Taiwan - Broadband Market - Overview, Statistics and Forecasts

Synopsis

Taiwan has become a significant player in broadband internet access. Through active support from the government, the total broadband penetration had been lifted to around 95% considering both fixed line and mobile. The proportion of the population who are internet users has exceeded 70%. Some 90% of all homes in Taiwan own PCs and more than 65% of homes have fixed-line broadband connections. The market has also moved strongly to broadband and in particular FttX. There are a large number of ISPs (more than 180) in Taiwan, although a handful of big ones continue to dominate the market. This report presents an overview of the broadband market in Taiwan, including an overview of the operators, services provided and the fledgling WiMAX deployments. Fixed-line broadband forecasts and FttX forecasts for 2011 and 2016 are included, as well detailed statistics on broadband subscribers by technology.

Key Developments:

A continuous decline in xDSL subscriptions since reaching a peak of 3.8 million in 2006; a strong shift to FttX subscriptions which are set to surpass DSL by 2012; increased investments of NT$200 billion by Chunghwa Telecom in its broadband network over the next ten years to 2020 to offer home users speeds of 10Gb/s, with business customers benefiting from speeds of up to 100Gb/s; a decline in broadband tariffs stimulate further demand; poor adoption of WiMAX drives consolidation with Vee Telecom (Time) acquiring VMax; successful e-government program allowing the government to exclusively to using electronic documents.

Companies covered in this report include:

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT); Eastern Broadband; New Century Infocomm; Taiwan Fixed Network; Global Mobile, Tatung Infocomm, FarEasTone; VMax; Fitel; Vee Telecom (Time)

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Overview of Taiwan’s broadband market
• 3. Broadband statistics
  • 3.1 Fixed-line broadband market development
  • 3.2 Fixed-line broadband market by access type
  • 3.3 Fixed-line and mobile broadband subscriber statistics
• 4. Government initiatives for broadband and m-Taiwan
• 5. Broadband technologies
  • 5.1 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
  • 5.2 Cable modems
  • 5.3 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
  • 5.4 Chunghwa telecom broadband statistics
  • 5.5 Chunghwa telecom broadband prices
• 6. Overview of the internet market
  • 6.1 ISP market
• 7. Internet statistics
  • 7.1 Internet users and subscribers
  • 7.2 Internet bandwidth capacity
  • 7.3 Internet hosts
• 8. Forecasts
  • 8.1 Forecast fixed broadband subscribers – 2011; 2016
  • 8.2 Forecast FttX subscribers – 2011; 2016
  • 8.3 Forecasting methodology
• 9. WiFi
• 10. WiMAX
  • 10.1 Background
  • 10.2 WiMAX in Taiwan – licensing
  • 10.3 WiMAX in Taiwan – network rollouts
    • 10.3.1 Far EasTone
    • 10.3.2 WiMAX Telecom
    • 10.3.3 Chunghwa Telecom
    • 10.3.4 Tatung Telecom
    • 10.3.5 Global Mobile
    • 10.3.6 Fitel
    • 10.3.7 VMAX Telecom
    • 10.3.8 Vee Telecom (Time)
  • 10.4 WiMAX roaming
  • 10.5 WiMAX subscribers and revenue
• 11. E-government
• 12. Related reports

• Table 1 – Taiwan - Fixed-line broadband subscribers, penetration and proportion of internet subscribers – 2000 - 2012
• Table 2 – Taiwan - Broadband subscribers and households – June 2011
• Table 3 – Taiwan - Broadband subscribers and annual change by access – June 2011
• Table 4 – Taiwan - Fixed-line and wireless broadband subscribers by technology – 2003 – 2011
• Table 5 – Taiwan - Fixed-line and wireless broadband subscribers and penetration – 2003 - 2012
• Table 6 – Taiwan - DSL subscribers – 2000 - 2012
• Table 7 – Taiwan - Cable Modem subscribers – 2000 - 2012
• Table 8 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom broadband subscribers and market share – 2001 - 2011
• Table 9 – Taiwan - FttX subscribers – 2007 - 2012
• Table 10 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom HiNet subscriber and ARPU – 2004 - 2010
• Table 11 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom broadband charges for ADSL and FttX – August 2011
• Table 12 – Taiwan - Internet users and subscribers – 1995 - 2012
• Table 13 – Taiwan - Internet subscribers by access technology – June 2011
• Table 14 – Taiwan - International internet bandwidth capacity – 2001 - 2010
• Table 15 – Taiwan - Number of internet hosts – 2001 - 2010
• Table 16 – Taiwan - Forecast fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - lower band: 2010 - 2011; 2016
• Table 17 – Taiwan - Forecast fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - higher band: 2010 - 2011; 2016
• Table 18 – Taiwan - Forecast FttX subscribers and penetration - lower band: 2010 - 2011; 2016
• Table 19 – Taiwan - Forecast FttX subscribers and penetration - higher band: 2010 - 2011; 2016
• Table 20 – Taiwan 2.5GHz spectrum winners – 2007

• Chart 1 – Taiwan - Fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration – 2000 - 2012
• Chart 2 – Taiwan - Fixed-line broadband subscribers by technology – 2003 - 2010
• Chart 3 – Taiwan - Internet users and penetration – 1995 - 2012