Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/08
By: Chu Tse-wei and Isabel Wang

Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) said Wednesday that it plans to increase broadband speed in remote areas to 100 megabits per second by 2020, with the public and private sectors each contributing NT$800 million (US$26.5million).

Currently, the average broadband speed in such locations is 12 Mbps, with a 96 percent penetration rate.

NCC deputy chief Wong Po-tsung (翁柏宗) said the plan is part of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program.

One of the goals detailed in the program is to create a smart and connected nation by upgrading digital infrastructure.    [FULL  STORY]