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Thursday 12 November 2026
MTI seeks private placement after 5G ORAN, LEO plans falter
Satellite communications company Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI) reported negative net worth of NT$244 million (US$7.42 million), a 109% debt ratio, and a 65% current ratio...
Thursday 12 November 2026
iPhone, enterprise ICT lift Taiwan's telecom trio in October
Strong iPhone sales and 5G upgrades, combined with continued revenue recognition from AI data center (AIDC), cloud, and enterprise information and communications technology (ICT) projects,...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Ericsson CEO bets on AI and in-house RAN chips as 6G, satellite competition loom
Ericsson CEO Per Narvinger is betting on AI to drive the next wave of telecom equipment demand, as the Swedish vendor develops dedicated radio access network (RAN) chips, strengthens...
Monday 9 November 2026
Foxconn unveils second-gen PEARL satellites at expo
Foxconn showcased its second-generation PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites at TASTI 2026, highlighting its shift from single-satellite validation to coordinated...
Friday 6 November 2026
Chunghwa Telecom targets 200,000 Google AI subscribers in consumer-facing AI expansion
Chunghwa Telecom is expanding its Google partnership by bringing the latest Google AI services to consumers, with the aim of achieving 200,000 subscribers in the first year, according...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Taiwan-Netherlands launch four photonics R&D partnerships
Taiwan and the Netherlands announced four joint research and development collaborations on November 4 under their bilateral Technology Bridge Program, targeting photonic packaging,...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Global smartphone shipments fall 14% as brands launch more 5G models
Global smartphone shipments fell an estimated 14% year-over-year in the first three quarters of 2026, even as the number of new 5G smartphone models rose 18.4%, according to DIGITIMES...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Huawei deploys Tau Law in base-station design, rolling out new wireless baseband overseas
Huawei has extended its semiconductor-focused "Tau (τ) Law" framework to 5G base station design, using co-design across algorithms, chip architectures, and high-speed interconnects...
Monday 26 October 2026
India roundup: India's tech build-out opens new markets, but foreign suppliers are first in line
India's tech push opens markets unevenly: foreign suppliers get first crack at Tata's fab, Lam courts local vendors, Jio's IPO tests its 5G pitch, and CleanMax powers AI data cente...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Charts: China's smartphone market bounces back from summer lows on new launches
China's smartphone market rebounded in September 2026 after weak July and August shipments, as brands rolled out more new models. Shipments reached 21.86 million units, down nearly...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Jio's record IPO tests global appetite for India's homegrown telecom stack
Jio Platforms' initial public offering, the largest in India's history, asks investors to back more than a mobile network. In its prospectus, the operator that built its business on...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Taiwan telecom leaders post stellar September results on iPhone upgrades, AI service growth
Taiwan's three leading telecom operators reported strong revenue and earnings growth in September 2026, driven by replacement demand following the launch of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Commentary: Qualcomm patent deal puts spotlight on Huawei's broader IP push
Huawei and Qualcomm announced on Oct. 5 that they had signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement covering technologies including 5G, computing, AI and networking.
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Qualcomm says Huawei patent deal not tied to LogicFolding, rejects net-payer claims
Correction, Oct. 6, 2026: An earlier version of this story, citing Bloomberg, reported that Qualcomm had agreed to license patents related to Huawei's LogicFolding...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
MediaTek group spans Wi-Fi, 5G and PON to target AI-era network infrastructure
MediaTek and subsidiary Airoha Technology will jointly showcase new technologies spanning Wi-Fi, 5G CPE, and passive optical networking (PON) at Network X 2026, scheduled for October...