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NEWS & VIEWS |
Taipei,
Friday, December 5, 2008
09:14 (GMT+8)
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CHT to transfer 30 WiMAX base stations to Global Mobile for commercial operation Dec 4, 16:31 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has signed an agreement to transfer the 30 WiMAX base stations and other related equipment it built for the M-Taiwan (mobile Taiwan) project to WiMAX licensee Global Mobile for commercial operation. Read more |
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Taiwan market: CHT aims to sell 50,000 iPhone 3Gs by 1Q09 Dec 1, 12:29 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will start marketing the iPhone 3G handsets in the Taiwan market on December 13, with an aim to sell up to 50,000 units by the end of the first quarter of 2009, according to CHT. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Gigabyte cooperates with Chunghwa Telecom to launch MID bundle deal Nov 25, 14:38 Gigabyte Technology will cooperate with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to bundle its M528 Mobile Internet Device (MID) along with mobile Internet services in December, according to the companies. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom aims to add 550,000 FTTx users in 2009 Nov 24, 15:19 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will expand the capacity of its fiber-optic network around Taiwan by more than 900,000 ports, and it expects an addition of 550,000 FTTx (fiber to the home/building/curb) subscribers in 2009, with the total number of FTTx subscribers to increase from 1.05 million estimated for the end of 2008 to 1.6 million, according to CHT. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom reveals details of new value-added service platform to launch alongside iPhone 3G Nov 21, 17:24 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on November 20 unveiled Hami, a package of free value-added services specifically designed for CHT 3G subscribers using iPhone 3G handsets. Hami will be launched alongside the iPhone 3G in December, according to CHT. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom gets iPhone 3G Nov 17, 10:43 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), on November 14, announced it has obtained exclusive sales rights for the iPhone 3G in the Taiwan market, with launch tentatively slated for December 2008. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom's January-October net profit attains almost 95% of 2008 goal Nov 11, 11:11 Chuunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported a net profit of NT$41.31 billion for January-October 2008, which accounts for 94.7% of the NT$43.60 billion projected for this year. Read more |
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Taiwan market: NCC approves Chunghwa Telecom ADSL/FTTx network fee cuts Nov 6, 15:44 Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on November 5 approved reductions in network fees proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for using its ADSL and FTTx broadband Internet-access services. The new rates will come into effect in 10 days, CHT noted. Read more |
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TWM leads Taiwan top-three telcos in Jan-Sep net EPS Oct 31, 14:51 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), the three largest operators of mobile communication services in Taiwan, on October 30 released their financial reports for the third quarter of 2008. Among the three, TWM posted the highest net EPS at NT$4.12 (US$0.13). Read more |
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Taiwan market: Carrefour becomes mobile service operator Oct 30, 16:33 Carrefour, Taiwan's largest hypermarket chain, on October 29 announced the launch of a mobile communication service under its own brand through partnership with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT). Carrefour will use CHT's 2G infrastructure to becoming the fourth MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) in Taiwan. Read more |
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Appeals committee to overrule NCC block on CHT equity investment in Global Mobile, say sources Oct 23, 15:52 An appeal committee under Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has reportedly decided to override a previous NCC decision in March that rejected Chunghwa Telecom's planned investment of NT$150 million (US$4.5 million) in WiMAX licensee Global Mobile, according to sources familiar with the case. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom lowers 2008 target user base for MOD Oct 22, 16:39 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has downward adjusted the target number of its MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers for the end of 2008 from 800,000 to 700,000, according to the company. Read more |
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Taiwan market: NCC gives nod to new Chunghwa Telecom FTTx pricing Oct 16, 15:47 Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on October 15 approved a proposal by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to reduce the circuit-lease fee for its 10M/2M FTTx Internet-access service from NT$650 (US$20) currently to NT$550 per month, and to introduce a new 3M/768K service at NT$430 per month. Read more |
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Top Taiwan telecom operators report September financial performance Oct 13, 17:07 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has reported financial figures for September 2008, recording a net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.86 (US$0.12) for January-September 2008 accounting for 86.4% of NT$4.47 projected for the year. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Fox International Channels joins CHT's MOD platform Oct 8, 17:00 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has announced that Fox International Channels (FIC) recently began operating three channels – Baby TV, FX and FoxCrime – on CHT's broadband digital MOD platform. Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom to cooperate with SingTel to launch communications satellite in 2010 Sep 19, 11:58 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), on September 18, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Chunghwa Telecom Singapore (CHT Singapore) and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) will establish a joint venture, ST-2 Satellite Venture Private Limited, specifically to build a communications satellite, ST-2. The satellite is planned to launch in the fourth quarter of 2010 to replace existing satellite ST-1 which was launched in 1998 by CHT and SingTel on a joint venture basis and is scheduled to go out of commission in 2011. Read more |
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Taiwan market: HTC to cooperate with FET to launch Touch Pro smartphone in October Sep 19, 01:20 After cooperating with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) for its Diamond and Victor (HTC P3702)models, High Tech Computer (HTC) is planning to work with Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) to offer the first customized version of its Touch Pro smartphone, expected to launch in October, according to market sources. Read more |
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Zyxel-HwaCom team wins CHT VDSL2 contract worth NT$1.2 billion Sep 12, 14:48 Network-equipment maker Zyxel Communications and system integrator HwaCom Systems have jointly won a contract to supply 400,000 units of VDSL2 equipment to Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) worth NT$1.2 billion (US$37.4 million), according to CHT and HwaCom. Read more |
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Top Taiwan telcos announce August financial reports Sep 11, 14:47 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), on September 10, reported financial figures for August 2008, with its net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$3.42 (US$0.03) for January-August 2008 accounting for 76.6% of the NT$4.47 projected for this year. Read more |
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Taiwan market: CHT may fall short of 2008 target for MOD user base Sep 9, 12:20 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) early this year set a goal of increasing the number of its MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers from 400,000 at the end of 2007 to one million by the end of 2008, but may miss the target, according to industry sources. Read more |
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Zyxel-HwaCom team negotiating with CHT for VDSL2 orders Sep 4, 14:09 A team composed of network-equipment maker Zyxel Communications and system integrator HwaCom Systems has beaten D-Link to win priority rights to negotiate with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for the supply of 480,000 units of VDSL2 equipment to the carrier, according to sources at CHT. Read more |
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Taiwan market: NCC approves Chunghwa Telecom VoIP pricing Sep 4, 11:31 Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on September 3 approved a price scheme proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for voice calls from its fixed-line telephone numbers to E.164-format VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) numbers, according to NCC. Read more |
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CHT to largely expand capital of Singapore subsidiary, possibly for satellite cooperation with SingTel Aug 27, 10:09 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on August 26 announced it will add investment of NT$3.3 billion (US$105 million) in Chunghwa Teleocm Singapore Pte., its wholly owned subsidiary in Singapore, to expand the latter's paid-in capital from NT$200 million currently to NT$3.5 million. According to industry sources, CHT's large additional investment in the subsidiary is possibly for cooperation with Singapore Telecom (SingTel) to launch a communication satellite on a joint venture basis for the second time. Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom to focus on LTE technology, says paper Newswatch - Aug 21, 14:03 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to focus on the development of LTE (long term evolution) technology for its next-generation telecom networks, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted CHT's newly appointed chairman Shyue-ching Lu as indicating. Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom earned NT$258 million on non-operating investments in 1H08 Aug 15, 12:24 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on August 14 reported total return on non-operating investment of NT$258 million (US$8.46 million) during the first half of 2008, higher than NT$240 million posted in 2007 and NT$180 million recorded in 2006. Read more |
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Taiwan telecom operators release July financial figures Aug 12, 15:41 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on August 11 reported its financial figures for July 2008, with a net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$2.87 (US$0.09) for January-July 2008 accounting for 64.2% of NT$4.47 projected for this year. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom's high pricing hinders Sparq E.164 VoIP service Aug 8, 16:48 New Century InfoComm Tech (Sparq), a small fixed-line telecommunication service operator in Taiwan, has been stalled in its hopes to launch E.164-format VoIP services because the National Communications Commission (NCC), at a review meeting on August 7, concluded the rates proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for calls from its local telephone numbers to Sparq's VoIP numbers were too high and thus turned down CHT's pricing proposal. Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom to set up communications network in business park in Vietnam Newswatch - Aug 5, 12:16 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has obtained the exclusive right to establish a communications network in the Thu Thiem Brian Park, an intelligent business park to be developed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the company will invest NT$200 million (US$6.6 million) in TA Associates International, the developer of the park, for a 7% stake, according to the Chinese-language newspaper Commercial Times (CT). Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom subsidiary offers GPS services in cooperation with Supa and C-Com Jul 31, 15:24 Chunghwa International Yellow Pages Media (CIYPM), a spin-off of the yellow-page directory and information business division of Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), on July 30 announced the launch of GoNav 2G GPS location-based services (LBS) through cooperation with Supa Technology, a Taiwan-based maker of GoNav-brand GPS PNDs, and C-Com Corporation, a Taiwan-based GPS LBS provider. Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom aims for 3.27 million fiber users by 2013 Jul 30, 11:13 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has been expanding its fiber-optic network and expects the number of its FTTH/TB (fiber to the home/building) subscribers to continue increasing from more than 810,000 currently to one million by the end of 2008 and then 3.27 million by 2013, according to the company's conference for 2009-2013 operational strategies held on July 29. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom tripped up as it looks to provide Olympic Game coverage Jul 18, 17:03 While Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has obtained the Taiwan exclusive rights to live broadcast events of the Beijing Olympic Games using an IPTV service that would run on its MOD (multimedia on demand) platform, the problems is that Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) does not allow CHT itself to directly provide MOD content, according to industry sources. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Number portability brings in shift of mobile phone numbers topping 4 million Jul 16, 16:53 Since Taiwan brought mobile phone number portability (NP) into force in October 2005, the cumulative volume of approved shifts from one telecom carrier to another or upgrades from 2G/2.5G to 3G with the same carrier, as of June 30, stood at 4.331 million, according to the National Communications Commission (NCC). Read more |
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Taiwan market: CyberLink and CHT cooperate to offer e-learning services for businesses Jul 16, 15:56 CyberLink has announced its cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to provide enterprises with online educational and training services. Read more |
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Taiwan market: CHT launches aggressive pricing to boost 3G business Jul 15, 12:03 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest telecom services provider in Taiwan, on July 14 launched an aggressive pricing strategy to further promote its 3G services. Read more |
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Zyxel begins to ship IP STBs to European client Jul 11, 16:27 Zyxel Communications recently began shipping IP STBs (set-top boxes) to a client in Europe with the quantity of the orders to add up to 50,000 units, according to sources at the network-equipment maker. Read more |
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Taiwan market: HTC rolls out customized Touch Diamond handsets for CHT and TWM Jul 11, 14:31 High Tech Computer (HTC) will roll out customized Touch Diamond handsets for both Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM), with deliveries to take place in July and August, respectively, according to Jack Tong, vice president of HTC Asia. Read more |
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CHT reaches net EPS of NT$2.40 in 1H08, on track to hit 2008 goal Jul 11, 12:16 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) recently reported its financial figures for June 2008 with a net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$2.40 (US$0.08) for January-June 2008 accounting for 53.7% of the NT$4.47 targeted for the year. Read more |
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Taiwan market: CHT adjusts down 2008 MOD user base target Jul 7, 16:10 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has adjusted its target number of MOD (multimedia on demand) subscribers at the end of 2008 from one million to 800,000, according to the company. Read more |
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Tecom wins CHT second ROADM equipment contract Jul 2, 12:26 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) announced on July 1 that Taiwan-based Tecom has won a bid for the supply of a batch of ROADM (reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexing) equipment. Read more |
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CHT to decrease capital surplus over NT$19 billion, set up subsidiaries in Japan and Singapore Jun 30, 10:50 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will reduce its cumulative legally required capital surplus by NT$19.116 billion (US$629 million) by shifting the fund to paid-in capital and then downsizing the expanded paid-in capital by the same amount as well as establishing subsidiaries in Japan and Singapore. Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom planning cut in cumulative capital surplus by NT$80-120 billion Jun 25, 11:06 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is planning to gradually decrease its cumulative legally required capital surplus – standing at NT$200.6 billion (US$6.59 billion) as of the end of 2007 – over the next few years by a total of NT$80-120 billion through a shift to paid-in capital and then downsizing the expanded paid-in capital by the same amount, according to the company. Read more |
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Taiwan market: CHT expanding 3.5G infrastructure Jun 18, 11:27 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), with a budget of about NT$3.5 billion (US$115 million), is moving forward in expanding/upgrading its HSDPA/HSUPA network by upgrading or establishing new 3G base stations, according to industry sources. Read more |
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Taiwan market: Vibo Telecom first 3G operator to offer unlimited free intra-network voice calls Jun 13, 11:49 Vibo Telecom at a June 12 press conference announced a reduced price scheme for its voice communication service, making it the first among the four WCDMA-based 3G operators in Taiwan to offer free intra-network voice communications without any limitations such as length or call or specified off-peak hours. Read more |
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Quanta shipping Portege G810 smartphones to Toshiba Jun 12, 16:10 Quanta Computer recently began shipping Portege G810 Windows Mobile-based smartphones to Toshiba, helping Quanta regain its footing as it looks to compete in the global smartphone market with the likes of High Tech Computer (HTC) and Asustek Computer, according to market sources. Read more |
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CHT plans to decrease cumulative capital surplus Jun 11, 17:08 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) plans to reduce its cumulative capital surplus by shifting a portion of the capital surplus to paid-in capital and then downsizing the increased paid-in capital by the same amount, according to company chairman Tan Hochen at press conference on June 10. Read more |
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Taiwan telecoms operators release May financial figures Jun 11, 15:47 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on June 10 reported financial figures for May 2008, with a net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.95 (US$) for January-May 2008 accounting for 43.7% of the target for the year. Read more |
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Chunghwa Telecom leads in 3G Internet-access speeds in eastern Taiwan May 29, 15:20 Taiwan's National Communications Communication (NCC) on May 28 reported the results of field testing, conducted between May 26-28, during which it sampled 3G base stations located in Hualien and Taitung, the first and second largest cities in eastern Taiwan. Among the five operators of 3G mobile communication services, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) lead in terms of average download speed, the NCC determined. Read more |
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Taiwan market: CHT aims at FTTx capacity of 5 million users in 2011, to adopt NG SDH May 27, 14:37 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is establishing its FTTx (fiber to the home/building/curb) network and expects to complete a total capacity to serve five million subscribers at download speeds of over 10Mbps by the end of 2011. CHT will introduce next-generation synchronous digital hierarchy (NG SDH) in June 2008 to support the establishment of its 3.5G base stations, the company indicated. Read more |
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