Chunghwa Telecom, Trend Micro, Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute, and Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry will jointly set up a cloud computing center and will invest NTD1 billion to establish a cloud computing company.

Taiwan plans to issue two mobile television licenses in October 2010 and the capital threshold for applicants is reportedly about NTD1 billion.

The world's leading mobile telecommunications company Vodafone has signed a strategic cooperation agreement the Taiwanese telecom operator Chunghwa Telecom to provide a series of services to its users in Taiwan.

Taiwanese telecom operator Chunghwa Telecom has published a report stating that the pre-tax profit of the company is expected to be NTD11.79 billion in the third quarter of 2009, a significant decrease compared with the NTD17.28 billion in the same period of last year.

Chinese mainland telecommunications operator China Mobile and the Taiwanese telecom company Far Eastone Telecommunications may jointly set up a joint venture in mainland China to sell mobile application products.

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, Liu Liqing, director for the China Association of Communications Enterprises, has revealed that the Chinese mainland will sign a cooperative memorandum with Taiwan to build a TD-SCDMA trial network in Taiwan.

Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer Hon Hai Precision has announced that it will cooperate with Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry to develop a cloud computer software plan, which will be launched in June 2009.

Chairman of China Mobile Wang Jianzhou says that the company is negotiating with three major Taiwanese telecommunications operators to launch a roaming service.

Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom has reached a final agreement with Apple (AAPL) to be the exclusive supplier of the 3G iPhone in Taiwan and the handsets will begin selling in Taiwan from the end of December 2008.

According to the report in Taiwan's Economic Daily News, cross-strait telecommunication operators are preparing to jointly reduce the roaming fees between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan at a rate of about 50%.

The international retail giant Carrefour will cooperate with the Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom to jointly provide mobile communication services in a mobile virtual network operator cooperative model in Taiwan.

A new mail spam report from Commtouch (CTCH) says China is a top location for zombie IP addresses.

Verizon Business announced that it is working closely with its Asian partners to activate the U.S.-mainland China portion of the Trans-Pacific Express submarine cable in July.