Articles tagged with: Far Eastone
China Mobile Chairman in Talks for Taiwan Investment
China Mobile's Chairman, Wang Jianzhou held a private meeting with a senior official from Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs to seek approval for the company's plan to buy a 12% stake in Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications, the Taipei Times reported. more
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Far EasTone Shareholders Approve China Mobile Investment
China Mobile has won the approval by Far EasTone Telecommunications shareholders for its plan to buy a 12% stake in the Taiwan based mobile network operator for around NT$17.77 billion (US$529 million), though a new shares offering. more
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China Wants TD-SCDMA to Take 20% of 3G Market by 2020
The Chinese government is seeking to push its home grown 3G standard overseas and has set a target to take 20 percent of the overseas 3G subscriber market by 2020. The plans were revealed in a long-term development plan for mobile communication drafted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), an industry expert has told the Interfax news agency. more
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Taiwanese Operators Considering Chinese 3G Standard
Two of Taiwan's mobile network operators are reported to be considering China's home-grown 3G technology, TD-SCDMA for their networks. Chunghwa Telecom and Far EasTone are in talks with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), which signed a deal with China's Datang Telecom to set up a trial TD-SCDMA network on the island, an ITRI spokeswoman has told the Reuters news agency. more
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Taiwan-China business ties grow as barriers fall
China and Taiwan are seeking new business ventures in each other's territories like never before as investment and travel barriers fall between the once bitter enemies amid warmer political ties. more
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China Mobile Buys a Stake in Taiwanese Mobile Network
China Mobile has announced a groundbreaking deal to invest in a Taiwan based mobile network operator. The Chinese network is buying a 12% stake in Far EasTone Telecommunications for around NT$17.77 billion (US$529 million), though a new shares offering. more
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Motorola to Expand Taiwanese WiMAX Network
Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecom (FET) has awarded Motorola additional contracts to expand its WiMAX network in Taichung, Taiwan. The projects will boost network performance and provide new management features, preparing FET for the commercial launch of mobile broadband services by the end of 2009. more
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Top 22 Operators Account for 50% of Total WiMAX Subscribers
The top 22 WiMAX operators worldwide will contribute nearly 2.5 million subscribers by the end of 2009 - up from 1.24 million today - and close to 4 million by the end of 2010 according to the latest research report from Maravedis. more
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Taiwan Expected to Pass 11 Million 3G Subscribers by Year-End
Taiwan is expected to exceed 11 million 3G subscribers by the end of this year, based on faster than expected sales by the local network operators. The China Economic News Service reports that Far EasTone has already signed up 2.2 million 3G subscribers, exceeding its original goal of having two million subscribers by the end of this year. more
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Ericsson Wins HSPA Contract in Taiwan
Ericsson has won a new contract with leading Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (Far EasTone) for its HSPA network expansion. The move will give Far EasTone the highest HSPA penetration in Taiwan - up to 95 percent of the population. more
