Since the liberalisation of Taiwan's telecoms market in February 1996, new entrants have started to provide various telecoms services and compete with the one-time monopoly Chunghwa Telecom. The National Communications Commission (NCC) is an independent and converged regulator for both the telecoms and broadcasting sectors, which came into operation in early 2006.
The fixed market is still dominated by Chunghwa Telecom, though there are four fixed licensed operators providing local fixed network services. In the broadband market, Taiwan is following its neighbours Japan and Hong Kong with a strong position for next-generation access (NGA). Taiwan's FTTH/B household penetration is ranked fourth in the world by the FTTH Council, at almost 20%, with Chunghwa Telecom leading FTTx development and planning more fibre investment from 2008-13.
In the mobile market there are five 3G and four 2G operators providing mobile services, and competition is fierce. Retail mobile tariffs are still regulated by the retail-minus method, which is one of only a few cases in developed countries. With auctions on WiMAX licences in 2007, most operators with licences have launched mobile WiMAX commercial or trial services. Plans to auction two mobile TV licences in 2010 will also promote converged services in Taiwan. "
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Report Table of Contents:
Overview
Ovum view
Fixed market overview
Broadband
Mobile market overview
National regulatory authority
Key legislation and regulation
Mobile licensing
3G licences
WiMAX licences
Mobile TV licences
Retail regulation
Retail price regulation
Wholesale fixed regulation
Services subject to regulation
Narrowband voice interconnection
Wholesale access
Wholesale line rental
Local loop unbundling
Facility-sharing and joint construction
Wholesale broadband services
Broadband (DSL and FTTx) market
FTTx deployment trends
IPTV development:
Wholesale mobile regulation
Services subject to regulation
Mobile number portability
Mobile termination charges
Competition cases
Current cases
Universal service
Universal service providers
Broadband infrastructure expansion
List of Tables
Table 1: 3G licences and spectrum frequencies
Table 2: Fixed sector: services subject to regulation
Table 3: Mobile sector: services subject to regulation
List of Figures
Figure 1: Taiwan telecoms subscribers by service, 2001-08
Figure 2: Broadband subscribers by technology, 2001-08
Figure 3: Next-generation network (NGN) roadmap of Chunghwa Telecom
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