Catalysts Behind the Upside Chunghwa Telecom is one of the largest telecommunications services company in Taiwan that provides fixed-line, mobile, broadband and Internet services. The telco continues to dominate the Taiwanese telecom market with its ... ( read original story ...)
IOTA (MIOTA) Starts Testing Digital IDs In Taipei
The German non-profit enters testing phase of their distributed ledger technology-powered identification system, planned for Taipei citizens in a combined effort between IOTA (MIOTA), and the Taiwan-based start-up BiiLabs, tailored to upscale the South ... ( read original story ...)
Fujitsu and Taiwan FamilyMart Commence Digital Technology Field Trial in FamilyMart Concept Store
Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Taiwan Limited, and Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd., which operates over 3,000 FamilyMart stores in Taiwan, today announced that they will begin a field trial at the Chongqing South Road FamilyMart location in collaboration with local ... ( read original story ...)
Unit of Taiwan’s Foxconn to buy Belkin for $866 million
HONG KONG (Reuters) - FIT Hon Teng Ltd (>> Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd), the cable and connector division of Taiwan's Foxconn, said on Tuesday it planned to buy Belkin International, a maker of smartphone accessories and home networking products ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom and PChome Form Strategic Partnership to Establish CHT-PCH NO.1 VC Platform
Two Taiwanese industry giants join forces to establish "CHT-PCH NO.1," a venture capital fund supporting Taiwan's budding startup ecosystem TAIPEI, Taiwan March 29, 2018 – Chunghwa Telecom Group, the chief telecommunications company in Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)
Donald Trump’s possible F-35 deal with Taiwan not ‘worth risk’, experts say
AMID the Trump administration taking an aggressive stance on China, two US senators are pushing for the president to sell F-35 stealth fighters to Taiwan. In a letter to President Trump, senators John Cornyn and James Inhofe said China’s aggressive ... ( read original story ...)
‘Smart cities’ to spark Taiwan’s future economic development: officials
In her opening speech, Tsai emphasized the importance of technology and creativity in the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) through which Taiwan can develop solutions to many of the challenges faced today. These include how local governments can ... ( read original story ...)
Trump should sell F-16V fighter jets, not F-35s, to Taiwan
More problematic is the risk that Taiwan's possession of F-35s would mean that technology falling into Chinese hands. This is no small worry in that China's intelligence presence in Taiwan is both widespread and deeply integrated. I believe that if the F ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan supports Qatar’s puszh for clean energy programmes
Taiwan’s innovative solutions in the field of clean technology can play a significant role in Qatar’s thrust to generate power through renewable energy sources, an official of the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (Taitra) has said. According ... ( read original story ...)
Explainer: Why Taiwan is slow to adopt mobile payments
According to research by Mastercard, 61% of consumers in Taiwan are aware of NFC (near-field communication)—the underlying technology of behind many popular mobile payment services including Apple Pay and Samsung Pay—and with more than 80% of consumers ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s HTC to get Google boost as it posts biggest loss
Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC posted its worst-ever quarterly loss on Monday, but said it expects a boost from the $1.1 billion deal with Google sealed earlier this year. The deal, completed in January, saw Google buy part of HTC's smartphone ... ( read original story ...)
Taipei Intros First Testing Facility For Autonomous Vehicles
The city government of Taipei in Taiwan has introduced the country’s first ... Called the K-City, it will be open to a wide range of companies including Samsung, SK Telecom, Naver, Hyundai, and Kia, which will all be allowed to test their self-driving ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan edges toward liberalizing cryptocurrency as other asian countries tighten rules
Liberalization would nurture a domestic financial technology sector, timely as Taiwan’s signature high-tech hardware gives up ground to foreign firms. Today the government and ruling party-dominated legislature show early signs of veering toward ... ( read original story ...)
LG inaugurates first flagship retail store in Taiwan
LG Electronics has opened its first flagship retail store in Taipei. The store is expected to boost the sale of LG's major product lines, including ultra-thin TVs, IT products, smart household appliances and mobile devices in the Taiwanese market. ( read original story ...)
Taiwan seeking closer tech cooperation with Israel
Taipei, March 19 (CNA) Taiwan is hoping to cooperate more closely with Israel in the technology field to strengthen its ability to innovate, Science and Technology Minister Chen Liang-gee (陳良基) said Monday. One way to achieve this, Chen said ... ( read original story ...)
Chunghwa Telecom Taps Tata Communications MOVE Ecosystem for Global IoT Roaming
Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s largest mobile network operator and Tata Communications are collaborating to bring global connectivity to consumer electronics and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Tata Communications MOVE – IoT Connect allows IoT ... ( read original story ...)