Smartphones – News

A trial group of Taiwanese citizens are already using their mobile phones to pay for subway rides using a contactless payment system, and they will soon start testing handsets with credit and cash ... ( read original story ...)

Russia’s war in Ukraine

The sanctioned items include designated telecommunications equipment, integrated circuit parts and variable-frequency drives with dual civil and military purposes. Taipei imposed sanctions of the ... ( read original story ...)

Download speeds for 4G on average improved in 2021

The average fixed-location download speed of Taiwan’s 4G systems last year was 122.53 megabits per second (Mbps), up 2.96 percent from 119Mbps in 2020, National Communications Commission (NCC) data ... ( read original story ...)

MaxLinear to Acquire Silicon Motion

Creates transformative scale and a highly profitable $2+ billion revenue semiconductor company Addition of Silicon Motion’s NAND flash controller technology and customer relationships complements ... ( read original story ...)

Chunghwa Telecom makes mobile gains

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom attributed higher post-paid ARPU to rising 5G adoption in Q1, which together with an increase in subscribers fuelled gains in mobile service revenue. Chairman and CEO ... ( read original story ...)

Samsung signs deal with Dish for 5G radios, phones

Dish already has Taiwan's Microelectronics Technology Inc (2314.TW ... Dish is also testing its 5G network using Samsung Galaxy S22 phones and plans to continue using the phones throughout the network ... ( read original story ...)