BROWSING: Far Eastone

Far EasTone Telecommunications had announced it would merge with Asia Pacific Telecom in a stock-swap deal last year Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) said it is seeking to axe at least 5,000 base stations currently operated by Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) to avoid coverage...

FET had initially launched commercial 5G services in Taiwan in 2020 Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications expects its 5G subscriber penetration rate to reach 40% by the end of this year from more than 30% last year, local newspaper Taipei Times reported. The carrier’s president, Chee...

Far EasTone’s chairman, Chee Ching, said the telco has been looking to integrate and utilize 5G’s core technologies Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone Telecommunications has signed an agreement with Intel Taiwan to carry out joint research on 5G open virtualized radio access networks, computer vision...

Asia Pacific Telecom and FET had previously announced a partnership to provide 5G services on Taiwan’s 3.5 GHz frequency band Taiwanese operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) approved a merger with rival telco Far EasTone Telecommunications during an extraordinary shareholders meeting, held on April 15. APT said...

Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecom (FET) has selected Ericsson as its vendor for 5G Standalone (SA) and Non-standalone (NSA) dual-mode 5G Core and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services, the latter said in a release. The deal builds on Ericsson’s existing 5G partnership with FET, including...

Taiwanese carrier Taiwan Star Telecom said that its 5G subscribers already represent 5% of the company’s overall mobile base and that it will step up its efforts to push the ratio to 10% in 2021. Taiwan Star has attracted a total of 100,000 5G users...

The number of 5G subscribers in Taiwan reached over 1 million after the introduction of the technology in July, Taipei Times reported, citing statistics released by the nation’s telecoms. In June, the government of Taiwan issued the first 5G license to Chunghwa Telecom, which paved...

Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) said that it has reached 300,000 5G subscribers after the telco launched the new technology in July of this year, Taipei Times reported. The carrier also said that it aims to reach 1 million customers in the 5G...

  Taiwan Star launched its commercial 5G services in the country, Taiwanese press reported. The operator said that the coverage of its 5G networks in Taiwan's major metropolitan areas has reached 50% and will top 80% by the end of this year. Taiwan Star also said it...

  Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom expects to end 2020 with over 4,000 5G stations across Taiwan, the company’s President and CFO, Shui-Yi Kuo, said during a conference call with investors. “As of June 30, when we launched our 5G service more than 2,000 base stations covered...

  Taiwan Star Telecom and Asia Pacific Telecom have been issued 5G licenses, bringing the total number of licensed local 5G operators to five, Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) said.. Chunghwa Telecom, Far EasTone Telecommunications and Taiwan Mobile had secured 5G licenses last month and launched...

  Taiwanese carrier Far EasTone (FET) has launched its commercial 5G network in some metropolitan areas across Taiwan. Ericsson was the sole provider of the radio access network (RAN) and 5G core technology for this launch. Far EasTone’s 5G network is powered by Ericsson Radio System and...

Nokia providing 5G RAN, core, IMS technologies to Taiwan Mobile Nokia has been selected by Taiwan Mobile as the sole supplier of its 5G network in a three-year framework deal worth approximately 400 million euros  ($451 million) The initial phase of the deal, which includes 5G...

  Taiwan Mobile has become the third mobile operator to secure a 5G license in the country after telecommunications regulator NCC approved the telco’s 5G plan, according to local press reports. NCC Chief Secretary Hsiao Chi-hong said Taiwan Mobile is now expecting to deploy 4,000 5G...

  Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has obtained the second 5G license issued by the National Communications Commission (NCC), local newspaper Taiwan News reported. Last week, Chunghwa Telecom had secured the country’s first 5G license from NCC. Both operators said they would be able to launch...

The 5G services in Taiwan will be in the 3.5 GHz band are expected to be launched this summer Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone (FET) has selected Ericsson to be its 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) vendor in a deal that will span all of...

  Taiwan's 5G spectrum auction came to an end on January 16, after 261 rounds of bidding with total bids reaching NT$138.08 billion ($4.6 billion), according to information provided by Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC). NCC confirmed that Taiwan’s operators Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Taiwan Mobile, Far...

The telco aims to deploy 8,000 NB-IoT base stations in Q2 2018 Taiwan’s third-largest telecom operator Far EasTone Telecommunications has activated its Narrowband-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network, Asian press reported. The telco said it expects to reach 7,000 enterprise subscribers with this new offering within the...

The Italian telco expects to carry out a trial 5G system in Turin in 2018. Working towards a "5G" network deployment, Italian mobile operator TIM said it carried out live test of the virtual radio access network technology. The architecture had been...

Ericsson said it is cooperating with US authorities Swedish vendor Ericsson is under investigation by U.S. authorities over possible corruption in its activities in China, according to Swedish press reports. Ericsson confirmed it received a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in March 2013 to...

The Taiwanese telco targets 6.4 million '4G' users by the end of 2016 Taiwanese mobile operator Chunghwa Telecom said it will end 2015 with 4.4 million LTE subscribers, local press reported. The telco launched commercial LTE services in May 2014. Chunghwa Telecom’s LTE customer base currently accounts for...

Taiwanese government aims to award six new blocks of spectrum year-end Taiwanese telecom regulator NCC has set the floor price for the second auction of 4G spectrum at NT$14.4 billion ($460.4 million). The watchdog said it expects to complete the whole auction process by the...

Taiwanese telco Far EasTone and Morgan Stanley are reportedly close to striking a $2.3 billion deal with MBK Partners to acquire Taiwan’s largest cable operator, China Network Systems. The deal would allow Far EasTone to provide a bundled package of phone and cable services. The...

The Taiwanese operator targets market share of 40% in the local LTE market; new emphasis on small cells Ericsson has signed a contract with Taiwan's largest mobile operator, Chunghwa Telecom, to deploy additional LTE infrastructure designed to enable the operator to expand its current LTE...