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