Taiwan - Major Telecom Operators - Overview and Statistics

Synopsis

This report looks at the major players in the Taiwan telecommunications market and provides an essential overview of company history and future directions. It shows the changing face of the telecommunications market from a monopoly, to what has become a highly competitive environment, particularly in the mobile space. This has meant more focus on leading edge, often bundled services to subscribers, who have considerably more choice in operator and service selection. This report also provides a comprehensive set of statistics of the financial and operational data for each of the major operators in Taiwan.

Key Developments:

Solid capital expenditure by all operators; trend towards increased smartphone usage; increasing uptake of IPTV services; strong FttX deployment; focus on core businesses and migrating mobile and data customers to higher revenue platforms; strong investment in cloud computing.

Companies covered in this report include:

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT); Far Eastern Telecommunications Group; Far EasTone; KG Telecom; New Century Infocomm; Taiwan Mobile; Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (APBW); Vibo Telecom; kbro; Taiwan Broadband Communications (TBC); China Network Systems (CNS)

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT)
  • 2.1 CHT – background
  • 2.2 CHT – financials
  • 2.3 CHT – revenue breakdown
  • 2.4 CHT – subscriber base
  • 2.5 CHT – investments
  • 2.6 CHT – market share by segment
  • 2.7 CHT – mobile network - overview
  • 2.8 CHT – mobile network – 3G
  • 2.9 CHT – broadband – HiNet
  • 2.10 CHT – broadband – FttX
  • 2.11 CHT – broadband – Movies-on-Demand (MOD)
  • 2.12 CHT – 2011 financial performance
• 3. Far EasTern Telecommunications Group
  • 3.1 Far EasTone – background
  • 3.2 Far EasTone – financials
  • 3.3 Far EasTone – subscribers
  • 3.4 KG Telecom
  • 3.5 New Century InfoComm Tech Co Ltd (Sparq)
• 4. Taiwan Mobile (formerly Taiwan Cellular)
  • 4.1 Taiwan Mobile – background
  • 4.2 Taiwan Mobile – financials
  • 4.3 Taiwan Mobile – subscribers
  • 4.4 Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom
• 5. Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (APBW)
• 6. VIBO Telecom
• 7. Major cable TV players
  • 7.1 kbro (previously Eastern Multimedia Group (EMG))
  • 7.2 Taiwan Broadband Communications
  • 7.3 China Network Systems (previously United Communications Group)
• 8. Related reports

• Table 1 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom revenue, capex, net profit and employees – 2000 - 2011
• Table 2 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom revenue breakdown – 2003; 2006 - 2011
• Table 3 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom fixed line and mobile subscribers and market share – 2000 - 2011
• Table 4 – Chunghwa Telecom’s subscriber base – January 2012
• Table 5 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom market share by segment – December 2011
• Table 6 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2011
• Table 7 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom’s blended mobile ARPU – 2001 - 2011
• Table 8 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom internet HiNet subscribers – 2003 – 2011
• Table 9 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom internet ARPU in NT$ – 2001 - 2011
• Table 10 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom broadband network development by number of ports and coverage greater than 50Mb/s and 100Mbps – 2007 - 2016
• Table 11 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom broadband subscribers by access type – 2003 - 2012
• Table 12 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom broadband subscribers by connection speed – 2011 - 2012
• Table 13 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom MOD subscribers – 2005 - 2011
• Table 14 – Taiwan - Far EasTone revenue, EBITDA, capex, net profit and ARPU – 2003 - 2012
• Table 15 – Taiwan - Far EasTone mobile subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2011
• Table 16 – Taiwan - Far EasTone selected operational data – 2006 – 2011
• Table 17 – KG Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change – 1998 – 2006
• Table 18 – Taiwan – Taiwan Mobile revenue and net profit – 2003 – 2012
• Table 19 – Taiwan - Taiwan Mobile revenue breakdown per business segment – 2011
• Table 20 – Taiwan - Taiwan Mobile subscribers and annual change – 1998 – 2011
• Table 21 – Taiwan - Taiwan Mobile selected operational data – 2006 - 2011
• Table 22 – Taiwan - APBW mobile subscribers and annual change – 2003 - 2011
• Table 23 – Taiwan - VIBO Telecom mobile subscribers and annual change – 2005 - 2011
• Table 24 – Cable subscribers by major operator – 2005 - 2010

• Chart 1 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom fixed-line and mobile subscribers – 2000 - 2011
• Chart 2 – Taiwan - Chunghwa Telecom 2G and 3G mobile subscribers – 1998 - 2011