The strategy and policy to develop the communication industry in Taiwan

Summary form only given. Building on the IT and semiconductor industries´ successful development, Taiwan government had planned to develop the next successful industry - communication industry - several years ago. The National Telecommunication Program since 1988 has resulted in many achievements over five years´ development. For example, Taiwan made more than 80% of the WLAN cards worldwide; government issued five licenses for the 3G operators; and the communication industry production is close to NTD 600 billion. In addition, the enterprises in Taiwan also actively conduct R&D projects. The wireless communication promotion office of MoEA, the 3G Communication Leaders United Board (CLUB), and the non-profit organizations such as ITRI, III, and CSIST are all teaming together to make significant progress. This presentation will describe how the wireless communication industry could become the third trillion NTD industry in Taiwan, and what the strategy and policy the Taiwan government used.