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Tuesday 1 September 2009
PHS operator Fitel reports continued losses for 1H09
Taiwan-based PHS operator First International Telecom (Fitel) saw a 28% on-year decrease in its first half 2009 revenues falling to NT$1.51 billion (US$45.92 million). However, the...
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Taiwan market: Fitel at risk of losing WiMAX license
Taiwan-based carrier First International Telecom (Fitel) is at risk of losing its WiMAX license as the company may not be able to inaugurate its WiMAX services before a deadline set...
Friday 6 March 2009
Court approves Fitel restructuring plans
First International Telecom (Fitel), Taiwan's only operator of low-power PHS (personal handy-phone system) mobile communication services and a WiMAX licensee for the northern region...
Monday 15 September 2008
Shin Kong may teams up with KDDI to increase its stake in Fitel
Taiwan-based Shin Kong Group reportedly may increase its stake in financially-struggling First International Telecom (Fitel) by teaming up with Japan-based mobile telecom carrier...
Friday 12 September 2008
Fitel secures court protection on its assets
First International Telecom (Fitel) has secured approval from the local Taiwan courts to prevent its creditors from seizing assets.
Monday 8 September 2008
Fitel seeks a corporate restructuring plan to protect assets
First International Telecom (Fitel), a PHS mobile telecom service operator, has applied for a court-approved corporate restructuring plan in order to protect its assets while maintaining...
Wednesday 3 September 2008
PHS operator Fitel in financial woes
First International Telecom (Fitel), a PHS mobile telecom service operator and a WiMAX licensee, failed recently to honor checks worth NT$86 million (US$2.7 million). Its financial...
Friday 4 July 2008
NCC rejects Fitel WiMAX spin-off application
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on July 3 rejected an application by First International Telecom (Fitel) to spin off its WiMAX business to form a new company.
Friday 20 June 2008
Taiwan financial group Shin Kong reportedly to cooperate with KDDI to invest in APBT
Taiwan-based Shin Kong Financial Group plans to cooperate with KDDI, the second largest mobile telecom carrier in Japan, for joint investment in Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT),...
Friday 20 June 2008
Fitel begins to purchase WiMAX USB dongles
First International Telecom (Fitel), a WiMAX licensee for the northern region of Taiwan, has placed orders for 5,000 WiMAX USB dongles from three Taiwan-based companies – D-Link,...
Thursday 5 June 2008
WiMAX is an opportunity for Taiwan to become leading total solutions provider: Interview with John Hsuan, vice chairman of UMC
John Hsuan, vice chairman of United Microelectronic Corporation (UMC) and concurrently chairman of Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), is a 30-year veteran of the Taiwan IT industry...
Thursday 5 June 2008
Taiwan WiMAX licensees may delay commercial operations
Most of the six licensed WiMAX operators in Taiwan may delay their commercial operations of WiMAX services until 2009, according to sources at the operators.