01 January, 2003
Taiwan's Telecommunications and Broadcasting/Media Industries: The Legal and Regulatory Environment
Telecommunications liberalization in Taiwan began in 1990 with the opening of value-added networks to competition. Change in the telecommunications industry was truly advanced, however, by the rollout of the so-called "three telecommunications laws" in 1996 that paved the way for industry privatization, deregulation, and—equally important to maintaining a fair and
competitive market—re-regulation. This package of reforms included amendments to the Telecommunications Law, enactment of the Organic Statute for the Directorate General of Telecommunications, and the enactment of the Organic Statute for Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd. (“Chunghwa Telecom”). The legislation brought about the privatization of the formerly state-owned Chunghwa Telecom, and the Directorate General of Telecommunications (the “DGT”), which has in the past played a conflicting dual role as both operator and regulator, saw its function narrowed, in theory, to industry regulation...Download Full PDF
