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Gemtek to ship over 300,000 LTE devices in 2012
Thursday 2 February 2012Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology expects its shipments of LTE devices to top over 300,000 units in 2012. The company will also begin volume shipments of set-top boxes (STBs)...
Taiwan government continues support of WiMAX
Monday 30 January 2012The 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
Friday 13 January 2012Tatung 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
Thursday 12 January 2012Taiwan-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
Tuesday 10 January 2012The 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 market: Taipei city government to expand Wi-Fi network of free access to Internet
Wednesday 4 January 2012The Taipei City Government will enlarge the coverage of Taipei Free, its free 512Kbps wireless Internet-access service via Wi-Fi hot spots at selected public places, through expanding...
Taiwan to include LTE-Advanced in communication program
Tuesday 27 December 2011Taiwan's National Science Council has decided to add LTE-Advanced to its Networked Communication Program (NCP) which originally focused on development of WiMAX only.
Taiwan market: Global Mobile launches own-brand dual-mode smartphone
Friday 16 December 2011Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, on December 15 launched 7G Miracle, an own-brand 3G/WiMAX dual-mode smartphone, for sale in the Taiwan market at a contract-free...
Gemtek aims at NT$30 billion in 2012 revenues, says chairman
Monday 12 December 2011Gemtek Technology, which makes wireless broadband networking/communication devices, aims to reach consolidated revenues of NT$30 billion (US$1 billion) in 2012, growing 7.1% from...
Taiwan market: Global Mobile unveils WiMAX/WCDMA dual-mode smartphone
Wednesday 26 October 2011Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in the northern half of Taiwan, has unveiled its first WiMAX/WCDMA dual-mode smartphone for launch in December 2011.
Standalone transceiver chips to dominate the smartphone market, says Petrov Group (part 1)
Friday 21 October 2011Transceivers 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: Global Mobile expects to reach break-even in 2H12
Monday 3 October 2011Global Mobile, a WiMAX operator in the northern half of Taiwan, expects the number of subscribers and monthly ARPU (average revenues per user) to increase to 250,000 and NT$600 (US$19.80)...
Taiwan market: Vee TIME proposes buyout of fellow WiMAX operator Vmax
Monday 26 September 2011Vee 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
Wednesday 14 September 2011Global 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
Thursday 1 September 2011Vee 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...
WiMAX should develop toward dual-mode single frequency band, says Global Mobile chairwoman
Monday 1 August 2011Chairwoman Rosemary Ho for Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, has expressed her opinions about how WiMAX will develop under competition from LTE and the company's...
Gemtek to launch WiMAX/GSM dual-mode handsets by year-end 2011
Friday 29 July 2011Gemtek 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.
Sequans, Greenpacket and P1 collaborate on LTE solutions
Friday 22 July 20114G chipmaker Sequans Communications, 4G networking solutions provider, Greenpacket, and Packet One Networks (P1), a major 4G operator in Southeast Asia, have jointly announced that...
Taiwan makers to roll out over NT$27 billion worth of LTE devices in 2015, says GSMA director
Thursday 14 July 2011The 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
Wednesday 13 July 2011Taiwan 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%
Tuesday 5 July 2011Global 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
Friday 1 July 2011Packet 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
Wednesday 22 June 2011Vibo 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...
FET opens TD-LTE experimental network
Monday 20 June 2011Mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on June 19 inaugurated its TD-LTE experimental network established in a self-developed telecom park located in New Taipei...
AWB to begin shipping LTE network cards in July
Thursday 2 June 2011Network equipment maker Accton Wireless Broadband (AWB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Accton Technology, will begin shipments of LTE dongle cards in July 2011, according to the com...
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- Broadcom to acquire 4G chipmaker Beceem for US$316 million (Oct 13) - Company release
- Samsung selects Anadigics power amplifier for use in Intensity II and Gusto mobile phones (Sep 22) - Company release
- Samsung 4G smartphone features Anadigics PA (Sep 8) - Company release
- Mobile broadband chipmaker Beceem files for IPO (Apr 5) - New York Times
- Cisco quits WiMax business (March 9) - DSLreports
- Cisco exit leaves Alvarion more room in WiMAX space (March 7) - Globes [online]
- Palm's recovery effort: WiMAX phone for Sprint? (March 2) - Wireless Week