The Preface

Deputy Minister of Finance in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications: Tsai Dui

  Since the end of 1995, when our nation allowed Internet business, the two main telecom liberalization business of mobile communication and fixed correspondent network have gradually been launched and the establishment of domestic Internet environment and telecom foundation have already completed. With the gradual maturity and popularity of Internet, wide band network has been playing an essential role in the society of information. Till the end of November of 2002, the number of wide band network users has reached to 2,100,000 in our nation. Among them, there are about 1,820,000 ADSL users, 280,000 Cable Modem users and 15,700 dedicated line users.


Because of the rapid development and diverse application of information and communication technology, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has drafted the projects of “ 6,000,000 Wide Band Network Clients” and “ Domestic IPv6 Establishment," serving as the essential work of the sub-project "Digital Taiwan" of "Challenging 2008 National Development Key Project." Besides the hope of making our nation have the most popularity of house wideband network in the Asia-Pacific area, we hope that we can improve our advantageous position of concerned industry by the promotion of the new Internet protocol IPv6, and proceed to the new era of information internet.

To promote the construction of the wide band is an important policy to boost our nation into information society, and one of the key targets of improve our nation’s capability for competition. The government would give priority to construct electronic environment, considering the five items “wide band construction, ””electronic government,” “electronic business,” electronic transportation,” and “electronic life” governing key points. This year, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications would continue to revise the telecom law and related laws, reconcile and supervise the practice of related measures, promote the idea of share station or co-building, create the environment good for wide band construction, assist the dealers to solve problems on constructing wide band network, and plan to achieve the goal of 3,000,000 wide band network clients in the end of 2003. Because of the rapid development of telecom business and Internet, telecom and Internet has become a necessary trend. The dealers of telecom and network should know deeply about the development of telecom and Internet, and how to deal with the technology and catch the ball before the bomb, to know the latest marketing information.

To make various circles know the ISP development In Taiwan, Taiwan Network Information Center issued “2001 Taiwan ISP Annual” in 2002, providing various circles with important reference data. Those data are the first attempt for our nation to record the complete data of ISP industry, appreciated by various circles. This year, Taiwan Internet Information Center “2001 Taiwan ISP Annual,” to provide network users, dealers and government with the instant and complete introduce to the ISP industry trend of network. Also, it serves as an important prove of internet industry development of our nation.


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