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Taiwan - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses

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  • 62 Pages
  • January 2020
  • Region: Taiwan
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd
  • ID: 3849648
Taiwan has developed a dynamic telecommunications industry defined by excellent telecom infrastructure and a very competitive mobile market. Private investors are attracted to Taiwan due to its regulatory certainty, market maturity, an educated workforce and highly clustered ICT sector that sits at the heart of Taiwan's economic development.

Recognising the ability of utilising ICT to improve both social and economic development, Taiwan has taken steps to develop a digital economy, encompassing digital media and e-services and building upon the high availability of fixed and mobile broadband networks.

Overall fixed line penetration has been in decline since 2012, and this trend is expected to continue in coming years as customers adopt mobile and mobile broadband solutions for voice and data services.

Taiwan is implementing a strategy to leverage its strengths in cost-effective, advanced manufacturing to attain a significant share of the global IoT market. The government has included technological development of IoT-enabled devices under its 5+2 industrial development plan.

Key Developments:

Taiwan implements strategy to attain a significant share of the global IoT market;
Limited competition in local access market dominated by Chunghwa Telecom;
Report includes operator data to November 2019, regulator's market data for Q3 2019, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses; recent market developments.

Companies Mentioned in this Report:

Chunghwa Telecom, New Century Infocom, Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom, Asia Pacific Broadband Telecommunications

Table of Contents

1 Key statistics2 Regional Asian Market Comparison
3 Telecommunications market
3.1 Historical overview
3.2 Market overview and analysis
3.3 Market revenue
4 Regulatory environment
4.1 Regulatory authority
4.2 Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC)
4.3 National Communications Commission (NCC)
4.4 Government policies eg Telecom sector liberalisation
4.5 Legislation and market liberalisation
4.6 1996 Telecom ACT
4.7 Foreign investment
4.8 Licensing
4.9 Foreign equipment restrictions
4.10 Amendments to the Radio and Television act
4.11 National Information and Communication Initiative (NICI)
5 Fixed network operators
5.1 Chunghwa Telecom (CHT)
6 Telecommunications infrastructure
6.1 Fixed line subscribers
6.2 Forward looking infrastructure project to 2025
6.3 Submarine cable networks
6.4 Satellite networks
6.5 Cloud computing
7 Smart infrastructure
7.1 Internet of Things (IoT)
7.2 Smart grids
8 Appendix Historic data9 Related reports
List of Tables
Table 1 Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities 2019 (e)
Table 2 Key Metrics - Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) - 2019 2024
Table 3 Taiwan - Distribution of telecom revenue by services 2016 2018
Table 4 Change in data communication revenue and mobile data service revenue ratios 2009 2018
Table 5 Change in Chunghwa Telecom's revenue, capex, net profit 2009 2019
Table 6 Change in proportion of Chunghwa Telecom's revenue by service 2006 2019
Table 7 Decline in Chunghwa Telecom's fixed line subscriber base (residential and business) 2008 2019
Table 8 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and penetration 2009 2024
Table 9 Growth in international internet bandwidth 2009 2018
Table 10 Historic - Data communication revenue and mobile data service revenue ratios 2001 2009
Table 11 Historic - International internet bandwidth 2000 2009
Table 12 Historic - Taiwan telecoms service revenue 1985 2012
Table 13 Historic - Fixed-line subscribers and penetration 1995 2011
Table 14 Historic - Taiwan - Call volumes for outgoing mobile and fixed network traffic 1999 2016
Table 15 Historic - Chunghwa Telecom revenue, capex, net profit 2000 2009
Table 16 Historic - Chunghwa Telecom's fixed line subscribers, residential and business 2000 2009
List of Charts
Chart 1 Asian Telecoms Maturity Index by Market Category
Chart 2 Asian Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per Capita
Chart 3 Telecoms Maturity Index Northern Asia
Chart 4 Mobile, Mobile Broadband & Fixed Broadband Penetration 2018; 2023
Chart 5 Change in data communication revenue and mobile data service revenue ratios 2009 2018
Chart 6 Change in Chunghwa Telecom's revenue, capex, net profit 2009 2019
Chart 7 Change in proportion of Chunghwa Telecom's revenue by service 2006 2019
Chart 8 Decline in Chunghwa Telecom's fixed line subscriber base (residential and business) 2008 2019
Chart 9 Decline in the number of fixed lines in service and penetration 2009 2024
List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Key Market Characteristics by Market Segment
Exhibit 2 Northern Asia - Key Characteristics of Telecoms Markets by Country
Exhibit 3 Major global/regional submarine cables with landing point in Taiwan

Companies Mentioned

  • Chunghwa Telecom
  • New Century Infocom
  • Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom
  • Asia Pacific Broadband Telecommunications