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.

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.

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.

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.

Taiwan-based optical communications manufacturer EZconn is poised to leverage the global rise in artificial intelligence and continued US infrastructure spending to drive growth across its three main product lines in 2025. Despite challenges related to currency fluctuations, the company expects to maintain stable gross margins while achieving positive revenue and profit growth throughout the year.

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.

Sercomm, a networking equipment manufacturer, released its 2024 business report and financial statements during a shareholders meeting held on May 29, 2025. Company Chairman James Wang presided over the meeting, during which a new board composed of eight directors, including four independent directors, was elected.

With artificial intelligence driving explosive demand for high-speed data transfer, optical communication technologies are advancing in lockstep. Foxconn's Hon Hai Research Institute (HHRI), in partnership with National Taiwan University (NTU) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), has unveiled a breakthrough in multi-wavelength micro-LED (μ-LED) technology.

Networking company Alpha Networks (Alpha) held its shareholders meeting on May 27, 2025, where it expressed optimism about the continued strengthening of shipment momentum for its core products in the second half of 2025. Coupled with active expansion into emerging telecom markets and accelerated development of high-end products, Alpha maintains a cautiously positive outlook for its business growth this year.

At the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, Japan's NTT presents its corporate pavilion under the theme "Parallel Travel." Through a narrative that transcends time and space, the company offers an experimental glimpse into the future of communication.

At the Osaka Expo 2025, Japan's NTT and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) staged the world's first real-time cross-border performance using the IOWN all-photonics network (APN). This showcased the IOWN-APN international fiber link between Japan and Taiwan, featuring synchronized multi-language narration, interactive audience participation, and seamless live streaming, highlighting the potential of next-generation network technology in cultural entertainment.

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), one of Taiwan's major telecommunications companies, is considering collaboration with international AI data centers leveraging all-photonics networks (APN) to break geographic barriers, avoiding concentration of computing power for model training in a single location, according to company chairman Chih-Cheng Chien.

Chunghwa Telecom has announced a collaboration with Asus subsidiary Askey Computer to strengthen its enterprise private network solutions with homegrown Wi-Fi technology. The project will integrate Chunghwa Telecom's self-developed 5G smart network technology with Askey's Wi-Fi solutions, to create an industry-leading dual-network solution that offers stable, secure, and flexible private networking for enterprises.

As AI applications continue to fuel surging demand for computing power, Taiwan-based internet data center (IDC) provider Chief Telecom is solidifying its differentiated market position through high-specification and flexible data center designs. The company is also actively tapping into AI vertical applications to broaden its market influence.

As global telecom players across Europe, the US, Japan, and South Korea face mass layoffs and resource constraints, market contraction is accelerating. Meanwhile, Huawei is bucking the trend, expanding its R&D headcount and consolidating its lead in 5G and communications infrastructure, emerging as the sector's biggest wildcard. The growing split in the global telecom race is stark: Huawei gains strategic ground, while Western peers stall amid policy inertia and financial tightening.

Telecom operators in Taiwan are expanding their presence in the Web3 financial tech sector, with one of them set to launch a virtual asset exchange platform next week.

Recently, Chinese router manufacturer TP-Link has reportedly come under criminal and civil investigation by the US Department of Justice, focusing on its pricing strategies and national security concerns. Market speculation suggests that if TP-Link faces sales restrictions in the US, its substantial market share could be redistributed, benefiting Taiwanese networking brands such as Zyxel, D-Link, and Asus with significant order transfers. Zyxel has confirmed that some customers have already initiated order shifts.

Taipei-headquartered networking equipment manufacturer Planet Technology is experiencing financial challenges due to recent fluctuations in the New Taiwan Dollar (US Dollar equivalent missing). The company reported that significant changes in the exchange rate against the US dollar have adversely affected its cost structure and profitability. With most of its global transactions settled in US dollars, the currency turbulence has added an extra layer of uncertainty to Planet's financial outlook.

Chunghwa Telecom announced that its US subsidiary, CHT Global, established a new office in Dallas, Texas, on May 7, as part of its continued expansion efforts in the US.

Airoha, a major company under MediaTek, held an investor conference to share its outlook on future market trends. The company stated that in the first quarter of 2025, its efforts in the European broadband market are beginning to bear fruit, with collaborative projects with leading telecom operators gradually coming to fruition. Additionally, early demand for Bluetooth audio and satellite positioning chips has driven both quarterly and yearly revenue growth.

Recently, the two major Android SoC brands, MediaTek and Qualcomm, have shared their market outlooks. Both companies maintain a positive view of their non-smartphone business performance and future growth potential. Regarding financial forecasts for the next quarter, MediaTek expresses more optimism than Qualcomm, anticipating possible growth quarter over quarter.

RF front-end supplier RichWave held an investor conference to share its market outlook. The company noted that although tariff conditions remain uncertain, client orders have not yet undergone significant adjustments. Operationally, RichWave expects second-quarter 2025 performance to be on par with the previous quarter.

Nokia saw lower-than-expected performance in the first quarter of 2025, with net sales sliding by 3% year-over-year to EUR4.39 billion (US$5 billion), as well as EUR156 million in operating profits, according to the company's recently released financial report. Even so, president and CEO Justin Hotard remains optimistic about growth in the company's network infrastructure, and cloud and network services businesses.