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Wednesday 22 April 2009
Tatung InfoComm aims to attract one million WiMAX subscribers in five years
Tatung InfoComm, one of the six WiMAX licensees in Taiwan, aims to solicit up to one million WiMAX subscribers in five years. The company will officially launch its commercial WiMAX...
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Motorola wins contract to expand WiMAX network for FET
Motorola announced on April 21 that Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has awarded Motorola additional contracts to expand FET's WiMAX network in Taichung, Taiwan....
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Taiwan WiMAX licensee Global Mobile in cooperation talks with Clearwire
Taiwan WiMAX licensee Global Mobile is currently in cooperation talks with US-based WiMAX operator Clearwire with details likely to be revealed later this week, according to Global...
Wednesday 15 April 2009
Mobile phones get smarter with touchscreen tech, says iSuppli
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased the mobile handset industry's increasing focus on smartphones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements...
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Taiwan market: Tatung InfoComm to start WiMAX services on April 27
Tatung InfoComm, one of the six WiMAX licensees in Taiwan, will kick off its WiMAX operations in Penghu, a group of small islands west of Taiwan proper, on April 27, according to...
Friday 3 April 2009
Global Mobile to purchase 100 WiMAX base stations from Nokia Siemens Networks
Taiwan WiMAX licensee Global Mobile will purchase 100 WiMAX base stations from Nokia Siemens Networks, with plans to roll out of its WiMAX network infrastructure in Hsinchu, northern...
Thursday 26 March 2009
Mobile broadband user growth to outpace revenue growth through 2014, says Ovum
Newly released mobile broadband forecasts by global advisory and consulting firm Ovum show that users accessing the Internet via mobile broadband enabled notebooks and handsets will...
Friday 20 March 2009
In-Stat forecasts 3G-4G to account for 30% of global wireless subscriptions by 2013
At the end of 2008, only 11% of worldwide wireless subscriptions were 3G. By the end of 2013, the percentage of 3G and 4G subscriptions will reach 30%, according to In-Stat.
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Wireless infrastructure vendors facing tough 2009, says ABI Research
Radio access network equipment expenditure is expected to contract by 6% as wireless infrastructure vendors brace for a stormy year. The latest market data from ABI Research pegs...
Wednesday 18 March 2009
Accton secures WiMAX orders from Saudi Arabia client, says paper
Accton Technology has landed US$2.4 million worth of orders for WiMAX equipment from a telecom service provider in Saudi Arabia, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times...
Monday 16 March 2009
China-based Huawei to set up WiMAX IOT lab in Taiwan, says paper
China-based telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies plans to set up an interoperability testing (IOT) center for WiMAX products in Taiwan in June, marking the beginning of cooperation...
Wednesday 11 March 2009
HSPA drives mobile infrastructure market growth in 2008, says Dell'Oro Group
Worldwide total mobile infrastructure market revenues grew 5% in 2008, driven by the nearly doubling and quadrupling of revenues of the WCDMA and WiMAX markets, respectively, according...
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,...