Taiwan - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

Published by: Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Published: Mar. 10, 2010 - 98 Pages

Table of Contents

1. Key Statistics

2. Telecommunications Market

2.1 Overview

2.2 Business environment overview

2.3 Fixed line versus mobile comparison

2.4 Telecom revenue by service

2.5 Data communications revenue

2.6 Fixed, mobile, Internet and broadband subscriber comparison

3. Regulatory Environment

3.1 Regulatory authorities

3.2 Legislation and market liberalisation

3.3 The 1996 Telecom Bill

3.4 Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC)

3.5 National Communications Commission (NCC)

3.6 Privatisation of Chunghwa Telecom

3.7 Foreign investment

3.8 Licensing

3.9 Fair Trade Law

3.10 Telecoms tariffs

3.11 National Information and Communication Initiative (NICI)

4. Fixed Network Market

4.1 Market overview

4.2 Fixed network operators’ market share

4.3 Submarine cable networks

4.4 Satellite networks

5. Major Operators

5.1 Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT)

5.1.1 CHT - background

5.1.2 CHT - financials

5.1.3 CHT - revenue breakdown

5.1.4 CHT - subscriber base

5.1.5 CHT - investments

5.1.6 CHT - market share by segment

5.1.7 CHT - mobile network - overview

5.1.8 CHT - mobile network - 3G

5.1.9 CHT - mobile network - partnerships

5.1.10 CHT - broadband - HiNet

5.1.11 CHT - broadband - FTTx

5.1.12 CHT - broadband - Movies-on-Demand (MOD)

5.1.13 CHT - recent financial performance

5.2 Far EasTone Telecommunications Group

5.2.1 Far EasTone - background

5.2.2 Far EasTone - financials

5.2.3 Far EasTone - subscribers

5.2.4 KG Telecom

5.2.5 New Century InfoComm Tech Co Ltd (Sparq)

5.3 Taiwan Mobile (formerly Taiwan Cellular)

5.3.1 Taiwan Mobile - background

5.3.2 Taiwan Mobile - financials

5.3.3 Taiwan Mobile - subscribers

5.3.4 Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom

5.4 Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (APBW)

5.5 VIBO Telecom

5.6 Major cable TV players

5.6.1 kbro (previously Eastern Multimedia Group (EMG))

5.6.2 Taiwan Broadband Communications

5.6.3 China Network Systems (previously United Communications Group)

6. Internet Market

6.1 Overview of the Internet market

6.2 ISP market

6.3 Internet statistics

6.3.1 Internet users and subscribers

6.3.2 Internet bandwidth capacity

6.3.3 Internet hosts

7. Broadband Market

7.1 Overview of Taiwan’s broadband market

7.2 Broadband statistics

7.2.1 Fixed-line broadband market development

7.2.2 Fixed-line broadband market by access type

7.2.3 Fixed-line and mobile broadband market development

7.3 Government initiatives for broadband and m-Taiwan

7.4 Broadband technologies

7.4.1 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

7.4.2 Cable modems

7.4.3 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)

7.4.4 Chunghwa telecom representative statistics

7.5 WiMAX

7.5.1 WiMAX in Taiwan - background

7.5.2 WiMAX in Taiwan - licensing

7.5.3 WiMAX in Taiwan - network rollouts

7.5.4 WiMAX roaming

8. Digital Media / Digital Economy

8.1 E-services and M-services

8.1.1 e-Taiwan

8.1.2 E-commerce

8.1.3 E-government

8.1.4 M-commerce

8.2 Broadcasting market

8.2.1 Market overview

8.2.2 Television

8.2.3 Digital terrestrial services

8.3 Digital TV and Cable TV

8.3.1 Digital TV

8.3.2 Cable TV

9. Mobile Communications

9.1 Overview of Taiwan’s mobile market

9.2 Mobile statistics

9.2.1 Mobile sector revenues

9.2.2 Mobile subscribers and penetration

9.2.3 Mobile ARPU

9.2.4 3G mobile subscribers

9.3 Major mobile operators

9.3.1 Mobile operator comparison

9.3.2 Net additions per mobile operator comparison

9.3.3 ARPU per mobile operator comparison

9.3.4 3G mobile operator comparison

9.4 Mobile services

9.4.1 Prepaid cards

9.4.2 Personal Handyphone Service (PHS)/Personal Access System (PAS)

9.4.3 Mobile data

9.4.4 SMS message volume, WAP and GPRS subscribers

9.4.5 Mobile Internet

9.4.6 Mobile TV

9.4.7 Mobile value-added services

9.4.8 Mobile banking

9.5 Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

9.6 Third Generation (3G) mobile

9.6.1 Overview

9.6.2 3G roll out

9.7 4G and LTE

10. Glossary of Abbreviations

Table 1 - Country statistics Taiwan - 2009

Table 2 - Telecom revenue and investment statistics - 2009

Table 3 - Telephone network statistics - 2009

Table 4 - Internet user statistics - 2009

Table 5 - Broadband statistics - 2009

Table 6 - Mobile statistics - 2009

Table 7 - National telecommunications authorities

Table 8 - Fixed telephone lines versus mobile subscriptions and penetrations - 1997 - 2010; 2015; 2020

Table 9 - Call volumes for mobile and fixed networks - 1999 - 2008

Table 10 - Distribution of telecom revenue by services - 2008

Table 11 - Data communication revenue as proportion of total telecom revenue - 2001 - 2008

Table 12 - Number of telecom subscribers by service - 2001 - 2008; 2010; 2015; 2020

Table 13 - Number of telecom subscribers per 100 inhabitants - 2001 - 2008; 2010; 2015; 2020

Table 14 - Fixed network operators - market share by revenue - 2008

Table 15 - Chunghwa Telecom fixed subscribers and market share - 2004 - 2008

Table 16 - Chunghwa Telecom revenue, CAPEX, net profit and employees - 2000 - 2009

Table 17 - Chunghwa Telecom revenue breakdown for 2003; 2006 - 2008

Table 18 - Chunghwa Telecom fixed line and mobile subscribers and market share - 2000 - 2009

Table 19 - Chunghwa Telecom’s subscriber base - November 2009

Table 20 - Chunghwa Telecom market share by segment - September 2009

Table 21 - Chunghwa Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change - 1998 - 2009

Table 22 - Chunghwa Telecom’s selected mobile network operational data - 2006 - 2009

Table 23 - Chunghwa Telecom Internet HiNet subscribers by access type - 2003 - 2009

Table 24 - Chunghwa Telecom broadband network development by number of ports - 2007 - 2013

Table 25 - Chunghwa Telecom Internet ARPU in NT$ - 2003 - 2009

Table 26 - Far EasTone revenue, EBITDA, CAPEX, net profit and ARPU - 2003 - 2008

Table 27 - Far EasTone mobile subscribers and annual change - 1998 - 2009

Table 28 - Far EasTone selected operational data - 2006 - 2009

Table 29 - KG Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change - 1998 - 2006

Table 30 - Taiwan Mobile revenue and net profit - 2001 - 2009

Table 31 - Taiwan Mobile revenue breakdown per business segment - November 2009

Table 32 - Taiwan Mobile subscribers and annual change - 1998 - 2009

Table 33 - Taiwan Mobile selected operational data - 2006 - 2009

Table 34 - APBW mobile subscribers and annual change - 2003 - 2009

Table 35 - VIBO Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change - 2005 - 2009

Table 36 - Cable subscribers by major operator - 2005 - 2008

Table 37 - Internet users and subscribers - 1995 - 2010; 2015; 2020

Table 38 - Internet subscribers by access method - 2007

Table 39 - International Internet bandwidth capacity - 2001 - 2010

Table 40 - Number of Internet hosts in Taiwan - 2001 - 2008

Table 41 - Fixed-line broadband subscribers, penetration and proportion of Internet subscribers - 2000 - 2009

Table 42 - Broadband subscribers and households - September 2009

Table 43 - Broadband subscribers and annual change by access - September 2009

Table 44 - Broadband subscribers by access technology - 2001 - 2008

Table 45 - Detail of fixed-line and wireless broadband subscribers - 2003 - 2009

Table 46 - Total fixed-line and wireless broadband subscribers and penetration - 2003 - 2010; 2015; 2020

Table 47 - DSL subscribers - 2001 - 2009

Table 48 - Breakdown of xDSL and Cable download speeds - December 2007

Table 49 - Chunghwa Telecom broadband subscribers and market share - 2001 - 2008

Table 50 - Chunghwa Telecom HiNet subscriber and ARPU - 2004 - 2008

Table 51 - Chunghwa Telecom broadband charges for ADSL and FTTx - January 2009

Table 52 - Taiwan 2.5GHz spectrum winners

Table 53 - Key broadcasting statistics - 2009

Table 54 - Media consumption in Taiwan - 2006

Table 55 - Cable TV operator revenues and investment in select countries - 2004 - 2006

Table 56 - Pay TV subscribers by platform - 2002 - 2007

Table 57 - Mobile services revenue - 1992 - 2008

Table 58 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rates - 1995 - 2020

Table 59 - Evolution of the mobile market with PHS, 2G and 3G - 2003 - 2008

Table 60 - 2G and 3G mobile services ARPU - 2005 - 2008

Table 61 - 3G mobile subscribers and market share - 2003 - 2010; 2015; 2020

Table 62 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - June 2009

Table 63 - Mobile share by service revenue for top three operators - Q1 2009

Table 64 - Mobile subscribers, net additions by operator - Q2 2009

Table 65 - Mobile subscribers, market share and ARPU by operator - June 2009

Table 66 - 3G mobile subscribers and market share - June 2009

Table 67 - Prepaid 2G subscribers - market share - 2000 - 2008

Table 68 - PHS subscriber growth - 2001 - 2008

Table 69 - Mobile data service revenue as proportion of total mobile revenue - 2001 - 2008

Table 70 - SMS message volume and revenue - 2000 - 2008

Table 71 - Mobile Internet subscribers - 2001 - 2008

Table 72 - Mobile TV trial broadcasters

Exhibit 1 - Major global/regional submarine cables with landing point in Taiwan - 2009

Exhibit 2 - Major broadcasting organisations

Exhibit 3 - Mobile data licence winners

Abstract

• 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;
• Forecasts on mobile, fixed and broadband subscribers up to 2020. 

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