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Friday 6 March 2009
Despite the naysayers, WiMAX subscriber revenues will grow dramatically in 2009
Any reader who believed all the recent headlines would feel confident that the WiMAX market is being crushed by LTE. Nortel has left the WiMAX market and Alcatel-Lucent has "backed...
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...
Thursday 5 March 2009
WiMAX licensee Global Mobile to join planned SI firm organized by MOEA, CHT and Intel, says paper
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has invited WiMAX licensee Global Mobile to commit equity investment in the planned system integrator (SI) company being organized by the Taiwan government,...
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Commentary: Is there a place for LTE in Taiwan?
Although a number of the leading telecom equipment providers, including Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent, are urging the Taiwan government to look at the development of Long Term Evolution...
Friday 27 February 2009
Global Mobile hedging its bets; to pick WiMAX equipment supplier with LTE expertise
Taiwan WiMAX licensee Global Mobile is likely to select Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) or Huawei Technologies as the equipment supplier for its WiMAX network by the end of February,...
Friday 27 February 2009
Alcatel-Lucent to bridge Taiwan CPE makers into WiMAX network in Cambodia
Alcatel-Lucent will enlist WiMAX CPE products as well as netbooks and EDGE/WiMAX dual-mode handsets made by Taiwan makers into the supply chain of the planned WiMAX network which...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Taiwan research lab ITRI enrolled as a director of WiMAX Forum
Taiwan's government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) was recently enlisted as one of the 17-member directors of the WiMAX Forum, allowing Taiwan to participate...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Vmax gets approval to install WiMAX base stations
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), on February 25, issued a green light for WiMAX licensee Vmax Telecom to begin installation of its WiMAX base stations and related...
Thursday 26 February 2009
Gemtek expects revenues to stay flat in 2009
Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology expects its revenues to stay flat at NT$21.3 billion (US$612 million) in 2009 with revenues in the first quarter to be lowest for the year,...
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Taiwan market: Nationwide WiMAX license unlikely in 2009
When the Taiwan government issued six regional WiMAX licenses in the second half of 2007, it hoped the licensees could set up infrastructure and kick off operations in two years....
Tuesday 17 February 2009
LTE deployments to peak in 2010-2011, says Nokia Siemens Networks executive
The global deployment of LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks is expected to enter a peak period in 2010-2011 as many service providers in Europe, Asia and North America have made commitments...
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Intel reaffirms commitment to Moorestown and WiMAX
While some of Intel's Taiwan partners in Taiwan have quietly raised concerns about Intel's future commitment to Moorestown and WiMAX, Intel has reiterated its long-term support for...
Friday 13 February 2009
Early growth in mobile WiMAX market not enough to satisfy WiMAX equipment vendors, says In-Stat
Broadband communications have become a crucial communications tool, so demand for mobile WiMAX technology remains strong, reports In-Stat. Unfortunately for many vendors, success...
Thursday 12 February 2009
Network equipment makers eye more WiMAX orders from Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung
With more branded telecom equipment makers disclosing plans to switch from WiMAX to LTE (Long Term Evolution), Taiwan-based network equipment makers are now targeting Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent...
Tuesday 10 February 2009
HSPA and LTE technologies to dominate mobile telecom services by 2012, says Ericsson CTO
By 2012, HSPA (high speed packet access)- and LTE (long term evolution)-enabled technologies will account for 80% of mobile broadband services, while WiMAX related services will account...