[November 12, 2009] Vodafone signs agreement with Chunghwa Telecom for access to Taiwan market Tweet Nov 12, 2009 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Vodafone (LSE: VOD), an international mobile network operator, announced today, together with Chunghwa Telecom, a Taiwanese mobile network operator, that the two companies have signed an agreement which will provide Chunghwa with access to a range of products, services and devices from Vodafone. The companies said that Chunghwa will also be able to draw on Vodafone's experience in supply chain management, technology development, the acquisition of enterprise customers as well as improved inter-working between networks. In return, Vodafone will now be able to offer its customers a range of services, which utilise "home" network capabilities as well as extended coverage within Taiwan. The two companies will provide additional support to Vodafone Global Enterprise customers, who have a presence in the region and will, in the future, be able to benefit from added Vodafone business solutions such as Vodafone Mobile Broadband and BlackBerry from Vodafone. The agreement extends Vodafone's presence in Asia, building on its existing relationships with China Mobile, SmarTone-Vodafone in Hong Kong, M1 in Singapore, Celcom in Malaysia, Dialog in Sri Lanka, dtac in Thailand, SoftBank in Japan, and Vodafone Fiji plus Vodafone's existing operations in India, Australia and New Zealand. No financial details of the agreement with Chunghwa were disclosed. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]