Four teams contending for licenses to operate fixed network telecommunication (FNT) services will submit applications today, the last day of application entry.
Eastern Broadband Telecommunications Co Ltd (
The FNT sector, the last slice of Taiwan's big telecom pie, is a wire telecommunications service covering Internet, city calls, long-distance calls, international calls and data transmission.
Currently, the FNT is a monopoly run by the state-run Chunghwa Telecommunications Co (
According to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (
There is no limit to the number of licenses to be issued.
Eastern Broadband
Eastern Broadband, led by Rebar Telecommunications Co Ltd (
Its major shareholders, including China Rebar (
The other NT$28 billion capitalization will come from KMT-run enterprises, Hong Tai Group (
In addition, state-run Taiwan Railway Administration (
Moreover, the company said it has collected NT$12.50 billion paid-in capital so far, exceeding the NT$10 billion paid-in capital requirement.
Eastern Broadband said it has chosen Deutsche Telekom to be its foreign partner. As their cooperation will mainly focus on technology support, the company doesn't include Deutsche into its major shareholder list.
New Century Infocom
New Century InfoCom Co Ltd (
Other major shareholders of New Century include Asian Cement Group (亞泥集團), China Development Industrial Bank Inc (中華開發工業銀行), President Enterprises Group (統一企業), Walsin Lihwa Group (華新麗華集團), Koo's Group (和信集團), Cathay Group (霖園集團), Aurora Group (震旦集團), Taiwan Industrial Bank (台灣工業銀行), Systex Group (精業集團), and state-run Taiwan Power Co (台電).
New Century also said that US-based AT&T might increase its investments in Asia's telecommunication sector in the near future and Taiwan will be one of them.
Taiwan Fixed Network
Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom (
Savecom Infocom
SaveCom InfoCom Inc (
Philippine-based Mabuhay Co will also invest US$100 million in the company for an 8 percent stake. In addition, the company is still in talks with several foreign companies, such as US-based Teligent, Singapore-based STT, Global Crossing, and Abovenet.
Transport and Communications Minister Lin Fong-cheng (
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