Download

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On June 25 2010 Taiwan’s third-largest telecommunications company, Far EasTone Telecommunications Co, announced that its board had approved a public tender offer for shares of its fixed-line subsidiary, New Century InfoComm Tech Co. Far EasTone, which currently owns 695 million shares (or a 26.74% stake) of New Century, will pay …

Major telecommunications companies embrace fixed-mobile convergence Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu According to an official of the Industrial Development Bureau (which operates under the Ministry of Economic Affairs), following Intel’s unexpected move to dissolve its taskforce on worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) technology, the Taiwanese government plans to review its national fourth-generation (4G) wireless policy. Although Taiwan is one of …

Government to review 4G policy as Intel dissolves WiMAX taskforce Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu In a public seminar on April 30 2010, Tian-Lai Deng, the director general of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications’s Department of Post and Telecommunications, announced a plan to release at least five new licences for fourthgeneration (4G) mobile technologies. Deng said that in order to consolidate the telecommunications market, …

Department of Post and Telecommunications plans to release 4G licence spectrum Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On April 28 2010 the National Communications Commission (NCC) approved a policy to shift the right to determine the price of a local-to-mobile phone call from the mobile operators to the fixed network operators from January 1 2011. It is estimated that the price of local-to-mobile calls could drop by …

Identical pricing for local and mobile calls from 2011 Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu The National Communications Commission (NCC) has reacted positively to the news that Taiwan’s incumbent Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) operators intend to convert to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, which is considered to be a fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology. According to the NCC, fourth-generation licensing will take place in …

NCC allows WiMAX operators to upgrade to LTE technology Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On March 10 2010 the National Communications Commission (NCC) issued the final worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) regional licence to First International Telecom (FITEL). All six WiMAX operators have obtained operation licences to provide mobile broadband services in Taiwan since they were awarded regional licences in August 2007 (for …

FITEL obtains final WiMAX licence Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu The National Communications Commission (NCC) has realized that many regulatory agencies have adopted new tariff regulations from the more competitive retail markets of telecommunications services markets into intermediate markets, such as wholesale markets. In response, on February 4 2010 the NCC announced a proposal to amend the Regulations Governing Tariffs …

NCC plans to rewrite wholesale pricing regulation Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On February 11 2010 the National Communications Commission (NCC) announced an amendment to Article 13 of the Regulations on Telecommunications Universal Service, providing that the NCC may, by March 1 of the year before the year of implementation, appoint the incumbent operators or other Type I telecommunications operators to offer …

NCC to appoint universal data service providers annually Read More »

Artist : Mrs. Chuan-Day Hsieeh Yu The biggest news regarding the Taiwanese telecommunications market to break in 2009 was the strategic cooperation agreement reached between local carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications and Chinese telecommunications giant China Mobile. In a transaction worth approximately NT$17.77 billion (US$533 million), China Mobile planned to acquire over 444 million new shares …

NCC Retains Ban on Chinese Investment in Type I Telecoms Read More »

Artist : Mrs. Chuan-Day Hsieeh Yu On January 6 2010 the National Communications Commission (NCC) announced a rate reduction plan to cut nationwide mobile telephone service rates by 5.87% from April 1 2010, while fixed-network communication service fees will drop by 5.69%. The new policy will be effective for three years until March 31 2013. …

NCC to Implement Tariff Cuts Regime Read More »