Taiwan-based telecom equipment maker Tecom has won an open bid to supply Chunghwa Telcom (CHT) with a batch of MSAN (multi-service access network) equipment, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report. The contract is worth NT$325 million (US$9.82 million), which will include MSAN solutions from ECI Telecom of Israel as well as VDSL2 and POTS

Contrary to earlier expectations, iPhone 3Gs bought in the Taiwan market are not restricted to only using SIM cards from Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), leaving owners the option to switch service providers, or use their smartphones with a local SIM card when traveling. Prior to the launch last weekend, representatives from CHT and its retailers had said that iPhones bought in Taiwan would only work on

Quite different with the usual iPhone plan in many countries, iPhone in Taiwan via Chunghwa Telecom (it should be launched on Dec 13) will not be locked (and there will be no contract). Thus, leave option to switch provider or using local SIM card when traveling. Prior to the launch last weekend, representatives from CHT and ...

Alcatel-Lucent has announced that it has been awarded a femtocell bid from Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan's largest telecommunications provider, to deploy Taiwan's first femtocell network, which will enhance the coverage of CHT's mobile network inside homes and offices. CHT plans to launch its femtocell service with the goal of extending and improving its cellular coverage throughout Taiwan,

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), on December 3, announced the launch of HSDPA mobile Internet-access service based on a daily charge scheme. TWM's daily charge rates for 3.5G access are NT$100 (US$3) for one day, NT$250 for three days, and NT$350 for five days, the company indicated. TWM is the third provider to offer per day 3.5G mobile Internet-access services in Taiwan. Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) charges a rat...

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has signed an agreement to transfer the 30 WiMAX base stations and other related equipment it built for the M-Taiwan (mobile Taiwan) project to WiMAX licensee Global Mobile for commercial operation. Construction of the 30 WiMAX base stations, purchased from Alcatel-Lucent, will be completed at the end of this year, and CHT plans to hand over those base stations to Global Mob...

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will start marketing the iPhone 3G handsets in the Taiwan market on December 13, with an aim to sell up to 50,000 units by the end of the first quarter of 2009, according to CHT. While the 8GB iPhones 3G with a prepaid SIM card will be available for NT$26,600 (US$799) and the similar 16GB iPhone 3G for NT$29,900, CHT will also offer the 8G iPhone free of charge under a two-y...

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on November 20 unveiled Hami, a package of free value-added services specifically designed for CHT 3G subscribers using iPhone 3G handsets. Hami will be launched alongside the iPhone 3G in December, according to CHT. The name Hami derives from the Chinese for honeydew melon, continuing the fruity theme of the iPhone, and was chosen as it sounds like "happy me" in English, ac...

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), on November 14, announced it has obtained exclusive sales rights for the iPhone 3G in the Taiwan market, with launch tentatively slated for December 2008. However, CHT did not release any further details about prices and the exact date of launch due to a non-disclosure agreement with Apple. Gray-market iPhone 3Gs imported privately mainly from New Zealand, Hong Kong and the...

High Tech Computer (HTC) will begin to ship Android-based G1 phones to clients in the Asia-pacific region in the first half of 2009, the Chinese-language Commercial Times quoted company sources as indicating. While starting to sell its Touch 3G smartphones in the Taiwan market in cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on November 3, HTC also plans to launch its first 5-megapixel PDA phone, the To...