Taiwan’s plan to issue licenses for the delivery of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services is a major strategic move for the country and would create great business opportunities for relevant industries, analysts said. For example, if Taiwan’s underground and undersea fiber optics were damaged during a war, LEO satellites, which normally operate below an altitude of 2,000km, could be a powerful tool for the military, Digitimes research analyst Ashley Huang (黃雅芝) said in a telephone interview. There is evidence of the value of LEO satellites in wartime, for example Ukraine’s effec...