In statements announcing this latest deployment of their respective technologies, neither company specified the client in question, but they alluded to an OEM based in Taiwan. Its new smartphone offers fingerprint scanning based on Precise Biometrics ... ( read original story ...)
HTC launches three new smartphone models
Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Taiwan-based smartphone vendor HTC Corp. (宏達電) launched three new smartphone models, including the 10 Evo which uses a USB Type-C for headphones instead of a headphone jack, in an effort to boost sales in Taiwan, the company ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan, Philippines undertake joint telecoms fraud raid
Acting on information provided by Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau, the National Bureau of Investigation of the Philippines raided the base of operations, seizing telecom equipment and handbooks on how to conduct telecoms fraud. Filipino agents are ... ( read original story ...)
INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILE TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM IN TAIWAN (IMTOP)
This program, called the Intergenerational Mobile Technology Opportunities Program (IMTOP), will ... including two hundred fifty (250) patients from Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital and one hundred (100) patients from Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital. ( read original story ...)
Precise Biometrics, FPC fingerprint tech featured in smartphone from Taiwanese OEM
An unnamed OEM in Taiwan today launched a smartphone model featuring Fingerprint Cards sensor FPC1155 and Precise Biometrics’ Precise BioMatch Mobile. Precise BioMatch Mobile is an algorithm solution for fingerprint recognition in mobile devices. ( read original story ...)
HTC might sell its smartphone business in the coming year
The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer was hit with record low sales in February earlier this year. Among the highlights of 2016 is the HTC 10, which is easily the best smartphone in our eyes. Plus HTC just launched a new slightly-less-impressive version of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Considers Fintech Overhaul, Blockchain Tech May See Adoption
The securities industry in Taiwan is looking forward to overhauling its financial technology sector to meet the needs of changing financial landscape. Read more... The blockchain revolution is catching the world by storm. As the adoption of latest ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan to punish fraudsters abroad after China deportations
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 ...)