Profound understanding of 5G technology and service demand

Shaping the future 5G technology development

Taipei, Taiwan, December 9, 2015 - Chunghwa Telecom (TAIEX 2412, NYSE: CHT), Department of Industrial Technology-MOEA and Ministry of Education join forces to host the NGMN workshop for “Industry Vertical Requirements” from December 8-9, 2015. International NGMN Partners (Operators, Vendors and Research representatives) will discuss with industry vertical representatives (e.g. from Automotive, Transport, Health) about their potential future mobile communication use-cases and the related requirements. The workshop provides the opportunity for those representatives to highlight their individual requirements and to help shaping the future 5G technology development. In addition, the participating NGMN Partners would be more than happy to present a comprehensive overview on their 5G system vision to those industry vertical representatives and will explain what this vision means to the industry in terms of service and business opportunities.

The NGMN (next generation mobile networks) Alliance is a global group of leading Network Operators, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers and Research Institutes. Committed to ensure that the functionality and performance of next generation mobile network infrastructure, service platforms and devices will meet the requirements of operators, will enable new business models and will satisfy end user demand and expectations. The NGMN Alliance will drive and guide the development of all future mobile broadband technology enhancements with a focus on 5G.

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Kuo-feng Lin, president of Chunghwa Telecom Mobile Business Group, said 5G offers enormous potential for both consumers and industry. And the NGMN will work for its Partners and with all major industry stakeholders to shape 5G. CHT is very honored to host the NGMN workshop for “Industry Vertical Requirements” and will also take the role of the host of the next NGMN Forum meeting in Taiwan, March 2016. We are looking forward to having fruitful discussions with industry colleagues and to planning the upcoming work for the development of 5G accomplishment together with them.

Javan Erfanian, Lead of the NGMN 5G Verticals Requirements Work-Stream：“NGMN envisions that 5G will enable countless new use cases and services for vertical industries”, said Peter Meissner, CEO of the NGMN Alliance. “We welcome Chunghwa Telecom’s support in our effort to closely working together with leading vertical industry representatives in the identification of the related key 5G end-to-end requirements.”

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