Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head

May 24, 14:30

Asia is expected to be the largest LTE market among regions around the world in 2015, Greater China president Markus Borchert for Nokia Siemens Networks said at the LTE Marketing Forum in Taipei on May 23.

Taiwan NCC sets floor pricing for 4G licenses

May 16, 14:15

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on May 15 announced floor prices for acquiring frequency band units to operate next-generation (4G) mobile broadband communications services through open-bid competition, with a total floor price of NT$35.9 billion (US$1.2 billion) for 12 units with...

Taiwan market: Cable TV user base nearly 5 million in March, says NCC

May 15, 14:43

There were 4.9798 million subscribers of cable TV services in Taiwan as of the end of March 2013, taking up 60.70% of households, according to statistics by the National Communications Commission (NCC).

Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch own-brand tablet

May 14, 11:34

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will launch myPad P4 Lite, an own-brand 7-inch tablet, for contract-bundled sale on May 15.

China Mobile procures 1.5 million Wi-Fi APs

May 14, 11:27

China Mobile has procured 1.5 million Wi-Fi access points (APs) from 10 suppliers through open-bid competition, according to a report from China.

Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$1.66 per share for January-April

May 13, 10:54

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on May 10 reported net profits of NT$3.67 billion (US$124 million) for April 2013, leading to net EPS of NT$1.66 for January-April.

Taifo starts establishing fiber-optic network in Taipei

May 9, 14:09

The Taiwan Intelligent Fiber Optic Network Consortium (Taifo), a joint venture established in 2012 specifically for setting up a fiber-optic communications network around Taipei City, on May 8 began construction, according to Taifo.

China Mobile to procure equipment of 200,000 TD-LTE base stations through open bid

May 7, 10:19

China Mobile will start an open-bid competition process as early as in mid-May to procure equipment of 200,000 TD-LTE base stations as well as equipment of 110,000 TD-SCDMA base stations which can be smoothly upgraded to support TD-LTE, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

FET to tap international business through partnership with Vodafone

May 3, 15:21

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on May 2 announced a partnership with Vodafone Group, in a bid to gain business opportunities from enterprises operating in the Asia Pacific region through Vodafone Global Enterprise, Vodafone's business...

Chunghwa Telecom sees large on-year growth in 1Q13 mobile Internet-access revenues

May 3, 14:44

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) had revenues of NT$4.987 billion (NT$167 million) from mobile Internet-access services in the first quarter of 2013 hiking 67.98% on year, the company said at a May 2 investors conference.

Chunghwa Telecom cooperates with Thuraya to launch satellite communication services

May 2, 11:21

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 30 formally launched international satellite communication services through cooperation with Thuraya Telecommunications, a mobile satellite service operator based in United Arab Emirates, with such services intended for use by government organizations, shipping companies,...

TWM to deal record cash dividend for 2012

May 2, 11:10

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$5.50 (US$0.19) for 2012 operation, the highest ever for the company, according to the carrier.

China Telecom sees sequential growth in 1Q13

Apr 29, 14:33

China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile and a fixed-line telecom carrier in China, posted consolidated revenues of CNY77.818 billion (US$12.5 billion) for the first quarter of 2013, growing 14.6% on year, according to the company.

FET to deal out 2012 dividend in excess of net EPS

Apr 29, 11:22

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, will distribute a cash dividend per share of NT$3.50 (US$0.118) for 2012, 7.69% in excess of the corresponding net EPS of NT$3.25 and historically the highest level, according to the company.

Taiwan market: 4G license applications to open in May

Apr 25, 16:13

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 24 said that applications for 4G mobile communications licenses will begin on May 1, 2013 and end on June 15.

Taiwan market: NCC plans to cut cable TV pricing to boost digitization

Apr 25, 11:06

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 24 proposed a draft plan for a progressive downward adjustment in cable TV charges to drive cable TV digitization in Taiwan, according to the agency.

Taiwan 1Q13 international Internet bandwidth rises to over 910Gbps, says TWNIC

Apr 24, 10:25

Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 17 countries/areas (including Hong Kong and Macao) reached a total bandwidth of 910.364Gbps as of the end of first-quarter 2013, increasing 15.99% sequentially and 47.36% on year, according to the government-sponsored Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)...

China March mobile phone user base growing to 1.146 billion, says MIIT

Apr 24, 10:20

There were 1.146 billion subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of March 2013, growing 1.24% sequentially and 12.46% on year, and 277.27 million (24.20%) of them were 3G users and 817.39 million (71.34%) mobile Internet-access users, according to China's Ministry of Industry...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom expands EAP-SIM off-loading of 3G traffic

Apr 23, 13:58

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 22 expanded off-loading of 3G mobile Internet traffic onto its Wi-Fi hot-spot network using EAP-SIM (extensible authentication protocol-SIM) capabilities to users of 20 Android smartphones and certain iPad users, according to the company.

China Mobile sets 2013 capex of CNY41.7 billion for TD-LTE

Apr 22, 16:09

China Mobile has set aside a capex budget of CNY41.7 billion (US$6.7 billion) for procurement of about 200,000 TD-LTE base stations and related equipment in 2013 to deploy its TD-LTE networks in China, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Taiwan market: kbro plans to procure 400,000 STBs in 2013, 800,000 units in 2014

Apr 22, 15:41

kbro, an MSO (multi-system operator of cable TV) in Taiwan, plans to procure 400,000 set-top boxes (STBs) in 2013 and 800,000 units in 2014 in line with the progress of digitizing its cable TV network, according to the company.

FET inks cooperation framework agreement with China Mobile

Apr 19, 14:15

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, on April 18 signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, to enhance existing cooperation, according to FET.

Taiwan market: TWM Broadband, kbro cut Internet-access prices

Apr 18, 15:22

TWM Broadband and kbro, two MSOs (multi-system operators of cable TV) in Taiwan, on April 17 lowered charges for their cable-modem Internet-access services to follow Chunghwa Telecom's reduction in pricing for its FTTx services recently, with new prices to take effect on April 18, according to the...

Browave lands orders from Cisco

Apr 17, 14:46

Browave, a Taiwan-based ODM/OEM of active and passive devices, modules and sub-systems used in fiber-optic communications, has obtained orders for active optical network cables from Cisco Systems and will begin shipments in the second half of 2013, company president Dirac Liao said at an April 16 investors...

With Sprint Nextel bid, Dish vies for domination of burgeoning US market for multiscreen pay-TV services, says IHS

Apr 16, 15:05

Making a bid to dominate the booming US market for multiscreen pay-TV services – an area that is expected to more than triple its scope from 2012 to 2015 – Dish Networks has forwarded a US$25.5 billion offer to buy wireless carrier Sprint Nextel. The proposal represents a competitive offer...

Gaming consoles lead global connected TV usage, says DisplaySearch

Apr 16, 14:55

With growing interest in streaming content, online gaming, and apps on TVs, households are increasingly finding ways to connect their TVs to the Internet. In several developed countries, game consoles have become the most popular way to make that connection, according to research firm DisplaySearch.

China market: China Mobile upgrading networks from IPv4 to IPv6

Apr 15, 15:56

In line with the China government's network development policies set in the 12th Five-year (2011-2015) Plan, China Mobile has started upgrading its networks from IPv4 to IPv6.

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to hike 50Mbps, 100Mbps FTTx user bases

Apr 12, 10:32

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) aims to increase the number of its 50Mbps/20Mbps FTTx subscribers from about one million currently to 1.44 million by the end of 2013 and that of 100Mbps FTTx subscribers from below 10,000 to 300,000, according to the company.

Taiwan market: NCC gives CHT green light to ADSL, FTTx price cuts

Apr 11, 13:57

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on April 10 approved the reduction in pricing for ADSL and FTTx broadband Internet-access services proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), with CHT's 1.72 million ADSL subscribers and 2.68 million FTTx subscribers expected to benefit from the cuts, according...

Chunghwa Telecom nets NT$1.18 per share for January-March

Apr 10, 19:04

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 10 reported net profits of NT$2.92 billion (US$97.7 million) for March 2013, leading to net EPS of NT$1.18 for January-March.

Taiwan market: FET offers smartphone Xiaomi 2S for pre-order

Apr 10, 16:09

Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) is offering Xiaomi 2S, an Android 4.1 smartphone developed by China-based Xiaomi Technology, for pre-order, with the device's launch slated for the end of April.

Huawei ambitious in developing Beyond LTE

Apr 3, 11:02

China-based telecom equipment vendor Huawei Technologies has been developing Beyond LTE - 3GPP (third Generation Partnership Project) Release 12 specifications - and aims to hike peak data transfer rate of LTE base stations to 1Gbps and the corresponding edge rate to 5Mbps, according to industry sou...

Synnex Technology becomes sales agent for China Unicom

Apr 1, 11:54

Taiwan-based IT and consumer electronics channel distributor Synnex Technology International has obtained a sales agent right from China-based WCDMA operator China United Network Communications (China Unicom), becoming the telecom carrier's fifth nationwide handset sales agent.

NCC approves xDSL, FTTx pricing cuts proposed by CHT

Mar 28, 14:44

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on March 27 approved reductions in monthly circuit-lease fee for subscribers of xDSL and FTTx services proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT). The new rates will take effect on April 1, 2013, according to NCC.

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 devices and technologies such as STBs, according to research firm Netbiscuits.

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 billion (US$195 million) in total, with the funds to be used to improve its financial structure.

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, and China United Network Communications (China Unicom), the WCDMA carrier, respectively.

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%) of them were 3G users and 803.45 million (70.97%) were mobile Internet-access users, according to China's Ministry...

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 EV-DO services in October 2012, according to the company.

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 viewers aged 14 and above who views any commercial TV on a normal weekday has declined by over 3% since 2009, while uptake...

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 Tong, HTC vice president for North Asia, as indicating.

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 cloud computing application and digital convergence, mobile broadband services as well as retail marketing in the Taiwan...

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 Li Yue.

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 an on-year increase of 2.7%, said the firm. China Mobile reported that 2013 capex will reach CNY190.2 billion,...

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 the US, according to industry sources.

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 FTTx subscribers, 941,000 of whom used download speeds of 50Mbps or above in February.

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% respectively, while the corresponding 22.832 million 3G subscribers and total revenues of NT$16.043 billion increased...

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 to company CEO George Chou.

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.