Telecommunication systems Taiwan, in 35 editions.

best developed system in Asia outside of Japan; 6,000,000 7,800,000 telephones; extensive microwave transmission links on east and west coasts; stations--91 AM, 23 FM, 15 TV (13 relays); 8,000,000 radio receivers; 6,000,000 TV sets (5,300,000 8,620,000 radios; 6,386,000 TVs (5,680,000 color, 700,000 706,000 monochrome); satellite earth stations--1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT; submarine cable links to Japan (Okinawa), the Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe

best developed system in Asia outside of Japan; 7,800,000 telephones;
extensive microwave transmission links on east and west coasts; stations--91 broadcast
stations - 91 AM, 23 FM, 15 TV (13 relays); repeaters); 8,620,000 radios; 6,386,000
TVs (5,680,000 color, 706,000 monochrome); satellite earth stations--1 stations - 1
Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT; submarine cable links to
Japan (Okinawa), the Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe

best developed system in Asia outside of Japan; 7,800,000 telephones;
extensive microwave transmission radio relay links on east and west coasts; broadcast
stations - 91 AM, 23 FM, 15 TV (13 repeaters); 8,620,000 radios; 6,386,000
TVs (5,680,000 color, 706,000 monochrome); satellite earth stations - 1
Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT; submarine cable links to
Japan (Okinawa), the Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe

best developed system in Asia outside of Japan; 7,800,000 telephones;
extensive microwave radio relay links on east and west coasts; broadcast
broadcast stations - 91 AM, 23 FM, 15 TV (13 repeaters); 8,620,000
radios; 6,386,000
TVs (5,680,000 color, 706,000 monochrome); satellite
earth stations - 1
Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT;
submarine cable links to
Japan (Okinawa), the Philippines, Guam,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Australia, Middle East, and Western
Europe

7,800,000 telephones; best developed system in Asia
outside of Japan; 7,800,000 telephones; Japan
local: NA
intercity: extensive microwave radio relay links on east and west coasts;
broadcast stations - 91 AM, 23 FM, 15 TV (13 repeaters); 8,620,000
radios; 6,386,000 TVs (5,680,000 color, 706,000 monochrome); satellite coasts
earth stations - 1 international: 2 INTELSAT (1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT; Ocean) earth
stations; submarine cable links to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western
Europe

7,800,000 telephones; best developed system in Asia
outside of Japan
local: NA
intercity: domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links trunk system on east and west
west coasts
international: satellite earth stations - 2 INTELSAT Intelsat (1 Pacific
Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) earth
stations; Ocean); submarine cable links cables to Japan (Okinawa),
Philippines, Guam,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia,
Middle East, and Western
Europe

best developed system in Asia outside of Japan
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay trunk system on east and
west coasts
international: international : satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific
Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa),
Philippines,
Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia,
Middle East, and
Western Europe

domestic: extensive microwave radio relay trunk system on east and
west coasts
international : international: satellite earth stations - 2 stations-2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines,
Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and
Western Europe

domestic: extensive microwave radio relay trunk system on east and
west coasts
international: satellite earth stations-2 stations--2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines,
Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia,
Middle East, and
Western Europe

domestic: extensive microwave radio relay trunk system on east provides modern telecommunications service for every business and
west coasts private need; completely digitalized
international: satellite earth stations--2 stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean
and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa),
Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia,
Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)

domestic: general assessment: provides modern telecommunications service for every business and private need; need domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)

general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)

general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: country code - 886; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe (1999)

general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: country code - 886; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); numerous submarine cables to Japan (Okinawa), Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and Western Europe (1999) the US; satellite earth stations - 2

general assessment:
provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic:
thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international:
country code - 886; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2

general assessment:
provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic:
thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international:
country code - 886; numerous roughly 15 submarine fiber cables cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2

general assessment:
provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic:
thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international:
country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2

general assessment:
provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic:
thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international:
country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2011)

general assessment:
provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic:
thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international:
country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2011)

general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2011) (2015)

general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
international: country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2015) (2016)

general assessment: provides telecommunications service for every business and private need (2016)
domestic: thoroughly modern; completely digitalized (2016)
international: country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2016)

general assessment: good telecommunications infrastructure and competitive mobile market; Taiwan has a stable regulatory system and an educated workforce building on availability of fixed and mobile broadband networks; investors attracted to this excellent telecom infrastructure; fixed-line will decline in the next 5 years; 5 6 mobile network operators; 4G LTE and trials on service; regulator begins multi-spectrum auction for 5G (2018) services; govt. to release NT $20.5 billion to encourage development of 5G services (2020)
domestic: fixed-line 48 55 per 100 and mobile-cellular 124 123 per 100 (2018) (2019)
international: country code - 886; landing points for the EAC-C2C, APCN-2, FASTER, SJC2, TSE-1, TPE, APG, SeaMeWe-3, FLAG North Asia Loop/REACH North Asia Loop, HKA, NCP, and PLCN submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2019)
note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications production and supply chains globally; consumer spending on telecom devices and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of the telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable and satellite - has moderated

general assessment: good dynamic telecommunications industry defined by excellent infrastructure and competitive mobile market; Taiwan has a stable regulatory system and an educated workforce building on solid availability of fixed and mobile broadband networks; investors attracted to this excellent telecom infrastructure; fixed-line will decline in regulatory certainty, market maturity, an educated workforce, and ICT sector at the next 5 years; 6 mobile network operators; heart of economic development; 4G LTE service; regulator begins multi-spectrum auction for service with fiber is the most popular platform; 5G services; govt. to release NT $20.5 billion to encourage 80% of subscribers; government funds development of 5G services and IoT market; concerns include China’s efforts to influence media and ICT policy (2020)
domestic: fixed-line 55 per 100 and mobile-cellular 123 per 100 (2019)
international: country code - 886; landing points for the EAC-C2C, APCN-2, FASTER, SJC2, TSE-1, TPE, APG, SeaMeWe-3, FLAG North Asia Loop/REACH North Asia Loop, HKA, NCP, and PLCN submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2019)
note: the COVID-19 outbreak is negatively impacting telecommunications pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced downturn, particularly in mobile device production; many network operators delayed upgrades to infrastructure; progress towards 5G implementation was postponed or slowed in some countries; consumer spending on telecom services and devices was affected by large-scale job losses and services has also slowed due to the pandemic's effect consequent restriction on economies worldwide; overall progress towards improvements in all facets of disposable incomes; the crucial nature of telecom industry - mobile, fixed-line, broadband, submarine cable services as a tool for work and satellite - has moderated school from home became evident, and received some support from governments

general assessment: Taiwan has a highly developed telecoms sector in both the fixed-line and mobile segments; in part this is due to the country’s early moves to liberalize the market, allowing vigorous competition to flourish; the government has also made concerted efforts to take advantage of Taiwan’s strengths in the development of high-tech, export-oriented industries to encourage and enable the rapid adoption of advanced telecom platforms, while simultaneously leveraging the same telecoms infrastructure to push even further ahead with the country's industrial development plans; Taiwan has one of the highest teledensities in the region; while fixed-line subscriber numbers are trending downwards, the rate of decline has been slowed by the major fixed-line provider investing strongly in building out a widespread fiber network to allow customers to maintain a terrestrial voice connection as part of a fixed broadband package; fiber is the dominant platform in Taiwan’s fixed broadband market; cable services have retained an unusually strong following thanks to the success of cable providers in delivering competitive cable TV and telephony services as a way to get around Chunghwa Telecom’s control of the last mile for its copper and fiber networks; Taiwan also has high penetration rates in its mobile and mobile broadband segments, growth in both markets is almost at a standstill because the country reached 100% penetration very early on – way back when GSM was first introduced, in mobile’s case; the MNOs moved quickly to roll out 4G and 5G networks and services in rapid succession, but subscriber numbers (and market share) has barely changed; the improved quality and performance available with the new platforms will drive increased usage and ARPU; fierce competition following the launch of 4G saw the opposite happen, with price wars causing telco revenues to fall instead; it is possible that the same problem can be avoided with 5G allowing Taiwan to reach the target of 50% of subscribers on 5G by mid-2023 (2022)
domestic: fixed-line over 53 per 100 and mobile-cellular roughly 123 120 per 100 (2020) (2021)
international: country code - 886; landing points for the EAC-C2C, APCN-2, FASTER, SJC2, TSE-1, TPE, APG, SeaMeWe-3, FLAG North Asia Loop/REACH North Asia Loop, HKA, NCP, and PLCN submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2019)
note: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services

general assessment: Taiwan has a highly developed telecoms sector in both the fixed-line and mobile segments; in part this is due to the country’s its early moves to liberalize the market, allowing vigorous competition to flourish; the government has Taiwan authorities have also made concerted efforts to take advantage of Taiwan’s strengths in the development of high-tech, export-oriented industries to encourage and enable the rapid adoption of advanced telecom platforms, while simultaneously leveraging the same telecoms infrastructure to push even further ahead with the country's Taiwan's industrial development plans; Taiwan has one of the highest teledensities in the region; while fixed-line subscriber numbers are trending downwards, the rate of decline has been slowed by the major fixed-line provider investing strongly in building out a widespread fiber network to allow customers to maintain a terrestrial voice connection as part of a fixed broadband package; fiber is the dominant platform in Taiwan’s fixed broadband market; cable services have retained an unusually strong following thanks to the success of cable providers in delivering competitive cable TV and telephony services as a way to get around Chunghwa Telecom’s control of the last mile for its copper and fiber networks; Taiwan also has high penetration rates in its mobile and mobile broadband segments, growth in both markets is almost at a standstill because the country Taiwan reached 100% penetration very early on – way back when GSM was first introduced, in mobile’s case; the MNOs moved quickly to roll out 4G and 5G networks and services in rapid succession, but subscriber numbers (and market share) has barely changed; the improved quality and performance available with the new platforms will drive increased usage and ARPU; fierce competition following the launch of 4G saw the opposite happen, with price wars causing telco revenues to fall instead; it is possible that Taiwan’s 5G penetration rate reached 25 percent in October 2023, ranked 5th around the same problem can be avoided with world now; Taiwan’s 5G allowing Taiwan roll-out plan faces challenges as subscribers enjoy 4G unlimited data flow tariff and yet to reach see a killer app in the target of 50% of subscribers on 5G by mid-2023 (2022) world (2023)
domestic: fixed-line over 53 43 per 100 and mobile-cellular roughly 120 128 per 100 (2021) (2023)
international: country code - 886; landing points for the EAC-C2C, APCN-2, FASTER, SJC2, TSE-1, TPE, APG, SeaMeWe-3, FLAG North Asia Loop/REACH North Asia Loop, HKA, NCP, and PLCN submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and the US; satellite earth stations - 2 (2019)