Taipei has accused Beijing of abducting Taiwanese citizens ... But Beijing insists that Taiwanese fraud suspects should be sent to China to face trial because their telecom fraud crimes largely target mainland Chinese. Chinese officials blamed Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan's m-payment user base growth to accelerate in 2017
More than 96 percent of Taiwan's mobile payment users plan to continue using mobile payment to make transactions, acquire merchandises and use services in the future, according to a report from Taipei-based research institute MIC (Market Intelligence ... ( read original story ...)
2017 Smart City Expo to focus on the internet of things: organizer
The exhibition will be held at the Taipei World Trade Center's Nangang Exhibition Hall. A series of forums and conferences will be held in conjunction with the exposition, including the World Telecom Smart City Conference, Sustainable City Forum ... ( read original story ...)
Alliance to develop offshore wind power formed
Taipei, Nov. 9 (CNA) An alliance to develop offshore wind power ... also includes Taiwan Power Co., China Steel, Chunghwa Telecom, the Steel Industries Research and Development Centre, the Ship and Ocean Industries R&D Center, Industrial Technology ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. brokerage maintains TAIEX target of 9,500 points
Taipei, Nov. 12 (CNA) A U.S.-based brokerage has left unchanged ... a balanced portfolio by focusing on both high-tech stocks and defensive stocks such as telecom operators and consumer product vendors. Among the stocks the brokerage named were contract ... ( read original story ...)
Qualcomm invests in tech lab with Taiwan government
Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs, who was in Taipei to sign an MoU with the Ministry of Economic ... Before joining the GSMA, Joseph was group editor for Telecom Asia for more than ten years. In addition to writing features, news and blogs, he... ( read original story ...)
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable : Announces Dividend Policy
TAIPEI, Taiwan, November 11, 2016 -- Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corporation Limited (NASDAQ: APWC) ('APWC' or the 'Company'), a leading manufacturer of wire and cable products for the telecommunications and electric-power industries in the Asia-Pacific ... ( read original story ...)
Lanner to Showcase VNF Security Solution for Carrier-grade NFV at 2016 Intel Asia Network Summit
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan, Nov. 2 ... optimized for carrier-grade NFV deployment and helps accelerate time-to-market for service providers and telecom equipment manufacturers (TEMs). Titanium Server is a carrier grade NFVI software solution that is designed ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to ask Google and Apple to dump Uber from their app stores
Citing a government official, Reuters reports that Taiwan's request to have the app removed from the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store stems from the company's classification as a technology company rather than a transportation provider within the ... ( read original story ...)
AccelStor Partners with Tiger Technology for Top-Notch Media Production Solutions
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AccelStor, the software-defined all-flash array provider, is proud to announce that its NeoSapphire 3605 and NeoSapphire 3611 Fibre Channel all-flash arrays have been officially certified by Tiger Technology, listing ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s smartphone sales decline
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan-based brand vendors and handset ODMs showed a surprise fall. According to the beancounters at Digitimes Research smartphone sales from Taiwan fell 35 per cent on year to 12.36 million units in the third quarter of 2016. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan IC design houses to benefit from strong smartphone shipments by Oppo, Vivo
Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek, FocalTech Systems and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), are to see their shipments gain a boost in 2017 due to increasing orders from China-based smartphone vendors, particularly Oppo and Vivo, according ... ( read original story ...)
China arrests 101 suspects involved in telecom frauds
Chinese police have arrested 101 suspects, including 25 Taiwanese from Cambodia, for their alleged role in transnational-telecom crimes involving USD 2.94 million, officials said on Friday. Of the suspects, 76 were from the mainland and 25 from Taiwan and ... ( read original story ...)
Digitimes Research: Smartphone shipments by Taiwan makers lower than expected in 3Q16
Shipments of smartphones by Taiwan-based brand vendors and handset ODMs declined 35% on year to 12.36 million units in the third quarter of 2016, according to data compiled by Digitimes Research. Lower-than-expected shipments from brand vendors HTC ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Mobile leads telecom operators with highest EPS for October
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) led the Taiwan's top-three telecom operators with the highest EPS of NT$0.48 for October, compared to NT$0.38 of Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and NT$0.27 of Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET). TWM also posted the highest EPS of NT$4.84 for ... ( read original story ...)
HTC's October sales hit 2nd-highest in 2016
TAIPEI--Sales generated by Taiwan's leading smartphone brand HTC Corp. (宏達電), in October hit the second-highest level so far this year, but still fell more than 12 percent from September, when the biggest revenue figure for 2016 was recorded. ( read original story ...)