Taiwan

Taiwan’s economic ministry appears to be of a different opinion to the country’s competition watchdog regarding a recent fine levied on Qualcomm, Reuters reported.

Qualcomm announced it will contest a TWD23. 4 billion ($774 million) fine levied by the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission (TFTC) relating to its sale of mobile phone chips and licensing of standards-essential patents.

Taiwan announced plans to invest TWD16 billion ($527 million) over the next four to five years to boost the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, The China Post reported.

Taiwan’s largest mobile operator, Chunghwa Telecom, plans to upgrade its 4G network in major cities using four-carrier aggregation, boosting peak downlink speeds to 500Mb/s.

Asia Pacific Telecom (APT), Taiwan’s smallest mobile operator, plans to launch a TD-LTE network on the 2. 6GHz band in the second half of the year.

Viettel to launch 4G in April Vietnam’s largest mobile operator Viettel, with 51 million subscribers, is preparing to launch 4G service next month, making it the second operator to roll out a commercial LTE network in the country.

Taiwan’s telecoms regulator announced plans to release 150MHz of 4G spectrum in four frequency bands, with open-bids expected to be completed by the end of the year. The National Communications Commission (NCC) said it will release spectrum in the 1.