NSB denies collaborating with telecommunications company

Taipei, Sept. 8 (CNA) The National Security Bureau (NSB) rebutted Friday a local online media report that it is collaborating with a local telecommunications company to foster a civilian cyber security force. In a press release, the NSB denied claims made ... ( read original story ...)

HTC: Sell to Google or Cut Half Its Staff?

Shares in Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp. (2498.TW) have struggled this year but Bernstein reckons there is one dramatic way it could revive its fortunes - cut half its staff. It may sound like a tough prescription for a company that has seen its ... ( read original story ...)

Google is very close to buying HTC’s smartphone business

Google may be close to buying the smartphone business of HTC, the troubled consumer-electronics maker based in Taiwan, according to a report. According to a report in a Taiwanese publication (Google Translate version here), the two companies are in the ... ( read original story ...)

Nokia Secures 3G Network Contract from Chunghwa Telecom

Moreover, Nokia in collaboration with Chunghwa Telecom plans to bring G.Fast — ultra-broadband access technology — in Taiwan. This is because a surge in 4K TV and HD video services in Taiwan is exerting severe pressure on the service providers ... ( read original story ...)

Google is apparently ready to buy smartphone maker HTC

A report from a Taiwanese news outlet called Commercial Times says Google is in the final stages of acquiring all or part of smartphone maker HTC. The news follows a separate story from late August that suggested Taiwan-based HTC was interested in some ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan HTC down 8% as August sales plunge

HONGKONG -- HTC, a Taiwanese smartphone maker, extended a losing streak on Thursday, plummeting to 63 Taiwan dollars (US$2.09) at one point, down T$5.5, or 8.02%, from Wednesday. It was the stock's lowest level in about 2 and a half weeks. It finished at T ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan among first wave of markets for iPhone 8 release: source

Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) Taiwan is one of the countries targeted ... The source said Apple has been in private discussions with Taiwan's five major telecom carriers -- Chunghwa Telecom, FarEasTone, Taiwan Mobile, Taiwan Star Telecom and Asia Pacific Telecom ... ( read original story ...)

TWSeries: Staying ahead of the Internet pack in Taiwan

Passing through Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei, the first thing many travellers do is scan ... Fu-Kuei Chung is the Chief Audit Executive at Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd, Taiwan’s incumbent telecommunication operator and provider of HiNet. ( read original story ...)

Made in Taiwan: From mass manufacturing to high design

Taiwan's mass manufacturing history dates back to the 1950s, when the government signed a mutual defense treaty with the United States (that agreement expired in 1979 and was partly replaced by the Taiwan Relations Act). Needing a powerful regional ally ... ( read original story ...)