Chief Telecom Inc. reported record-high monthly revenue of NT$446 million (approx. US$14.9 million) in May 2025, marking a 56.42% year-over-year increase fueled by rising enterprise demand for AI-driven data center infrastructure and cloud services.

Samsung Electronics is facing a challenging period as the Trump administration, which took office in January 2025, enforces its "America First" tariff and investment policies. Initially targeting TSMC and Apple by demanding significant increases in their US investments, recent shifts have seen mounting pressure directed at companies like Samsung, putting executive chairman Jae-Yong Lee in a difficult position.

Apple Inc. lost its request to pause a court order requiring it to let App Store developers steer users to the web to purchase in-app items without paying a commission.

As Taiwan confronts an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape and more frequent natural disasters, building resilient communications networks has become a national priority. In a major step toward that goal, Chunghwa Telecom — the island's largest telecommunications provider — announced on June 4, 2025, that it had officially secured government approval to operate OneWeb's low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite service for commercial fixed communications as of June 3, 2025. Chunghwa Telecom is the first company in Taiwan to receive such a license.

Google's decision to remove default trust for digital certificates issued by Chunghwa Telecom starting July 31, 2025, has ignited global debate over certificate authority (CA) governance and digital trust mechanisms. The move places Taiwan's CA ecosystem under heightened international scrutiny.

Huawei has confirmed that its Pura 80 series and a range of ecosystem devices will debut at a launch event on June 11 at 2:30 pm local time. The announcement comes just one day after Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), fueling speculation of a strategic face-off between the two tech giants.

China has made the low-altitude economy a national strategic priority, featuring it in government work reports for two consecutive years as part of its "new quality productivity" initiative. The sector's supply chain is now developing at unprecedented speed.

As global trade tensions resurface, Wall Street insiders have coined a new acronym — TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) — to mock President Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff strategies, according to reports from CNN and the BBC. The label has struck a nerve with Trump, who views it as a direct challenge to his self-image as a tough, uncompromising negotiator.

Apple's smartphone shipments in China dropped 9% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, falling to fifth place with a 13.7% market share, according to IDC. In response, the company launched an aggressive discount campaign on May 11 ahead of the 618 shopping festival, slashing prices to unprecedented levels. Even the base model of the iPhone 16 Pro qualified for government subsidies.

Huawei posted its second-highest revenue on record as the Chinese telecommunications giant demonstrates resilience despite years of US trade restrictions that have reshaped its business model.

Apple's first real effort to cut ties with Qualcomm's modem dominance appears to have stumbled out of the gate. Qualcomm commissioned Cellular Insights to run real-world 5G tests on T-Mobile's sub-6GHz standalone network in New York City. The results, reported by Bloomberg, MacRumors, TrendForce, and Mobile World Live, showed Android devices with Qualcomm modems consistently outperforming Apple's iPhone 16e—Apple's first handset powered by its self-developed C1 modem.