Taiwan market: TWM offers new hourly charge scheme for 3.5G mobile access to Internet

Taiwan Mobile (TWM), a major mobile carrier in Taiwan, has offered a new rate scheme for its 3.5G Internet-access service. A monthly fee of NT$350 (US$10.8) will be charged for the first 10 hours, and an additional NT$60 per hour afterwards, the company said. But the monthly total payment will not exceed NT$1,300.

Since a large portion of 3.5G mobile subscribers use the service at home, the new price is expected to create pressure on low-speed ADSL Internet-access service, according to market sources.

TWM has also lowered its monthly charge for 3.5G unlimited Internet-access from NT$800 to NT$650.