Abstract
Taiwan is a country leading in technology use. The report covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, digital TV and converging media including VoIP and IPTV developments.
Subjects include:
- Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
- Facts, figures and statistics;
- Industry and regulatory issues;
- Infrastructure;
- Major Players, Revenues, Subscribers, ARPU;
- Internet, VoIP, IPTV;
- Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
- Broadband (FttH, DSL, cable TV, wireless);
- Convergence and Digital Media...
Table of Contents
1. Key Statistics
2. Telecommunications Market
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.1.1 Taiwan earthquake - December 2006
3. Regulatory Environment
- 3.1 Regulatory authorities
- 3.2 The 1996 Telecom Bill
- 3.3 National Communications Commission (NCC) Bill - 2005
- 3.4 Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC)
- 3.5 Privatisation of Chunghwa Telecom
- 3.6 The deregulation process
- 3.6.1 Liberalised mobile market
- 3.6.2 Liberalised fixed-line market
- 3.6.3 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
- 3.6.4 World Trade Organization (WTO) membership
- 3.7 Foreign investment
- 3.8 Licence fee and rental charges
- 3.9 WiMAX
4. Fixed Network Operators in Taiwan
- 4.1 Fixed network voice services
- 4.1.1 Market overview
- 4.1.2 VoIP services
- 4.2 Overview of operators
- 4.2.1 Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd
- 4.2.2 Eastern Broadband Telecom
- 4.2.3 New Century InfoComm Tech Co Ltd (Sparq)
- 4.2.4 Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom
5. Telecommunications Infrastructure
- 5.1 National
- 5.1.1 NGN/IP networks
- 5.1.2 Network expansion
- 5.2 International
- 5.2.1 Submarine cable networks
- 5.2.2 Satellite networks
6. Broadband and Internet Market
- 6.1 Internet market
- 6.1.1 Overview
- 6.1.2 Public Internet access
- 6.1.3 Internet hosts
- 6.1.4 Direct Internet access network
- 6.1.5 TWGate
- 6.1.6 ISP market
- 6.2 E-services
- 6.2.1 Overview
- 6.2.2 E-commerce
- 6.2.3 E-banking
- 6.2.4 E-government
- 6.3 Broadband market
- 6.3.1 Overview
- 6.3.2 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
- 6.3.3 Cable modems
- 6.3.4 Wireless broadband
- 6.3.5 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
- 6.3.6 Video-on-Demand (VoD)
- 6.3.7 High-speed ISP services
7. Convergence
- 7.1 Overview of media convergence
- 7.2 Overview of broadcasting market
- 7.2.1 Broadcasting and film
- 7.3 Regulatory issues
- 7.3.1 National Communications Commission (NCC)
- 7.3.2 Cable licences
- 7.3.3 Cable Audio and TV law 1999
- 7.4 Digital TV
- 7.4.1 Broadband TV
- 7.4.2 Cable TV and pay TV
- 7.4.3 Satellite TV
- 7.4.4 Digital Terrestrial TV
- 7.4.5 Mobile TV
8. Mobile Communications
- 8.1 Overview of Taiwan' s mobile market
- 8.1.1 Mobile statistics
- 8.2 Regulatory issues
- 8.2.1 Impact of competition
- 8.2.2 Low tier mobile licences
- 8.3 Mobile technologies
- 8.3.1 Third Generation (3G) mobile
- 8.3.2 Next generation services
- 8.3.3 Mobile handset market
- 8.4 Major mobile operators
- 8.4.1 Chunghwa Telecom
- 8.4.2 Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET)
- 8.4.3 KG Telecom
- 8.4.4 MobiTai Telecom
- 8.4.5 Taiwan Mobile (formerly Taiwan Cellular)
- 8.4.6 Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (APBW)
- 8.4.7 VIBO Telecom
- 8.5 Mobile voice services
- 8.5.1 Prepaid cards
- 8.5.2 Personal Handyphone Service (PHS)/Personal Access System (PAS)
- 8.6 Mobile data services
- 8.6.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
- 8.6.2 Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
- 8.6.3 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
- 8.6.4 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
- 8.6.5 Mobile Internet
- 8.6.6 Video calls
- 8.6.7 Push-to-Talk (PTT)
- 8.6.8 WiMAX
9. Glossary of Abbreviations
TABLES:
- Table 1 - Country statistics Taiwan - 2008
- Table 2 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics - 2007
- Table 3 - Telephone network statistics - 2007
- Table 4 - Internet user statistics - 2007
- Table 5 - Broadband statistics - 2007
- Table 6 - Mobile statistics - 2007
- Table 7 - National telecommunications authorities
- Table 8 - Fixed telephone lines versus mobile subscriptions and penetrations - 1997 - 2007
- Table 9 - Call volumes for mobile and fixed networks - 1999 - 2007
- Table 10 - Distribution of telecom revenue by services - 2007
- Table 11 - Data communication revenue as proportion of total telecom revenue - 2001 - 2007
- Table 12 - Fixed network operators - market share by revenue - 2007
- Table 13 - Chunghwa Telecom fixed subscribers and market share - 2004 - 2007
- Table 14 - Chunghwa Telecom subscriber base - February 2008
- Table 15 - Chunghwa Telecom revenue, CAPEX, net profit and employees - 2000 - 2007
- Table 16 - Chunghwa Telecom fixed-line & mobile subscribers and market share - 2000 - 2007
- Table 17 - Fixed lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2007
- Table 18 - International outgoing calls overview - 1980; 1985; 1990; 1995; 2000 - 2006
- Table 19 - Internet users - 1995 - 2007
- Table 20 - Internet subscribers - 1996 - 2008
- Table 21 - Internet subscribers by access method - 2007
- Table 22 - International Internet bandwidth capacity - 2001 - 2007
- Table 23 - Data communications revenue - 2001 - 2007
- Table 24 - Internet hosts in Taiwan - 2001 - 2007
- Table 25 - Chunghwa Telecom Internet subscribers by access type - 2003 - 2007
- Table 26 - Chunghwa Telecom Internet ARPU (NT$) - 2003 - 2007
- Table 27 - Broadband subscribers, penetration & proportion of Internet subscribers - 2000 - 2007
- Table 28 - Broadband subscribers and households - 2007
- Table 29 - Broadband subscribers by access type and annual change - 2007
- Table 30 - DSL subscribers - 2001 - 2007
- Table 31 - Chunghwa Telecom broadband subscribers and market share - 2001 - 2007
- Table 32 - Chunghwa Telecom HiNet subscriber and ARPU - 2004 - 2006
- Table 33 - Breakdown of xDSL and cable download speeds - 2007
- Table 34 - GigaMedia broadband subscribers - 1999 - 2005
- Table 35 - Key broadcasting statistics - 2006
- Table 36 - Leading pay TV platforms
- Table 37 - Media consumption in Taiwan - 2006
- Table 38 - Pay TV subscribers by platform - 2002 - 2007
- Table 39 - Cable TV operator revenues and investment in select countries - 2004 - 2006
- Table 40 - Mobile TV trial broadcasters
- Table 41 - Mobile subscribers and penetration - 1995 - 2007
- Table 42 - 3G mobile subscribers and market share - 2003 - 2007
- Table 43 - Mobile services revenue - 1992 - 2007
- Table 44 - 2G and 3G mobile services ARPU - 2005 - 2007
- Table 45 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - 2007
- Table 46 - Mobile subscribers, market share and ARPU by operator - 2007
- Table 47 - Chunghwa Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change - 1998 - 2008
- Table 48 - Chunghwa Telecom 3G fee rate chart - February 2008
- Table 49 - Far EasTone mobile subscribers and annual change - 1998 - 2007
- Table 50 - KG Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change - 1998 - 2006
- Table 51 - Taiwan Mobile subscribers and annual change - 1998 - 2007
- Table 52 - Taiwan Mobile revenue, net profit after tax - 2001 - 2007
- Table 53 - APBW mobile subscribers and annual change - 2003 - 2007
- Table 54 - VIBO Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change - 2005 - 2007
- Table 55 - Prepaid 2G subscribers - market share - 2000 - 2007
- Table 56 - PHS subscribers - 2001 - 2007
- Table 57 - Mobile data service revenue as proportion of total mobile revenue - 2001 - 2007
- Table 58 - SMS message volume and revenue - 2000 - 2007
- Table 59 - WAP subscribers - 2001 - 2006
- Table 60 - GPRS subscribers - 2001 - 2006
- Table 61 - Mobile Internet subscribers - 2001 - 2007
- Table 62 - Taiwan 2.5GHz spectrum winners
EXHIBITS:
- Exhibit 1 - Major broadcasting organisations
- Exhibit 2 - Mobile data licence winners
