Taiwan Star

Taiwan Mobile and Taiwan Star Telecom (T Star) agreed to merge their operations, creating the country’s largest operator with 9. 8 million subscribers and 100MHz of 3. 5GHz spectrum. In a statement, Taiwan Mobile, with 7.

At least five local and foreign operators have expressed interest in taking the majority stake in Taiwan Star owned by food conglomerate Ting Hsin International.

Taiwan’s telecoms regulator yesterday approved the merger of 3G operator Vibo Telecom and 4G upstart Taiwan Star Telecom. Taiwan Star acquired Vibo in a 1:3 stock swap in June.

Taiwan’s big three operators – Taiwan Mobile, Chunghwa and Far EasTone Telecommunications – are moving to cut prices of their 4G plans to fight back against low-cost rival Taiwan Star Telecom, which has just launched 4G services.