425 news items tagged FET
Taiwan Star pushing 5G penetration rate in 2021
Friday 5 March 2021Taiwan Star Telecom is set to boost the number of its 5G service subscribers to account for 20% of its overall users or more than 550,000 subscribers by the end of 2021, up from nearly...
Taiwan 5G user penetration to reach 23% in 2021
Tuesday 2 March 2021The penetration rate of Taiwan's 5G service subscriber market is expected to reach over 23% in 2021 thanks to continued network deployments by telecom players and the availability...
Taiwan telecom operators enhancing deployments in IoV market
Monday 8 February 2021Taiwan-based telecom operators, including Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Taiwan Mobile, have enhanced their deployments in the IoV market to cash...
Taiwan 5G services to see at least 20% penetration in 2021
Friday 29 January 2021Telecom operators in Taiwan expect 5G services' penetration rate in the local market to be at least 20% in 2021 and the percentage will go higher with competitive subscription deals...
FET to ramp up 5G penetration rate to 20-30% in 2021
Tuesday 19 January 2021Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) expects to see the user number of its 5G services to top one million or 20-30% of its total mobile subscribers by year-end 2021, after having...
FET foraying into smart home solution market
Monday 30 November 2020Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) is expanding its smart home ecosystem, with plans to launch solutions catering to entertainment, home-care, energy-saving, safety and security,...
Lite-On Tech installing smart streetlamps in cooperation with FET
Thursday 26 November 2020EMS provider Lite-On Technology is installing in a northern Taiwanese city IoT-based LED streetlamps replacing about 160,000 conventional ones through technological cooperation with...
FET to install 4,000 base stations for 3.5GHz 5G band in 2020
Monday 26 October 2020Far EasTone Telecommunications has said that its deployment of 5G networks in Taiwan is ahead of schedule, with plans to complete the installation of 4,000 base station for 3.5GHz...
Asia Pacific Telecom ready for commercial 5G services
Wednesday 21 October 2020Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) has announced that it will kick off its commercial 5G services in Taiwan on October 22, leveraging a 5G spectrum sharing scheme reached with fellow company...
FET eyeing 5G vertical application services
Wednesday 23 September 2020Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) aims to gain an edge against its fellow telecom firms in the 5G commercial service market in Taiwan by focusing on providing vertical application...
HTC teams up with FET for 5G, VR developments
Wednesday 9 September 2020HTC has signed a MOU with Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) to jointly develop related 5G and VR hardware devices, applications and services.
FET, APT sign 5G spectrum-sharing deal
Tuesday 8 September 2020Taiwanese telecom operators Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) have announced a collaborative deal marking the first 5G spectrum sharing project in...
Taiwan 5G penetration to reach 3-4% by year-end 2020
Monday 20 July 2020The total number of 5G subscribers in Taiwan is expected to reach 700,000-900,000 by the end of 2020, accounting for a penetration rate of 3-4%, according to estimates by local channel...
Taiwan handset sales to grow 25% in 2H20, says FET
Monday 6 July 2020Handset sales in the Taiwan market are expected to grow 25% to 3.6 million units in second-half 2020, up from 2.9 million units shipped in the first half of the year, according to...
FET to launch commercial 5G services on July 3
Tuesday 30 June 2020Far EasTone Telecommunications will launch its commercial 5G services in Taiwan on July 3.
FET, Delta Electronics, Microsoft team up to build first 5G smart plant in Taiwan
Tuesday 9 June 2020Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), Delta Electronics and Microsoft Taiwan have teamed up to set up Taiwan's first 5G-enabled pilot smart manufacturing plant at Delta's production...
Taiwan issues first 5G license
Thursday 4 June 2020Taiwan has issued its first 5G commercial license to Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), which is expected to officially launch 5G services in July.
FET finishes POC for drone-based 5G 3D spatial network optimization
Wednesday 20 May 2020Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has disclosed it has completed proof of concept (POC) for drone-based 5G 3D spatial network optimization, a project intended to optimize spatial...
FET adopts 3-pronged approach for 5G
Thursday 19 March 2020Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) is adopting a three-pronged approach - promoting new business, developing innovative applications and pushing multiple collaborations...
Taiwan top-3 telecom firms report decreased sales for February
Friday 13 March 2020Taiwan's top-three telecom operators all have reported decreased revenues for February, as demand for mobile services declined.
Taiwan completes 5G spectrum auction
Thursday 16 January 2020Taiwan's auction of 5G spectrums came to an end on January 16 after 261 rounds of bidding with total bids reaching NT$138.08 billion (US$4.604 billion), according to an announcement...
Telecom operators urged to undergo transformation to embrace 5G opportunities
Friday 20 December 2019With related 5G and AI technologies promising significant impacts to various industries, telecom operators not only have to enhance their basic infrastructure but also need to positively...
Taiwan telecom operators gearing up 5G retailing solutions
Wednesday 23 October 2019Taiwan-based telecom operators Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) have stepped up their ambitions for 5G services by tying up with convenience stores...
Global shortages of software engineers to worsen, says Microsoft executive
Tuesday 2 July 2019Microsoft corporate vice president Julia Liuson expects shortages of worldwide software development engineers to expand to one million in the next five years as the business opportunity...
Taiwan telecom operators to stop selling new phones from Huawei
Thursday 23 May 2019Taiwan's five leading telecom operators have said that they will stop selling new smartphones made by Huawei due to concerns of after-sale services after Google stopped providing...