telecom . chunghwa telecom co. ltd. type public traded as nyse cht twse 2412 industry telecommunications founded june 15 1996 ; 20 years ago 1996 06 15 headquarters zhongzheng district taipei taiwan key people rick tsai chairman and ceo products mobile internet fixed network revenue usd 7.170 billion number of employees 28 722 website chunghwa telecom chunghwa telecom headquarter office chunghwa telecom shilin night market service center in shilin district taipei chunghwa telecom chinese ; pinyin zh nghu di nx n ; wade giles chung1 hua tien4 hsin4 nyse cht twse 2412 is the largest telecommunications company in taiwan and the incumbent mobile pstn and broadband carrier there . it has its headquarters in zhongzheng district taipei on the remains of the old taipei prison . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 services 3 subsidiaries 4 see also 5 references history edit chunghwa telecom was founded as a company on june 15 1996 as part of the taiwan government s privatisation efforts . prior to this it operated as a business unit of the directorate general of telecommunications zh for over 100 years . the company s common shares have been listed on the taiwan stock exchange under the number 2412 since october 2000 and its adss have been listed on the new york stock exchange under the symbol cht since july 2003 . in august 2005 chunghwa telecom became a privatised company as the taiwan government s ownership was reduced to less than 50 % . the directorate general of telecommunications once exercised a monopoly on the telecommunications market in taiwan . to make the telecommunications industry more competitive and improve service quality the ministry of transportation and communications began to promote telecommunications liberalisation policy from the late 1980s in which the telecom industry will gradually be opened to private industry operations . the liberalisation of telecommunications as well as the management and operation of telecommunications business as mentioned in the plan aimed to achieve separation between government and enterprises . on july 1 1996 the chunghwa telecom ordinance was enacted under an amendment of the telecommunications act which formally established chunghwa telecom co. ltd. with a capital of nt 96.477 billion yuan operating first class and second class telecom services under the taiwan northern telecom branch central taiwan telecommunications branch southern taiwan telecommunications branch long distance and mobile communications branch international telecommunication branch data communications branch telecommunications research institute and telecommunications training institute . in 1997 chunghwa telecom was awarded the license to operate a second generation mobile communications 2g network gsm 900mhz and 1800mhz . in october 2000 chunghwa telecom was listed on the taiwan stock exchange under the ticker symbol 2412 . in july 2003 chunghwa telecom was listed on the new york stock exchange under the symbol cht . august 12 2005 the government of china telecom s stake to 50 % and officially became a private company . in february 2002 chunghwa telecom was awarded the license to operate a third generation mobile communications 3g network wcdma 2100mhz . in 2007 chunghwa telecom acquired senao international and senao becomes the exclusive sales agent of chunghwa telecom mobile phones . on may 1 2007 chunghwa telecom set up a division for enterprise customers incorporated in the southern taiwan telecommunications branch . on october 30 2013 chunghwa telecom acquired in an auction for nt 39.075 billion a spectrum of lte bands 900mhz b2 1800mhz c2 c5 with a bandwidth limit of 2x35mhz as well as c5 band 1800mhz . on may 29 2014 chunghwa telecom held a press conference to announce the start of lte services on may 30 2014 and this made chunghwa telecom the first telco in taiwan to provide lte services . services edit chunghwa telecom is the largest telecommunication service provider in taiwan and one of the largest in asia in terms of revenue . in terms of both revenue and customers chunghwa is taiwan s largest provider of fixed line services mobile services broadband access service and internet service . the company also provides information and communication technology services to corporate customers . hinet has been heavily criticised for being a haven for senders of email spam which has resulted in many internet service providers routinely blocking e mails originating from the service . 3 4 5 subsidiaries edit senao international a cellular phone distributor from which senao networks manufacturer of data networking products and wireless telephones under the engenius and senao brands was spun off . 6 see also edit list of companies of taiwan references edit wikimedia commons has media related to category chunghwa telecom . chunghwa telecom 2008 form 20 f filed with the u.s. sec . chunghwa telecom . retrieved june 2 2010 . chunghwa telecom homepage . cht.com.tw . retrieved june 2 2010 . 21 3 taiwan 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