Chunghwa Telecom Co (中華電信), the nation’s largest telecoms operator, is in talks with China Mobile Ltd (中國移動) to supply cloud computing solutions jointly with local electronics manufacturers.
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, is eager to take advantage of cloud computing and hopes to test the related software and hardware from Chunghwa Telecom by the end of the year, said a source briefed on the possible deal.
Telecoms operators in the region, including Chunghwa Telecom and China Mobile, are in an aggressive chase to offer users faster, safer Web content in greater variety, as more people use smartphones and tablets, that demand mobile Internet access.
To achieve that, operators need to upgrade data centers by deploying container servers which are said to save energy and offer stronger computing power and more storage space.
In April, Chunghwa Telecom unveiled its first cloud computing solution, “hiCloud” targeted at businesses, allowing them to manage customer relationships or rent hardware from the telecoms provider remotely.
Potential clients include telecoms operators in China and Vietnam, it said.
Chunghwa Telecom is working with server makers Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦) and Inventec Co (英業達) to establish a cloud data center in Yangmei (楊梅), Taoyuan, that costs NT$40 billion (US$1.3 billion).
The server makers will help integrate software into servers and the initial test-run is set for next March to June.
Chunghwa is hoping to offer China Mobile a sneak peek of the container servers by the end of the year and then make sure the solutions are ready to go before convincing the firm to sign the deal next year, the source said.
Meanwhile, Elitegroup Computer Systems Co (精英電腦) is set to debut its first tablet PC by the end of the year.
Director Bright Yang (楊恭白), said the tablet will run on the Windows 7 operating system.
The 10-inch model will be much “thinner” than the 9.7-inch iPad, he said.
Elitegroup will manufacture the device for a client and will not carry its own brand. An Android version is in the works for next year’s rollout, Yang said on the sidelines of the Taitronics trade show.
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