Telecommunication Industryin Taiwan

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Porf. Tsungnan Porf. Tsungnan LinLin

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Fixed-Wire broadband ISP The Status quo in Taiwan A Quick Quality Study

Mobile Wireless Telephone/Internet Access The Status quo in Taiwan A Quick Quality Study

4G In Taiwan Q and A

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Fixed-wire Broadband ISP3

Cable(3.98%) vs ADSL(77.89%) Company: CHT(HiNet) 85.94%, TFN

3.21%, SeedNet 2.65%, Else 8.2% FTTx: TFN Media 、 CNS 、 KBRO 、 TINP 、

SeedNet 、 CHT 、 Extra-lan 、 Vee CHT Now has the Lion Share of the Fixed-

wire broadband market in Taiwan However, the quality of these ISPs

remain unknown Until…

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NTU Web-based Speed Test

http://speed.ntu.edu.tw

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The First Time a Nation-Wide Network Access Quality Analysis5

Under the Standard Operating Procedure by the team of NTU Speed Test

Find out the REAL quality of the Network service

Example: CHT 50M data plan product: With PDF Chart: Mean: 49.96Mbps STD: 5.89

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Mobile Networks

3G Network Access CDMA2000: APTG UMTS: CHT(34%), FET(24%),

TaiwanMobile(33%), ViBo(9%) 3.5G Network Access

EVDO Rev A:APTG HSDPA: CHT, FET, TaiwanMobile, ViBo

WiMAX: VMax, GlobalMobile, FITEL, FET, Vee, Tatung

4G bandwidth will be released at 2013

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NTU Mobile Speed Test

Speed test Application Software on Mobile Devices

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3G Access Quality Disclose

Taiwan’s 3G Network Access has an Average of:

1.26Mbps In Downlink, 0.17Mbps in Uplink

With an 24HR Analysis for all companies as below:

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4G in Taiwan

In 2013, 4G Mobile Network license will be released:

NCC(the Authority Organization in Taiwan) Planning to release 700MHz and GSM 900MHz 、

1800MHz, total three frequency band with bandwidth135MHz×2 (up/down link)

Bandwidth Auction, Sell by 5MHz x 2 as a Unit

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Name Bandwidth(MHz)

Channel bandwidths(LTE band)

Band3(1800MHz) 75 x2 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20

Band8(900MHz) 35 x2 1.4, 3, 5, 10

Band12(700MHz) 17 x2 1.4, 3, 5, 10

Band13(700MHz) 10 x2 5, 10

Band17(700MHz) 12 x2 5, 10

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Q AND A