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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On November 15 2005 Taiwan opened up the internet telephony service (ITS) by including E164 subscriber numbers (for further details please see “Numbers Issued to VoIP Operators”). However, to date none of the licensed ITS providers has launched services due to ongoing network interconnection negotiations with Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa is …

No ITS Pricing Rights for Chunghwa Telecom until 2010 Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On March 20 2008 the National Communications Commission (NCC) approved price- cutting plans for mobile and asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) services. Mobile operators are required to reduce some of their primary tariff plans by at least 4.88% each year under a three-year price-cutting plan running from 2007 to 2009 …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu In order to comply with the adjustment of the value of the Production Efficiency Index in the price cap formula, during March 2008 the National Communications Commission (NCC) is to implement a new accounting rule providing for detailed separate accounting for the telecommunications industry. The NCC has indicated that it …

Detailed Separate Accounting to Be Implemented Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu After mutual concessions by the ruling and opposition parties, the Taiwanese Congress (the Legislative Yuan) passed the Amendment to Article 4 of the National Communications Commission (NCC) Organization Act on December 20 2007. The amendment, which became effective from January 9 2008, dramatically changes the formation of the NCC and …

Congress Amends the Formation of National Communications Commission Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu At the end of December 2007 the National Communications Commission (NCC) announced its completion of the Broadband Access to Every Village project, which was designed to reduce the digital divide between urban and rural areas, following the NCC’s amendment of the Regulations Governing the Telecommunications Universal Service in December 2006 …

NCC Completes Broadband Project in Remote Villages Ahead of Time Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On November 9 2007 the National Communications Commission (NCC) announced several revisions to the original draft of the Law Governing Communications and Broadcasting, which was released on September 10 2007. The NCC also initiated a second round of public comment on November 20 2007 for discussion on the revised draft. …

New Edition of Draft Law on Communications Businesses Announced Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On November 15 2007 the National Communications Commission (NCC) approved the codes of conduct, business terms and conditions, subscription contract and service tariff proposed by Chunghwa Telecom for the multimedia content transmission platform service (ie, multimedia-on-demand or MOD). This move formally declares that MOD services have been transformed from cable …

MOD Formally Serves as Telecommunications Service Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu On November 1 2007 the National Communications Commission (NCC) approved a new tariff proposed by Chunghwa Telecom for twist-pair local loops. The tariff applies for leasing arrangements with other local network operators that do not have their own local loops. A monthly fee of NT$140, reduced from NT$260, applies between …

NCC Approves New Tariff for Chunghwa Telecom’s Local Loops Read More »

Artist : Ms. Viola Liang On September 10 2007 the National Communications Commission (NCC) delivered a new draft legal framework for communications entitled “Law Governing Communications and Broadcasting”. The bill contains 11 chapters and 185 articles in total. The NCC held six public hearings between September 26 and 28 2007 and has uploaded all official …

New Legal Framework for Communications Announced Read More »

Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu The National Communications Commission continues to focus on relaxing the criteria for entry to the telecommunications market. The new framework of horizontal communications regulation which is incorporated into the draft Communications and Broadcasting Regulation divides communications businesses into three categories: ● the infrastructure layer; ● the operation and management layer; and …

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