Taiwan market: Smartphone shipments decline sharply in April

Shipments of smartphones in the Taiwan market totaled 543,000 units in April, down nearly 10% from the previous month and 20% from a year earlier period, according to data compiled by local retail channels. Driven by brisk sales of the Galaxy S8 devices as ... ( read original story ...)

Chunghwa Telecom : Announces Senior Management Changes

TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. ("CHT", "Chunghwa Telecom" or the "Company", TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) today announced that Mr. Bo Yung Chen, the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will resign ... ( read original story ...)

Samsung Pay goes live in Taiwan

The seven banks are Citibank Taiwan, Standard Chartered Bank, Cathay United Bank, Taishin International Bank, E.Sun Bank, Union Bank of Taiwan and Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank. 10 Samsung smartphone models currently support the Samsung Pay system. ( read original story ...)

Branding moves to take center stage

Telecommunications operator China Mobile, carmaker SAIC, gas producer PetroChina, phone and telecommunications services provider Huawei and liquor maker Kweichow Moutai were rated the top five companies with the most powerful brands based on their brands ... ( read original story ...)

CenturyLink Revs Up Enterprise Engine

To that it can add Level 3's SDN-based Adaptive Network Control services, which were developed years ago now by tw telecom, before SDN was a branded technology, but remain industry-leading for offering flexible bandwidth. The combination is an attractive ... ( read original story ...)

Ransomware: What you need to know about this latest cyber threat

The attack has reportedly hit 74 countries including the United Kingdom, U.S., China, Russia, Spain, Italy and Taiwan. The name Ransomware suggests ... as well as the Russian Interior Ministry and Russian telecom MegaFon, Nissan and Vivo have shut down ... ( read original story ...)

HTC: behind the scenes of its Taiwanese smartphone factory

Chances are, you pick up your smartphone dozens of times each day without sparing a thought for how it’s made. Just as phones have gone from a useful accessory a device the vast majority of us would struggle to get through the day without in the past 15 ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan’s MediaTek stakes future on IoT, Indian market

TAIPEI -- Taiwanese computer chip designer MediaTek is seeking to reinvent its future as its bottom line is sagging due to intensifying competition. Under growing pressure to reduce its dependence on Chinese smartphone makers, the company is racing to ... ( read original story ...)