Taiwan’s three major telecom operators released their July 2025 operational results on August 11, all showing strong performances. Chunghwa Telecom leveraged rapid growth in its information and communications technology (ICT) business to set multiple record highs. Taiwan Mobile benefited from merger synergies while accelerating its push into the AI data center (AIDC) market. Far EasTone Telecommunications maintained its industry-leading 5G penetration rate while expanding its digital services portfolio.

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are poised to benefit from Washington’s reported decision to allow Nvidia to resume exports of its lower-tier H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, which contain the South Korean companies’ high-bandwidth memory (HBM) components.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is helping launch a brain-computer interface startup called Merge Labs, aiming to take on Elon Musk’s Neuralink. The venture is targeting a valuation of about US$850 million, with up to US$250 million likely to come from OpenAI’s venture arm, according to the Financial Times.