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Chunghwa to vend 50,000 iPhone 3G’s by H1′09 (Taiwan)

  • December 1st, 2008
  • 11:12 am

Chunghwa Telecom is intending to sell 50,00 iPhone 3G units in 3 months starting from 13th December. The subscribers of Chunghwa Telecom will have to pay NT$2,549 per month for a two-year contract.

Pre sale orders has already been taken by Chungwa Telecom, and it will go on until December 10th. According to the current estimated figures, the number of pre-sale orders have crossed 10,000 units.

Chunghwa expects a raise in subscribers & revenue with the launch of 3G iPhone (Taiwan)

  • November 28th, 2008
  • 10:32 am

With the launch of third-generation iPhone in Taiwan, Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s largest telecom service provider in terms of revenue is hoping to pull more subscribers and enhance revenue. CHT will begin selling iPhones from Dec. 13.

Executive Vice President Lin Jen-Hon said, “We hope our revenue and subscribers will increase after the launch of iPhone.” He further said Chunghwa will seek to “satisfy all customers’ demand” for the iPhone, but declined to give specific figures on sales targets.

For the period from January-October, telco’s revenue rose 0.1% to NT$155.46 billion from NT$155.25 billion a year earlier. The subscriber base totals to 8.87 million and 3.24 million 3G users as of September.

Chunghwa doesn’t have exclusive rights to sell the iPhone in Taiwan, Lin added. Taiwan Mobile Co., the competitor of CHT is in no mood to negotiate with Apple to sell iPhones as of now.

“The economy is very bad now. Selling the phone would mean subsidizing the iPhone heavily, so we don’t have any current plan to do so,” said Rosie Yu, Taiwan Mobile’s spokeswoman and vice president for finance.

CMCC & Chunghwa in an agreement to cut roaming fees (China, Taiwan)

  • November 4th, 2008
  • 10:10 am

China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), parent company of China Mobile and Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom reportedly inked an agreement on cutting mobile phone roaming fees. Following European Union’s implementation of slashing international roaming fee, this is considered to be the first move in Asia-Pacific region. Assistant manager with Chunghwa Telecom, Shi Mubiao, disclosed that the plan will be carried out at the beginning of 2009 at the earliest.

Carrefour intends to roll out mobile services as MVNO (Taiwan)

  • November 3rd, 2008
  • 10:22 am

Carrefour is planning to instigate mobile services in Taiwan as MVNO. The company will offer services through its subsidiary Carrefour Telecommunications using Chunghwa Telecom’s network, media reported. During a promotional period, subscribers can earn points at its Carrefour stores which can be redeemed for call credit. Carrefour is also providing services in several European Countries.

Chunghwa Telecom persistently enjoy the lowest monthly churn rate at 1.2% in 2010 (Taiwan)

  • September 8th, 2008
  • 11:49 am

One of the most advanced Telecommunications networks in Asia is Taiwan. In early 2002, penetration rate passed 100%. Major role played behind this growth is of Government in creating  a liberalised telecommunications market.

Operators covered:

  • Chunghwa Telecom
  • Taiwan Cellular Corp
  • Far Eastone
  • FiTel
  • VIBO
  • APT


Notable highlights of Taiwan Mobile Forecast include:

  • The total subscriber base in Taiwan will increase from our projected 24.5 million to our forecasted 25.3 million in 2010. Wireless penetration levels in Taiwan will remain roughly the same over the next few years at 105.6%.
  • Market shares (by subscribers) of major operators will remain stable over the next several years in Taiwan. Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile, Far Eastone, FiTel, and APT will continue to have approximately 35.3%, 25.4%, 25.2%, 6.4% and 4.7% of the market respectively.
  • Chunghwa Telecom will continue to enjoy the lowest monthly churn rate in Taiwan in 2010 at 1.2%.
  • Overall ARPU will be similar across operators, Far Eastone will have the highest Data ARPU among its competitors at US$ 3.79 in 2010.

Chunghwa Telecom plans equity investment in Zyxel (Taiwan)

  • July 28th, 2008
  • 9:26 am

Chunghwa Telecom, the largest telecom services provider in Taiwan, reportedly plans to make equity investment in network-equipment maker Zyxel Communications, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

According to CHT’s plans, the carrier expects to take up a 8-10% stake in Zyxel that will enable it to have one seat on the board of the networking device maker, said the paper, adding that the deal will be worth over US$32.9 million (NT$1 billion).

   

3G handsets in Taiwan expected to reach 11 million by year - end (Taiwan)

  • July 22nd, 2008
  • 12:53 pm

According to a report from China Economic News Service, Taiwan’s cellular operators are expected to have signed up more than eleven million 3G handset users by the end of this year.

3G handset users account for more than one third of all cellular subscribers. Chunghwa Telecom currently has around three million 3G users, having already surpassed its end-2008 target of 2.8 million, while Far EasTone (FET) has 2.2 million 3G subscribers and Taiwan Mobile has 1.8 million. Smaller operators like Vibo and Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless add another million.

   

Taiwan expected to surpass 11 million 3G subscribers by Year-End

  • July 21st, 2008
  • 1:20 pm

Taiwan is looking forward to exceed 11 million 3G subscribers by the end of this year, based on faster than expected sales by the local network operators. According to a report which states that Far EasTone has already signed up 2.2 million 3G subscribers, exceeding its original goal of having two million subscribers by the end of this year.

Amongst the other operators, Chunghwa Telecom has three million subscribers, compared to an original target of 2.8 million subscribers by the end of this year. Taiwan Mobile has made its 3G service available to 1.8 million subscribers.

Chunghwa plans Cambodia launch (Cambodia)

  • June 12th, 2008
  • 2:49 pm

Chunghwa Telecom of Thailand plans to cooperate with Vietnamese operator Ciettel to offer telecoms services in Cambodia, according to Chairman and CEO Ho Chen Tan. ‘Chunghwa Telecom is working with Viettel to offer telecom services in Cambodia,’ Ho Chen told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview on the sidelines of a telecom conference in Hanoi. The telco currently owns a 30% in an internet data storage joint venture with Viettel and appears keen to further the relationship. Viettel, which is run by the Vietnam Ministry of Defence, is the only Vietnamese telecom company to have received permission to operate telecom services in Cambodia.Viettel was granted a 30-year GSM concession in December 2006 with 1800MHz spectrum; it has reportedly spent around USD27 million on new infrastructure, and hopes to launch services by the end of 2008.

   

 

Taiwan eyeing sale of stake in state-owned carrier

  • June 4th, 2008
  • 2:17 pm

Taiwan plans to trim its stake in Chunghwa Telecom , the island’s top telecom carrier, in an overseas stock sale, a Reuters report said.

The Reuters report quoted Central News Agency saying that the move, together with a stock sale at home and a capital-raising plan, came as the government aimed to raise a total of NT$52.8 billion (US$1.7 billion).

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications owns about 35% of Chunghwa and the cabinet said last week the government planned to maintain a stake of at least 30% in Chunghwa.

The government is raising the money to fund a slew of government projects, which will help boost Taiwan’s domestic consumption and economic growth.