Chunghwa Telecom

Not to be confused with China Telecom.

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Native name	see below
Company type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 2412 NYSE: CHT
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	June 15, 1996 (1996-06-15)
Headquarters	Zhongzheng, Taipei, Taiwan
Key people	Yu Cheng, chairman and chief executive officer
Products	Mobile Internet Fixed Network
Revenue	USD 7.300 billion (March 2016)
Net income	NTD 41 billion and 230 Million (as 2016)
Total assets	NTD 447 billion and 133 Million (as 2016)
Owner	Ministry of Transportation and Communications (35.29%)
Number of employees	22,913 (as of 31 May 2016)
Website	Chunghwa Telecom

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
Simplified Chinese	中华电信股份有限公司
Traditional Chinese	中華電信股份有限公司
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Diànxìn Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī Wade–Giles Chung1-hua² Tien4-hsin4ku3 fen4 yu3 hsien4 kung1 ssu1 Yue: Cantonese Canton Romanization zung1 waa4 din6 seon3 gu2 fan6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1
China Telecom
Simplified Chinese	中华电信
Traditional Chinese	中華電信
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōnghuá Diànxìn

Chunghwa Telecom headquarter office

Chunghwa Telecom Shilin Night Market Service Center in Shilin District, Taipei

Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd. (Chinese: 中華電信; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Diànxìn; Wade–Giles: Chung¹-hua² Tien⁴-hsin⁴) (TWSE: 2412, NYSE: CHT) is the largest telecommunications company in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the incumbent local exchange carrier of PSTN, Mobile, and broadband services in the country.

History

Chunghwa Telecom was founded as a company on June 15th, 1996 as part of the Taiwanese government's privatization efforts. Prior to this, it was operated as a business unit of the Directorate General of Telecommunications (zh:交通部電信總局) for over 100 years.

The company's common shares have been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the number “2412” since October 2000, and its ADSs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CHT” since July 2003.

In August 2005, Chunghwa Telecom became a privatized company, as the Taiwan government's ownership was reduced to less than 50%.

The Directorate General of Telecommunications once exercised a monopoly on the telecommunications market in Taiwan. To make the telecommunications industry more competitive and improve service quality, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications began to promote "telecommunications liberalization" policy from the late 1980s, in which the telecom industry would gradually be opened to private industry operations. The liberalization of telecommunications, as well as the management and operation of telecommunications business as mentioned in the plan, aimed to achieve "separation between government and enterprises".

On July 1, 1996, the "Chunghwa Telecom Ordinance" was enacted under an amendment of the "Telecommunications Act", which formally established Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. with a capital of NT$96.477 billion yuan, operating first class and second class telecom services, under the "Taiwan Northern Telecom Branch", "Central Taiwan telecommunications branch", "Southern Taiwan telecommunications branch"," long-distance and mobile communications branch", "International Telecommunication Branch", "Data Communications Branch", "Telecommunications Research Institute" and "Telecommunications Training Institute".

In 1997, Chunghwa Telecom was awarded the license to operate a second-generation mobile communications (2G) network (GSM 900 MHz and 1800 MHz).

In October 2000, Chunghwa Telecom was listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "2412." In July 2003, Chunghwa Telecom was listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CHT" and on 12 August 2005, the Government of China Telecom's stake to 50%, and officially became a private company.

In 2007, Chunghwa Telecom acquired Senao International, and Senao becomes the exclusive sales agent of Chunghwa Telecom mobile phones.

On May 1, 2007, Chunghwa Telecom set up a division for enterprise customers, incorporated in the Southern Taiwan telecommunications branch.

On October 30, 2013, Chunghwa Telecom acquired in an auction for NT$39.075 billion a spectrum of LTE bands (900 MHz B2 / 1800 MHz C2 / C5), with a bandwidth limit of 2x35MHz, as well as C5-band (1800 MHz).

On May 29, 2014, Chunghwa Telecom held a press conference to announce the start of 4G LTE services on May 30, 2014, and this made Chunghwa Telecom the first telco in Taiwan to provide LTE services.

Chunghwa Telecom launched Taiwan's first 5G NR network on June 30, 2020, and has also announced the arrival of a Cloud Gaming service as part of its 5G package. The service has been developed in cooperation with Gamestream and Intel.

Mobile Network Information

Frequency	Technology Type	Band	Bandwidth	Attributes
2100 MHz	LTE-A, HSPA+	1	2x20 MHz	UMTS/WCDMA service was terminated on this frequency on DEC,31,2018. After that date, this frequency was refarmed to LTE.
900 MHz	LTE-A	8	2x10 MHz	This frequency is to provide supplemental coverage in areas where the 1800 MHz or 2600 MHz frequencies are weak or non-existent. (Better in-building penetration).
1800 MHz	LTE-A	3	2x10 MHz + 2x15 MHz	Main LTE band for most services.
2600 MHz	LTE-A	7	2x20 MHz + 2x10 MHz	Supplemental network capacity in certain areas (e.g., Taipei) where network congestion may occur.
3.5 GHz	NR	n78	90 MHz	Deployment in progress.
28 GHz	NR	n260	600 MHz	Recently won during a spectrum auction on early 2020.

Services

Chunghwa Telecom is the largest telecommunication service provider in Taiwan and one of the largest in Asia in terms of revenue. In terms of both revenue and customers, Chunghwa is Taiwan's largest provider of fixed line services, mobile services, broadband access service, and Internet service. The company also provides information and communication technology services to corporate customers.

HiNet has been heavily criticized for being a haven of email spammers, which has resulted in many Internet service providers routinely blocking e-mails originating from the service.

Subsidiaries

Senao International, a cellular phone distributor from which Senao Networks, manufacturer of data networking products and wireless telephones under the EnGenius and Senao brands was spun off.

See also

• List of companies of Taiwan