BROWSING: Taiwan

There are some clever companies in the IoT space. Of course there are; but there are, arguably, more in IoT than anywhere else in the tech game. They just don’t generally make the same kind of noise. Sure, some talk way too much, but...

Taiwanese advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and private network provider Ubiik has joined Electricity Canada, representing the electric power industry in Canada, to deliver private LTE networks for utilities in the 900MHz, 1.4GHz, and 1.8GHz bands. The arrangement furthers Ubiik’s international expansion, as well as...

Taiwanese IoT metering company Ubiik has won a $17 million tender from Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) for the deployment of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system to host 450,000 additional smart meters. It is the company’s fourth consecutive AMI-tender win in Taiwan, it said,...

Singapore-based UnaBiz, owner of the Sigfox technology, has completed a Series B funding extension worth $25 million, to take its total Series B investment, initially pegged at $25 million in late 2021, to over $50 million. The new funding comes from existing investors, led...

Singapore-based IoT service provider UnaBiz has raised a further $25 million as part of a Series B funding round led by Tokyo-based investment company SPARX Group. The round was oversubscribed, the company said, with participation also from Taiwanese venture and private equity firm CDIB...

Electronics manufacturer Inventec has deployed a 5G standalone (5G SA) network at its plant in Taiwan, to bring automation and intelligence to its production line. The setup uses networking software from Affirmed Networks, newly-acquired by Microsoft. The setup is billed as the first software-only 5G...

The deal includes a range of products from the Nokia small cells portfolio Nokia will provide a range of products from its small cells portfolio to Taiwanese mobile operator Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to deliver 5G coverage. With this deal, CHT will become the first operator...

The Asia Pacific Telecom 5G network will be deployed on 28 GHz mmWave spectrum in Taiwan Taiwanese mobile operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) has selected Nokia to be its sole 5G New Radio (NR) and 5G core (non-standalone and standalone) vendor. Nokia will provide its...

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...

The dedicated 5G band will be used to trial 5G applications in areas such as AI, IoT and big data analysis In early October, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen stated that the government will continue prioritizing the development of 5G technology so as to secure Taiwan’s...

Shares of Taiwan-based HTC Corporation reached the lowest level in 16 months after the company cut its Q4 revenue forecast, Bloomberg reported.

Alcatel-Lucent | August 31, 2011 | Press Release Paris, August 31, 2011 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has been selected by Chunghwa Telecom, the largest telecommunications operator in Taiwan, to upgrade its network to address Taiwan’s exploding demand for high-bandwidth advanced mobile services. Currently,...

DigiTimes | August 30, 2011 | Irene Chen, Adam Hwang Tai Tung Communication, a Taiwan-based maker of fiber-optic cable and telecommunication cable, secured orders for fiber-optic cable from Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) at the end of second quarter of 2011 and has begun shipments, according to...

DigiTimes | August 25, 2011 | Erica Yen, Steve Shen HTC is expected to unveil its first batch of Mango phones on September 1, including the 3.7-inch HTC Eternity and 4.5-inch HTC Omega. Read the full article here via DigiTimes

DigiTimes | August 26, 2011 | Steve Chen The penetration rate of smartphones in the Taiwan handset market has reached 26%, with 83% of local smartphone users being first-time owners of smartphones, according a Chinese-language Commercial Times reports, citing data released by Google. Read the full...

DigiTimes | August 26, 2011 | Ocean Chen, Joseph Tsai Taiwan-based retail chain Tsann Kuen, a distributor of Apple products, has commented on the resignation of CEO Steve Jobs, saying that market demand for Apple's products in Taiwan remains strong and it believes that when...

DigiTimes | August 23, 2011 | Chloe Yu, Steve Shen Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will start marketing its third own-brand smartphone, the Fantastic T3, in the Taiwan market on September 1 with a suggested retail price of NT$6,990 (US$241). Read the full article here via DigiTimes

The trial production of Apple Inc’s iPad 3 will begin in October, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal which says Apple is already working closely with its component suppliers and manufacturing partner in Asia. The WSJ said Apple had already completed its...

DigiTimes | August 5, 2011 | Chloe Yu, Adam Hwang Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set a contract-bundled sales goal of 100,000 tablet PCs, including iPad 2, in the Taiwan market in 2011 but sold only nearly 20,000 units in the first half of the year. Read...

DigiTimes | August 5, 2011 | Steve Shen HTC has announces consolidated revenues of NT$45.11 billion (US$1.56 billion) for July, up 83.29% on year, while total revenues from January to July 2011 were NT$273.67 billion, up 121.56% from a year earlier. Read the full article here...

DigiTimes | August 4, 2011 | Daniel Shen, Steve Shen Both LG Electronics (LGE) and HTC plan to launch 3D handsets in the Taiwan market in August. Read the full article here via DigiTimes

Reuters | July 29, 2011 | Clare Jim Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp said on Friday the lawsuit against Apple Inc will not have a fundamental impact on the company, adding the company is preparing an appeal to a U.S. court decision on the case. Read...

Reuters | August 1, 2011 | Lee Chyen Yee, Clare Jim Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, known for assembling Apple's iPhones and iPads in China, plans to use more robots, with one report saying the company will use one million of them in the next three...

DigiTimes | August 1, 2011 | Chloe Yu, Adam Hwang Chairwoman Rosemary Ho for Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, has expressed her opinions about how WiMAX will develop under competition from LTE and the company's WiMAX operations in an interview...