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Tuesday 13 April 2010
WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm takes over 197 base stations from parent company
Tatung InfoComm, a WiMAX operator in southern Taiwan, has taken over 197 WiMAX base stations in southern and eastern parts of Taiwan at a total book value of NT$1.76 billion (US$55...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
ITRI claims success in WiMAX trial on high-speed train
Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on April 12 announced its successful test of WiMAX-based mobile broadband access to the Internet, including...
Tuesday 13 April 2010
Zyxel poised to sell own-brand WiMAX CPE via five base station suppliers
Taiwan-based Zyxel Communications has had its own-brand WiMAX CPE including outdoor VoIP routers, voice routers and cards pass interoperability testing with WiMAX base stations offered...
Thursday 1 April 2010
Shipments of 3G/4G mobile broadband devices by Taiwan makers to pick up in 2010, say sources
Shipments of 3G/4G mobile broadband devices by Taiwan-based networking/telecom equipment makers are expected to start gaining momentum in 2010, according to industry sources.
Thursday 25 March 2010
Taiwan market: FET sets 2010 capex at NT$8.9 billion mainly for 3G, WiMAX infrastructure
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has set aside a capex budget of NT$8.9 billion (US$278 million) for 2010 mainly for continued construction of 3G and WiMAX infrastructure, company...
Thursday 18 March 2010
Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Global Mobile to launch VoIP services in 2H10
Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Global Mobile plans to launch VoIP services starting the second half of 2010 and aims to boost its subscribers to 30,000 by the end of 2010, according...
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm to increase capital to NT$2.5 billion
Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm plans to increase its capital from current NT$1.8 billion (US$56.53 million) to NT$2.5 billion in April, with parent company Tatung Company...
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Taiwan looks to set up WiMAX OIOT lab
Taiwan's WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), government-sponsored groups and device makers plan to jointly forward an application to the WiMAX Forum...
Monday 15 March 2010
Gemtek looks to ship 1.2 million WiMAX CPE products in 2010
Network equipment maker Gemtek Technology expects its shipments of WiMAX CPE products to top 1.2 million units in 2010 compared to 600,000 units in 2009, according to company managing...
Friday 12 March 2010
More network equipment makers to allocate funds for LTE development
More Taiwan-based network equipment makers, including Alpha Networks, Arcadyan Technology and Sercomm, are planning to channel more funds to the development LTE technology and related...
Thursday 11 March 2010
Taiwan market: Fitel receives WiMAX operating license from NCC
WiMAX licensee First International Telecom (Fitel) has received an operating license from Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), making it the last of six licensees to...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Mobile WiMAX chipset shipments boom in 2009, but overall market stays flat, says Maravedis
Shipments of mobile WiMAX chipsets reached five million in 2009, up from 1.3 million in 2008, according to research report from Maravedis. However despite the surge of mobile WiMAX...
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Vmax sets 2010 capex at NT$1.5 billion
Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Vmax Telecom plans to invest NT$1.5 billion (US$47 million) to expand its infrastructure in the Taipei metropolitan area in 2010, according to the company...
Tuesday 9 March 2010
Taiwan market: WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm to expand coverage
Taiwan-based WiMAX operator Tatung InfoComm will expand its WiMAX coverage to also include Hualien and Pingtung counties soon, in addition to the current coverage in Kaohsiung and...
Friday 5 March 2010
WiMAX subscribers up 75% in 2009, says Infonetics Research
The number of WiMAX subscribers jumped 75% in 2009 to 6.8 million worldwide, according to Infonetics Research. Worldwide vendor revenues from 802.16d and 802.16e WiMAX network equipment...