Taiwan-market: NCC to reclaim 2G mobile numbers from TWM, FET

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) plans to collect back some of the 2G mobile phone numbers allocated to Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) due to low use rates, according to industry sources.

NCC will redistribute the recalled numbers to 3G and other services, the sources said.

NCC: Top-three Taiwan carriers' 2G phone numbers, October 2009 (million units)

Company


2G numbers allocated by NCC


2G numbers subscribed to by users


Use rate

TWM


13.70


5.60


40.88%

FET


12.00


6.04


50.33%

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT)


10.70


8.08


75.51%