Taiwan incumbent Chunghwa Telecom will establish a business on the Chinese mainland.
The new business will have $6 million in capital and start operations in the first quarter of 2011, focusing on 3G value added services and IT services such as energy conservation and ITS (Intelligent Transportation
LTE won’t become a commercial reality in Taiwan for at least another seven years, according to Taiwan’s regulator.
Dr Chin-nan Hsien, commissioner with the National Communications Commission (NCC), said the regulator plans to issue spectrum for LTE at 700MHz, but that it will take three years for the NCC to reclaim the frequencies, which are now being us
I’ve been to a number of Wimax conferences in the past few years, but this year’s Wimax Forum Asia show in Taipei marks the first time I could walk out of the conference hall and see a demo of Wimax in action.
Taiwan’s newest operator, Vmax, has opened its NT$2 billion ($63 million) Wimax network with an ad-based service to taxis and bargain-priced netbooks.
The company, backed by Intel and local electronics firms, has built a network in metropolitan Taipei and plans to extend the service across northern Taiwan.
