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Tuesday 8 December 2009
Bureau Veritas ADT supports MediaTek to complete WiMAX Forum OIOT & conformance test case certification
Bureau Veritas ADT, a WiMAX Forum designated certification lab (WFDCL) in Taiwan for WiMAX Forum certification testing, has announced that it has cooperated with MediaTek and supported...
Friday 4 December 2009
Almost 2 million mobile WiMAX subscribers expected by end of 2009, says ABI Research
Over the last several years, mobile WiMAX has moved through standardization, productization, and interoperability testing and certification. Larger-scale network deployments are finally...
Friday 4 December 2009
HTC and CHT to jointly host 3GPP standards-setting meeting for RAN in 2011
HTC (High Tech Computer) and Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will jointly host, in Taipei, a standards-setting meeting for the radio access networks (RAN) working group under the 3GPP in February...
Thursday 3 December 2009
Taiwan market: NCC issues WiMAX operating license to Global Mobile
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has issued an operating license to Global Mobile, enabling the company to start offering WiMAX services.
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Taiwan market: Global Mobile expected to become second WiMAX operator
Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX licensees in Taiwan, is expected to pass examination by the National Communications Commission (NCC) to obtain a WiMAX operating license on December...
Friday 27 November 2009
Gemtek expects revenues to decline 15-20% in 2009 but swing back to growth in 2010
Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology expects its revenues to decline 15-20% in 2009 compared to 2008 levels but will return to a growth track in 2010 with 50% of total revenues...
Friday 20 November 2009
FET capex for 2010 to exceed NT$9 billion
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) expects to allocate a capex higher than the NT$9 billion (US$280.4 million) projected for 2009 in 2010. The new capex will include a budget of...
Thursday 12 November 2009
ApaceWave to begin volume production of 65nm WiMAX chips in December
The US-based WiMAX chipmaker ApaceWave Technologies will begin volume production of 65nm WiMAX chips in December and plans to ramp production capacity to 100,000 units a month in...
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Acer chairman calls for cross-strait cooperation on WiMAX, e-book readers
Acer chairman JT Wang, who also serves as chairman of the Taipei Computer Association (TCA), has invited China-based players to attend Computex 2010 and hopes participation could...
Thursday 29 October 2009
MediaTek to volume produce WiMAX chips by year-end 2009
MediaTek plans to begin volume producing three WiMAX controller chips at the end of 2009, and expects shipments to grow by 10 times in 2010, according to the company.
Thursday 29 October 2009
Beceem expects WiMAX solution shipments to Taiwan to double in 2010
WiMAX solution provider Beceem Communications expects its shipments of WiMAX chips to Taiwan to account for 60% of its total WiMAX solution shipments in 2010, compared to 30% in 2009,...
Wednesday 28 October 2009
MediaTek declines to comment on reported India WiMAX orders
MediaTek, in a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on October 27, cited customer confidentiality as it declined to comment on a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Bangladesh WiMAX operator places CPE orders with Accton
Bangla Lion Communications, a WiMAX licensee in Bangladesh, has placed orders for 10,000 WiMAX CPE devices with Taiwan-based Accton Technology and is negotiating orders with Zyxel...
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Taiwan market: Vmax, FET and Vee Telecom to start WiMAX services by year-end 2009
Taiwan-based WiMAX operators Vmax Telecom, Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Vee Telecom Multimedia will begin commercial operations of their WiMAX services by the end of 2009,...
Friday 23 October 2009
Taiwan market: Vmax to cooperate with taxi company to promote WiMAX services
Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Vmax Telecom plans to team up with Taipei-based taxi fleet operator M-Taxi to promote its forthcoming WiMAX services and to ramp up ARPU (average revenue...