TAIPEI, Taiwan, R.O.C. February 28, 2023 - Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) (“Chunghwa” or “the Company”) held its first happy hour event in conjunction with the Taiwan Pavilion on the opening day of the 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC), on February 27. Chunghwa Telecom invited over 300 representatives from nearly 100 domestic and foreign information and communication industry partners and international telecom operators to gather at the Taiwan Pavilion, exchange 5G open network products and smart application solutions, and jointly build new 5G business opportunities.
Chunghwa Telecom President, Shui-Yi Kuo said, "Taiwan is a smart island with a full aspect ICT supply chain and abundant research and development capabilities, which are important drivers of global technological progress. Chunghwa Telecom has made great efforts to build the 5G network in Taiwan, and actively promotes smart applications in conjunction with industrial ecosystems. With the concepts of "creating Taiwan's smart field and exporting application services to the world" and "building alliances for mutual benefit and prosperity", we look forward to playing the role of connecting Taiwan and international industry partners, bringing the world to Taiwan and from Taiwan to the world. We will form alliances with global partners to build up the 5G open network and smart application solutions to comply the new era trend."
To map out the evolution path of the open network, Chunghwa Telecom implemented the "Asia Silicon Valley－5G Open Network Integration Verification and Promotion Plan" of the National Development Council. In the past two years, the Company has assisted 20 domestic manufacturers to conduct verification tests, demonstrating the domestic self-developed O-RAN equipment connected to the 5G SA core network of international manufacturers, and held a final presentation titled "ORAN fleet, international integration" at the end of 2022. Continuing this momentum, the MWC Taiwan Pavilion will gather domestic 5G O-RAN and enterprise private network system integrators, showing the world the power of Taiwan’s industry helping to drive the evolution and development of open networks.
To capture the business opportunities of digital transformation and the rise of emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Chunghwa Telecom has promoted cross-border internet of things services, based on 5G, artificial intelligence, big data, cloud, information security and other services, and allied with major software and hardware brands in Taiwan to build smart application solutions such as 5G enterprise private networks and smart light poles for export, to create new business opportunities overseas. Currently, we have already exported these solutions to United States, Europe, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia countries and all over the world. Through the MWC international stage, Chunghwa Telecom invites international partners to communicate with Taiwanese industries, introducing the latest equipment and excellent solutions from Taiwanese factories to international operators and jointly build new business opportunities for 5G smart applications.
