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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu In June 2012 the National Communications Commission (NCC) recognised Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile and FarEasTone as dominant players in the mobile communications service market for Type I telecommunications enterprises. This is tantamount to forecasting that major third-generation (3G) tariffs for voice or data communications, including monthly rent and communication charges, …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On May 18 2012 the National Communications Commission (NCC) conducted its third public hearing on the proposed amendments to the Telecommunications Act. These draft amendments represent the biggest changes to the act since 2002, when the dominant market players regulation was introduced. The draft amendments introduce a new Chapter III, …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On March 30 2012 the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced the third wave of sectors which are now open to investment by Chinese investors; applications from mainland Chinese investors have been accepted since that date. With respect to the manufacturing sector, the cumulative scale of deregulation is as high as …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu After approving Chunghwa Telecom’s application for the Kinmen-Xiamen Submarine Cable Deployment Project in September 2011 (for further details please see “NCC approves submarine cable link between Taiwan and China”), the National Communications Commission (NCC) further approved a submarine cable link between Taiwan and China’s Fujian Province on March 28 2012. …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On February 29 2011 the National Communications Commission (NCC) officially requested that telecommunications operators which provide internet services should guarantee the minimum speed and bandwidth set forth in their promotional programmes. The NCC released its new requirement immediately after the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) imposed severe penalties on Chunghwa Telecom …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu The National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved Chunghwa Telecom’s most recent plan for a uniform tariff for local and domestic long-distance calls nationwide. As from January 1 2012, local and long-distance calls from a household fixed-line phone will be charged at NT$1.60 (US$0.05) per three minutes. Under pressure from the …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu Hopes have been raised for an earlier launch of fourth-generation (4G) operations by the news that the Science and Technology Advisory Group of the Executive Yuan is coordinating with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and the National Communications Commission (NCC) on plans to use the 700 megahertz (MHz) spectrum – used by …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On September 21 2011 the National Communications Commission (NCC) approved Chunghwa Telecom’s application for the Kinmen-Xiamen Submarine Cable Deployment Project. The cable is designed to have a bandwidth capacity transmission speed of 9.6 terabytes per second, which will be further increased according to telecommunications needs. According to Chunghwa Telecom, the …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu According to statistics released by the National Communications Commission (NCC) in June 2011, the mobile phone subscriber base in Taiwan was 27.33 million or 117.9 subscribers per 100 people as of the end of May 2011 – a 4.9% increase as compared with the end of the same month in …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu The National Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed that it has sent letters to all telecommunications operators in order to compel them to submit a list of all network equipment included in past and present procurement projects which was manufactured by Chinese vendors. It is reported that – based on the …

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