Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. was officially established on July 1, 1996 as part of the Republic of China government privatization efforts. Prior to our formation, we were operating as a business unit of the Directorate General of Telecommunications. The common shares of the Company 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, we became a privatized company as the ownership of the Taiwan government was reduced to less than 50%.

Today, we are the largest telecommunications service provider in Taiwan and one of the largest in Asia in terms of revenues. As an integrated telecommunications service provider, our principal services include: Domestic fixed communications services, including local and domestic long distance telephone  services, broadband access services, local and domestic long distance leased line services, multimedia on demand, or MOD, services, domestic data services and domestic other services; Mobile communications services, including mobile services, sales of mobile handsets and data  cards and mobile other services; Internet services, including HiNet, our internet service provider, internet value-added services,  data communication services, internet data center services, and internet other services; International fixed communications services, including international long distance telephone  services, international leased line services, international data services, satellite services and international other services; and Other services, including non-telecom services. In addition to these traditional telecommunication services, we also focus on selected Information and Communication Technology (ICT) service and advanced development, such as cloud computing.

For more information about Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.,
please visit our website www.cht.com.tw