Chinese Telecom Bi-Weekly news

May 29th 2008 to June 12th 2008

June 12
Coiler SB and BR repeaters now available in dual-band models
Cisco seeking ODM WiMAX CPE makers in Taiwan, say sources
Quanta shipping Portege G810 smartphones to Toshiba
Synnex Technology to have over 60% of consolidated revenues come from China

June 11
CHT plans to decrease cumulative capital surplus
NEC inaugurates WiMAX R&D center in Taiwan
Impact of new iPhone on HTC handset sales limited, says HTC
PVI May sales hit hard by weak China white box handset market

June 10
Open Patent Alliance formed to advance WiMAX 4G technology
Chunghwa Telecom non-operating investments to total NT$5 billion in 2008
Vastar to team up with III for WiMAX content development
FET and Tatung Telecom to jointly set up WiMAX networks in southern Taiwan, says paper
Taiwan makers urged to develop DVB-T mobile handheld devices
Compal Communications to follow HTC and Qisda in mobile WiMAX devices

June 9
Discretix offering chip-level security for mobile devices
Synnex Technology May revenues down

June 6
FET to postpone its WiMAX service to 2H09
AWB to begin volume WiMAX shipments in 3Q
CyberTAN WiMAX CPE products undergo certification and IOT testing
Taiwan High Speed Rail to try on WiMAX

June 5
Global Mobile aims to play role as WiMAX application services provider
Taiwan WiMAX licensees may delay commercial operations
Global Mobile signs WiMAX MOU with NextWave Wireless

June 4
Vmax aims to become first WiMAX service provider in Taiwan
Asustek and Gigabyte Communications to switch to Qualcomm 3.5G single-chip solution
Qisda likely to team up with MediaTek for production of EDGE/WiMAX handsets, say sources
HTC unveils HTC Touch Pro business handset
Computex 2008: Mio launches new GPS devices

June 3
Motorola to set up first global WiMAX IOT in Taiwan
Computex 2008 opens doors: focus on WiMAX, ICT Crossover, New Generation notebooks and Green IT
Computex likely to draw in up to US$20 billion in overseas business

June 2
Taiwan market: TWM aiming for 2.4 million 3G subscribers by end of 2008
WiMAX Expo kicks off in Taipei
Nvidia to announce ARM-based handheld device platform
Taiwan handset IC design houses worry about vendors trimming shipments