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NCC Approves APT-FET Deal
Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) on March 3 approved local telecom operator Far EasTone’s (FET) application to share its 5G bandwidth on the 3.5GHz frequency band with Asia-Pacific Telecom (APT). As a condition of its approval, the NCC requested the establishment of an oversight task force for internet security and the installation of 2,000 4G and 5G base stations to increase coverage. The deal is now pending the approval of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC).
APT signed a 20-year 5G sharing deal with FET last September – the first such deal in Taiwan – after its own failed bid for the much-desired 3.5GHz frequency band. APT will pay NT$9.47 billion in network deployment costs in exchange for rights to use the bandwidth.
NCC to probe media figure s planned appointment to KMT advisory body
02/18/2021 09:42 PM
Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) / CNA file photo
Taipei, Feb. 18 (CNA) Taiwan s National Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday pledged a fair and impartial investigation into whether the opposition Kuomintang s (KMT s) plans to appoint media personality Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) to its Central Advisory Committee would violate laws protecting media independence.
The NCC statement came after the KMT announced on Wednesday that it plans to appoint Jaw the host of television and radio programs popular with the party s supporters and five others to the advisory committee at its next National Congress later this year.
20 Jan 2021
A Taiwanese lawmaker has called for an official probe into the sale of Chinese-made karaoke machines sold in Taiwan that play Chinese “propaganda songs,” the
Taipei Timesreported on Tuesday.
Legislator Chen Ting-fei said on Monday “she was approached by a person who had discovered Chinese patriotic songs such as My Motherland which is commonly referred to as China’s ‘second national anthem’ in Chinese-made karaoke devices sold in Taiwan,” according to the newspaper.
“The machines are popular, as they can connect to the Internet, providing access to thousands of songs,” Chen, a member of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party, said.
Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) demanded Asia-Pacific Telecom (APT) improve its 4G coverage before it is allowed to enter a 5G network sharing agreement with rival Far EasTone Telecommunications.