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Monday, March 30, 2009

Chunghwa Tweaks Capex Upwards

As it deploys next generation fixed and mobile networks, Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan send it plans annual capital spending of between 30 billion Taiwanese dollars (880 million US dollars) and 32 billion Taiwanese dollars over the next two to three years compared with 30.1 billion for 2008.

In 2008, Chunghwa's total revenue increased by 2% to 202 billion Taiwanese dollars, boosted by growing usage of mobile data services, but curbed by regulation. Revenue for 2008 from mobile "value added services" was 7 billion Taiwanese dollars, representing a 25% increase over 2007, including a rise in SMS revenue of 21% and a rise in mobile Internet revenue of 39%. source: Chunghwa Telecom statement

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