Wireless Technology

Based on current roadmaps, the Taiwan government will not release its 4G licenses until mid-2015, which means that Taiwan will lag most neighboring countries in the deployment of commercial LTE networks by over four years, according to industry sources.

A total of six telecom service operators in five countries in Asia, including NTT DoCoMo of Japan, SK Telecom and LG U+ of Korea, CSL of Hong Kong, M1 of Singapore and Smart of the Philippines, have launched LTE commercial services, according to data from GSA and Ovum.

In addition, telecom operators in China are expected to kick off TD-LTE services in 2012, leaving Taiwan the only market without LTE services in Southeast Asia for the next few years, the sources added. (sumber: telecomasia.net 21 Juli 2011)