PX Mart’s bigger ESL bet could accelerate Taiwan’s retail digitization and ease staffing pressures

PX Mart, Taiwan’s retail leader, is accelerating its electronic shelf label (ESL) deployment, raising its investment from NT$3-4 billion (US$95-127 million) and shortening the rollout from three years to 2.5 years to achieve nationwide coverage by June 2028. The company frames the move as part of a broader push toward smart retail.

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Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs advances drone-based high-altitude platform station plan

To strengthen communications resilience, Taiwan’s Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) is promoting a high-altitude platform station (HAPS) project. The initiative uses domestically produced drones as carriers integrated with communication systems to create an aerial communications platform featuring long endurance and high payload capacity. The program aims to begin testing with telecommunications operators in the third quarter of 2026, with plans to publicly showcase its achievements in October.

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Sovereign AI drives CSPs and telcos toward decentralized architectures for monetization

At the recently concluded GITEX AI Asia conference, executives from Nokia, AI chip innovator Blaize, and Indonesian telecom provider Datacomm discussed the evolution of AI infrastructure. In an exclusive interview with DIGITIMES, they highlighted that while training remains centralized in low-cost remote locations, inference architectures are rapidly shifting toward edge decentralization to enhance response times and data sovereignty.

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