Taiwan’s WiMAX Providers Set to Launch Services This Year
The Taiwan Economic News
With First International Telecom Co., Ltd. recently awarded a franchise license to offer worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) mobile service, Taiwan`s six WiMAX providers officially enter into the stage of launching the service.
Topics: launch, Hong Kong, LTE, telecommunications, WiMax, telecom, Taiwan
First International Telecom Granted WiMAX License
NASDAQ
Taiwan’s telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it granted a WiMAX service license to First International Telecom Inc., which will launch the service in northern Taiwan in six months.
Topics: wireless, Hong Kong, WiMax, Taiwan, broadband, telecom
WiMAX Operator Tatung InfoComm to Expand Taiwan Coverage
Digitimes
Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm will expand its WiMAX coverage to also include Hualien and Pingtung counties soon, in addition to the current coverage in Kaohsiung and Penghu counties, according to the company.
Topics: telecommunications, Hong Kong, Taichung City, Tatung InfoComm, WiMax, Far EasTone, telecom, Taiwan
International Service Restored After Quake Says Chunghwa Telecom
Total Telecom
Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Co., the island’s largest phone operator by revenue, said Friday it has restored international fixed-line and Internet services disrupted by the magnitude 6.4 earthquake that shook southern Taiwan last Thursday.
Topics: Chunghwa, Taiwan, Hong Kong, LTE, telecom
China Mobile Forms Taiwan Corp to Invest in Far EasTone
>eTaiwan News
Chinese telecom giant China Mobile Communications Corporation has formed an affiliate in Taiwan to buy a 12-percent stake in Far Eastone Telecommunications Co., Ltd., despite claims by the Ministry of Economic Affairs this was illegal, reports said yesterday.
Topics: Hong Kong, Far EasTone, China, Taiwan, telecommunications, China Mobile, telecom
Chunghwa Caught in Cloud Computing Bidding Scandal
eTaiwan News
Chunghwa Telecom unfairly awarded a contract for a cloud computing center to prominent architect Lee Tsu-yuan, Next Magazine reported Wednesday. Lee’s bid did not correspond to the official requirements and to Taipei County zoning regulations, as well as showing a ticket price of NT$6 billion, or NT$2 billion above the cheapest bid, the magazine [...]
Global Mobile to Add More Than 1000 WiMax Base Stations
Digitimes
Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Global Mobile plans to purchase more than 1,000 base stations to add to its WiMAX infrastructure in the northern region of Taiwan, according to the company.
Topics: WiMax, Taiwan, Global Mobile, Asia, Hong Kong
Google Lowers Fee to Break Nexus One Contract by $200
eTaiwanNews
Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc. network.
Topics: telecom, Taiwan, Google, Nexus One
Events Announced For WiMax Forum Congress Asia
Going WiMax
The WiMax Forum released details of the third annual WiMax Forum Congress Asia conference and exhibition. For the first time, the event will take place in Taiwan from April 13-14, 2010.
Topics: Asia, WiMax, 3G, Taiwan, Hong Kong, WiMax Forum
Pegatron May Produce 4G Version of iPhone
Macworld UK
Apple has reportedly signed a new manufacturer to produce the next version of the iPhone, expected to be released this summer.
Topics: Apple, Google, Hong Kong, Taiwan, iPhone
Droid Unleashed In Taiwan
Digitimes
Motorola has launched its Milestone smartphone (Droid in the US market) in the Taiwan market in cooperation with 3G service provider Taiwan Mobile. The model is the first Android 2.0-based smartphone available in the local market.
Topics: 3G, Google, launch, Motorola, Taiwan, Android, Hong Kong
WiMax Launched in Taichung City
WiMax.com
Motorola announced today that Far EasTone Telecom of Taiwan has launched WiMax 4G service in Taichung city with Motorola’s end-to-end WiMax solutions. The new WiMax service adds to FET’s current 2G, 3G, and 3.5G capabilities.
Topics: launch, WiMax, Motorola, telecom, Taichung City, Hong Kong, wireless, Taiwan
SOURCES: Global Mobile, Sprint Getting WiMax Handsets from HTC
Digitimes
Having shipped a WiMAX handset to Russia-based WiMAX operator Yota, HTC is reportedly to begin shipping another WiMAX-enabled smartphone to US-based Sprint Nextel in the first half of 2010, according to industry sources. In addition, HTC will also offer a WiMAX handset to Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Global Mobile in this summer.
Topics: Taiwan, Sprint, HTC, [...]
Competition In Taiwan WiMax Heating Up Under Looming Deadline
PC World
WiMax wireless broadband service provider Global Mobile opened its first store in Taiwan’s capital city on Tuesday, as the island’s WiMax companies rush to open for business ahead of a government deadline.
Topics: broadband, Global Mobile, wireless, Hong Kong, WiMax, Taiwan
Settlement of Motorola, VTech Patent Lawsuit
Taiwan News Online
Motorola Inc. says it has agreed to settle a patent lawsuit it filed against the electronics companies VTech Communications Inc. and VTech Telecommunications Ltd. The terms of the settlement and the licensing agreement that resulted from it weren’t disclosed.
Topics: telecommunications, Taiwan, VTech, Motorola, laws, telecom
