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...

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: Vee TIME to acquire WiMAX competitor Tatung InfoComm

Mar 26, 16:20

Vee TIME, a WiMAX operator in southern Taiwan, has revealed that it will fully acquire competitor Tatung InfoComm for NT$150 million (US$5.08 million).

Taiwan market: Global Mobile unveils dual-mode smartphone

Feb 23, 11:52

Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in Taiwan, has launched 7G Miracle, a 3G/WiMAX dual-mode smartphone, in the Taiwan market for contract sale through carrier Vibo Telecom.

Global demand for WiMAX chips to drop in 2012, says Sequans

Feb 15, 15:59

Because many operators of WiMAX networks have shifted to LTE, global demand for WiMAX chips in 2012 is expected to decrease from 2011, according to France-based Sequans Communicati...

Vee TIME obtains 72.43% stake in Vmax

Feb 3, 10:49

Vee TIME, a WiMAX operator in the southern half of Taiwan, on February 2 announced the acquisition of a 72.43% stake in Vmax Telecom, a WiMAX operator in the northern half of Taiwan,...

Taiwan government continues support of WiMAX

Jan 30, 12:16

The Taiwan government will step up the development of WiMAX applications and help local operators expand coverage of their networks, according to Industrial Development Bureau (IDB)...

Taiwan market: Tatung InfoComm under pressure to expand WiMAX network

Jan 13, 10:57

Tatung InfoComm, a WiMAX operator in southern Taiwan, has set up fewer than 600 base stations and therefore is under the pressure of expanding its network to meet the required minimum...

Taiwan WiMAX device shipments to decrease in 2012

Jan 12, 12:12

Taiwan-based makers of WiMAX terminal devices, including Quanta Computer, Accton Wireless Broadband, Unizyx Holding and Prime Electronics & Satellitics, are expected to see their...

Taiwan market: WiMAX services subscribers exceed 130,000

Jan 10, 00:40

The number of WiMAX services subscribers in Taiwan reached 131,000 at the end of November 2011, an increase of 84.5% from the number recorded at the end of June 2011, according to...

Taiwan to include LTE-Advanced in communication program

Dec 27, 11:04

Taiwan's National Science Council has decided to add LTE-Advanced to its Networked Communication Program (NCP) which originally focused on development of WiMAX only.

Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Oct 21, 16:36

Transceivers are essential to the performance of mobile devices. They are designed to detect weak signals at a specific frequency when receiving and to send signals at a specific...

Taiwan market: Vee TIME proposes buyout of fellow WiMAX operator Vmax

Sep 26, 10:23

Vee TIME, a WiMAX operator in southern Taiwan, has proposed a 100% buy-out of Vmax Telecom, a fellow company operating in northern Taiwan, at NT$1.45 billion (US$49.2 million), with...

Taipei to have WiMAX buses

Sep 14, 11:07

Global Mobile is installing WiMAX equipment on public buses in the Taipei area to allow passengers to have free mobile Internet-access, according to the company.

Taiwan market: Vee TIME to offer WiMAX services on high-speed trains

Sep 1, 13:46

Vee TIME, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, will set up about 100 base stations along the 360km high-speed railway in Taiwan to provide WiMAX Internet-access multimedia services...

Gemtek to launch WiMAX/GSM dual-mode handsets by year-end 2011

Jul 29, 11:25

Gemtek Technology is developing WiMAX/GSM dual-mode handsets and plans to roll out the devices before the end of 2011, according to company managing director Kevin Yang.

Taiwan makers to roll out over NT$27 billion worth of LTE devices in 2015, says GSMA director

Jul 14, 01:25

The number of subscribers for LTE services is expected to top 300 million globally by 2015 with related makers in Taiwan being able to produce NT$27.3 billion (US$944.31 million)...

Taiwan market: Global Mobile aims at 10% of mobile Internet-access users

Jul 13, 10:27

Taiwan WiMAX operator Global Mobile aims to increase the number of its subscribers by attracting 10% of mobile Internet-access users via any networks and any type of terminal devices,...

WiMAX operator Global Mobile to consider shift to WiMAX 2 or TD-LTE after reaching market coverage of 70%

Jul 5, 01:35

Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in the northern half of Taiwan, will first expand the coverage of the total population of its service areas to 70% by the end of 2012 and then mull...

Malaysia WiMAX operator P1 to develop TD-LTE with China Mobile

Jul 1, 15:29

Packet One Networks (P1), a WiMAX mobile telecom carrier in Malaysia, has signed for technological cooperation with China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, to develop...

Vibo Telecom plans to sell stake in WiMAX operator Vmax

Jun 22, 14:44

Vibo Telecom, one of the five 3G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, plans to sell its 34% stake in Vmax Telecom, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, to concentrate its operating...

Taiwan WiMAX operators seeking merger

Jun 1, 14:48

The six WiMAX operators in Taiwan have faced the common problem of difficulty to increase the number of subscribers and, to solve the problem, four of them have been talking about...

Taiwan market: Global Mobile to reach WiMAX coverage of 8.5 million

May 31, 14:49

Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, will start operation in Taoyuan County, northern Taiwan, by the end of June 2011, with the population covered by its WiMAX...

Taiwan WiMAX production value to reach NT$60 billion in 2013, says government

May 16, 11:03

Taiwan's production value of WiMAX hardware, software and application services will increase to NT$60 billion (US$2.09 billion) in 2013, up from NT$15 billion in 2010, according to...

Baseband processors still essential, says Petrov Group

May 3, 17:02

With the proliferation of tablets and smartphones application processors are in the limelight, but another group of mobile processors, basebands, deserve attention too, according...

Quanta Computer expected to see booming shipments of PlayBook

Apr 13, 15:53

RIM is internally optimistic about the marketability of its PlayBook tablet PC and therefore has placed large-volume orders for shipments in the second and third quarters of 2011...

Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile plans to launch dual-mode smartphones in 2H11

Mar 25, 16:17

Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, is negotiating production of customized WiMAX/3G dual-mode smartphones with Taiwan-based ODMs for planned launches in the...

Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Vmax offers in-taxi interactive advertising services

Mar 18, 16:45

Vmax Telecom, a WiMAX operator in the northern region of Taiwan, on March 17 announced the launch of in-taxi mobile interactive advertising services in the Taiwan market through cooperation...

Sequans powers new HTC WiMAX smartphone for KDDI Japan

Mar 11, 10:54

4G chipmaker Sequans has announced that it is the provider of the WiMAX chip inside the HTC EVO WiMAX smartphone that was announced in Japan on February 28 by KDDI and HTC.

Taiwan makers begin shipments of LTE devices to Russia-based Yota

Mar 8, 10:47

Taiwan-based makers have started shipments of LTE (Long Term Evolution) terminal devices to Russia-based mobile telecom carrier Yota and have also sent such products for certification...

KDDI subsidiary UQ Communications to carry HTC WiMAX smartphone

Mar 1, 13:40

Smartphone vendor HTC and Japan-based telecom carrier KDDI jointly announced on February 28 that UQ Communications, a KDDI subsidiary in WiMAX services, will distribute the HTC EVO...

LTE to overcome WiMAX and dominate 4G shipments, says IHS iSuppli

Feb 9, 14:23

Driven by widespread mobile network operator (MNO) adoption, the next-generation wireless technology known as long-term evolution (LTE) by 2014 will have more than nine times as many...

Taiwan WiMAX operator Vee TIME cooperates with Clearwire to offer roaming services

Jan 14, 16:14

Vee TIME, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, has entered cooperation with Clearwire to provide roaming services for its subscribers and is talking about the same cooperation...

HTC to ship 10 million 4G smartphones in 2011

Jan 6, 02:10

HTC's shipments of 4G-enabled smartphones supporting either LTE or WiMAX are expected to top over 10 million units in 2011, accounting for 20% of its shipments, according to an estimate...