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Wednesday 21 July 2010
Taiwan WiMAX operators hold rosy business outlook
Five of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, at a joint press conference held by the Consortium of Mobile Broadband on July 20, indicated that they are optimistic about the business...
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Gemtek recommends Taiwan government invest in WiMAX infrastructure
CEO Howard Chen for Gemtek Technology, a maker of wireless broadband communication devices, has recommended that the Taiwan government invest an estimated US$1 billion to build a...
Friday 16 July 2010
Taipei Computer Association urges Intel to continue cooperation to boost WiMAX development
JT Wang, in his capacity as president of the Taipei Computer Association (TPC), has asked Intel to maintain its promise to cooperate with the Taiwan government and Taiwan-based enterprises...
Friday 2 July 2010
Intel closing WiMAX office marks success of LTE, says Digitimes Research
Despite Intel saying that the company's WiMAX Program Office has already finished its task of helping the WiMAX industry take off as it reasons for deciding to close down the office,...
Friday 2 July 2010
Rohde & Schwarz to offer instruments LTE handset testing in 2011, says CEO
Germany-based Rohde & Schwarz holds an optimistic outlook on the market potential of LTE and has offered instruments for testing LTE data cards for notebooks and will offer solutions...
Thursday 1 July 2010
Intel backs off WiMAX industry, dismisses WiMAX Program Office, say sources
Intel has announced in an internal meeting it will dissolve its WiMAX Program Office, which was set up to promote the development of related WiMAX technologies, according to industry...
Thursday 17 June 2010
Taiwan market: Time is not right for merger of WiMAX operators, says FET chairman
Taiwan's six WiMAX operators may be willing to merge to expand their geographic coverage, but the market is not yet mature for mergers, according to Far EasTone Telecommunications...
Monday 7 June 2010
Samsung launches new mobile WiMAX devices in Korea
Samsung Electronics released three new mobile WiMAX (WiBro in Korea) devices, the SPH-M8100 WiBro smartphone, SPH-P9000 multimedia convergence device and SPH-H1200 USB Dongle.
Thursday 3 June 2010
Alcatel-Lucent to set up LTE ecosystem with Taiwan makers
Alcatel-Lucent, in view of large market potential for LTE, will team up with Taiwan-based makers of networking/communication equipment to set up an LTE ecosystem, according to the...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
WiMAX to remain feasible for at least 10 more years, says Acer chairman
In response to worries about the outlook of WiMAX, chairman JT Wang for both Acer and the Taipei Computer Association (TCA) has stressed that there is still large room for development...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Computex 2010: WiMAX medicare use demonstrated to Taiwan president
Chairman JT Wang for both Acer and the Taipei Computer Association, one of the organizers of Computex, and chairwoman Lin Kuo Wen-yen for Tatung InfoComm, one of the six WiMAX operators...
Wednesday 2 June 2010
Comsys to launch three versions of US$100 FOB WiMAX phone
Though handsets are not the main exhibits at this year's Computex, mobile communications remains in the spotlight with e-book readers, tablets and a wide array of portables grabbing...
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Vee Time signs MOU with Intel for WiMAX interoperability testing
Vee Time (previously Vee Telecom Multimedia), one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, on May 31 announced it has signed an MOU with Intel to use its network for OIOT (operator interoperability...
Tuesday 1 June 2010
Intel still optimistic about WiMAX, says VP
Viewing that LTE will not become mature enough for commercial operations until 2015 at the earliest, WiMAX will witness continued good prospects in the global market, according to...
Friday 28 May 2010
Fitel gets approval for restructuring plan
First International Telecom (Fitel), the only operator of low-power PHS mobile communication services and one of the six WiMAX licensees in Taiwan, on May 27 saw its main shareholders,...