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Friday 16 May 2014
Huawei and ZTE top fiber-optic CPE market, says ABI Research
Worldwide broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) shipments surpassed 146 million in 2013. Broadband subscriber net additions as well as existing customers upgrading to higher...
Wednesday 7 May 2014
Worldwide fiber-optic broadband subscriptions to double by 2019, says ABI Research
The worldwide cable, DSL and fiber-optic fixed-line broadband subscriber base grew 6% in 2013 surpassing 665.4 million subscribers. The fiber-optic broadband segment grew at a rate...
Tuesday 8 April 2014
Taiwan market: CHT to offer faster fiber-optic Internet access
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has revealed it will launch 300Mbps/100Mbps fiber-optic Internet-access services in Taiwan at a monthly charge of below NT$2,000 (US$66) in May 2014.
Friday 10 January 2014
Taifo fiber-optic network covers 23% of Taipei
Taiwan Intelligent Fiber Optic Network Consortium (Taifo), a joint venture established in 2012 specifically for constructing a fiber-optic network around Taipei City, has attained...
Tuesday 20 August 2013
Fiber-optic broadband to represent 19% of global fixed broadband subscriptions by year-end 2013, says ABI Research
Worldwide fixed-line broadband subscriptions continue to grow at a healthy pace in 2013. According to ABI Research's Broadband Subscribers Market Data, fiber-optic broadband market...
Friday 12 July 2013
Asia Pacific Telecom highlights strength of fiber-optic backbone network
Asia Pacific Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in Taiwan, has a fiber-optic backbone network of nearly 100,000 core-km covering Taiwan, representing its most valuable...
Monday 8 July 2013
Taiwan 100Mbps Internet-access deployment, cable TV digitization in 2013 short of targets, says NCC
The Taiwan government originally aimed to have all households covered by a 100Mbps fiber-optic broadband Internet-access network, and to digitize cable TV networks to cover 50% of...
Monday 13 May 2013
Foxconn to become major investor in fiber-optic venture
Taiwan-based fiber-optic cable maker Tai Tung Communication, the major shareholder of The Taiwan Intelligent Fiber Optic Network Consortium (Taifo), has announced it is giving purchasing...
Thursday 9 May 2013
Taifo starts establishing fiber-optic network in Taipei
The Taiwan Intelligent Fiber Optic Network Consortium (Taifo), a joint venture established in 2012 specifically for setting up a fiber-optic communications network around Taipei City,...
Monday 14 January 2013
Taifo planning citywide fiber-optic network in Taipei
Taiwan Intelligent Fiber Optic Network Consortium (Taifo), a joint venture established in 2012 specifically for setting up a fiber-optic network around Taipei City, has finished planning...
Thursday 31 May 2012
Fiber-optic chip maker TrueLight looks to strong revenue gains in 2012
TrueLight Corporation, a Taiwan-based maker of chips and active devices used in fiber-optic communication equipment including EPON and GPON, is expected to see its revenues for 2012...
Monday 28 May 2012
China operators to invest CNY370 billion in fiber-optic infrastructure in 2012
China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile, the three largest telecom carriers in China, will invest a total of CNY370 billion (US$58.6 billion) in fiber-optic infrastructure in...
Wednesday 4 January 2012
Taipei to deploy citywide fiber-optic network
The Taipei City government has announced it has signed a 25-year contract with a consortium of 15 local and foreign companies led by Tai Tung Communication, a Taiwan-based maker of...
Monday 3 October 2011
With a head start in cloud computing, the optical communication industry is taking off!
TM Technology's fiber-optic communication ICs has made great strides in reaching 4.25Gbps, meeting cloud computing business opportunities' demand for high bandwidth connectivity.
Tuesday 22 March 2011
China-based makers of fiber-optic cable foresee impact from Japan earthquake, say Taiwan makers
China-based makers of fiber-optic cable used to lay FTTx networks are worried about short supply of optical fiber perform, a prefabricated material, from Japan due to the earthquake...