

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) plans to offer two total bandwidth allocations of 135MHz (one for upload, one for download) to operate mobile Internet-access in...

Smart TV trends foster alliances between telecoms and hardware makers

Aug 27, 15:10

TV hardware makers and telecommunication providers are reportedly forming alliances to overtake the traditional cable TV format and provide more digital content through smart TVs...

ZTE sees increased revenues, decreased profit for 1H12

Aug 24, 11:20

ZTE, a China-based maker of telecom/networking devices, had revenues of CNY42.642 billion (US$6.75 billion) for the first half of 2012 growing on year by 15.2% but corresponding net...

China Telecom 1H12 revenues up, profit down on year

Aug 24, 11:10

China Telecom saw total revenues of CNY138.021 billion (US$21.85 billion) for the first half of 2012 increase 14.8% on year, but corresponding net profit of CNY8.814 billion decreased...

Tecom to issue convertible preferred shares via private placement

Aug 23, 11:43

Tecom, a Taiwan-based maker of networking/communication devices, plans to issue up to 6.25 million 5-year convertible preferred shares at an annual interest rate of 3% through private...

Gemtek 1H12 net profits hit NT$508 million

Aug 23, 01:25

Gemtek Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of networking/communication devices, has announced consolidated revenues of NT$13.511 billion (US$450 million) and net profits of NT$508 million...

Chunghwa Telecom holds ceremony for Kinmen-Xiamen undersea cable

Aug 21, 16:28

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on August 21 held a ceremony in Kinmen, Taiwan's offshore island close to China's southeastern coast, to mark the completion of an undersea cable linking Kinmen...

China Unicom begins construction of cross-strait undersea cable TSE-1

Aug 21, 14:38

China Unicom on August 20 announced that it has started construction of TSE-1, the first undersea telecom cable directly linking Taiwan and China across the Taiwan Strait, and may...

HTC to book investment losses on stake in OnLive

Newswatch - Aug 20, 15:35

HTC has said in a statement it expects to book an investment loss of US$40 million on its stake in US-based on-demand games company OnLive.

China market: China Mobile testing 100Gbps backbone networks

Aug 20, 14:50

China Mobile, a TD-SCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, is undertaking trials of 100Gbps backbone networks in a bid to meet growing demand for IPTV, HDTV, VoD and P2P services.