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APRICOT 2008 in Taipei•

ICANN Taipei Regional Meeting•

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.tw Page Parking e-Service 01

Comprehensive .tw Domain Name Services 02

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The 2007 Taiwan ISP Yearbook 16

TWNIC’s Training Courses in 2008 16

TWNIC Invited Aboriginal Children to Experience Future IPv6 Applications 10

Send Love to Southern Taiwan: Heng Chun Children's Reading Program 10

APRICOT 2008 in Taipei 05

2008 Asia Pacific IPv6 Summit 06

2007 Focus Group on Wireless Network Use in Taiwan 06

The 9th TWINC IP OPM 07

ICANN Taipei Regional Meeting 08

TWNIC and ISOC-AU Signed Cooperation Memorandum 09

Survey Report on Internet Broadband Usage in Taiwan 11

TWNIC Announces the Results of 2007 Q4 Taiwan Internet Connection Bandwidth Survey 12

.tw Domain Name Registration 14

.tw Domain Name Statistics 14

WWW Server Growth Chart 15

Host Growth Chart 15

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As shown in TWNIC’s recent survey on Internet broadband usage in Taiwan, the numbers of

Internet or broadband users and Internet penetration have a tendency of stable growth. However,

it also indicates an increasing digital gap between different age groups and between urban/rural

areas (see page 11). After quantity issues, the quality of Internet life will be the next challenge.

It is also TWNIC’s mission and responsibility. We continue promoting nation-wide Internet use,

and coordinating the exchange and integration of Internet information services. Since the end

of 2007, several projects have been conducted for reaching the goal of quality of Internet life.

A brand-new page-parking service will offer free-of-charge, user-friendly tools to assist each

domain name user to create his Internet identity and web site without difficulties (see page 1). By

sharing information and experience, users will be able to make the best use of the Internet for

personal or business purposes (see page 2-4).

For bridging the digital divide, TWNIC has put more efforts on the remote areas. Children from

Yilan County’s remote village were invited to Taipei to witness the future IPv6 applications (see

page 10). More training courses will be provided in Hualian County to strengthen the concept of

network security (see page 16). For giving Henchun’s younger generation the better education

opportunities, we have been involved in local hospital’s children reading program and donated a

large number of books (see page 10).

Two major international conferences were held in Taipei recently, including ICANN Taipei Regional

Meeting (see page 8-9) and APRICOT 2008 (see page 5). Several key issues leading to the future

quality Internet life were fully discussed, including IDN, IPv6 and network security. As local host,

TWNIC is pleased to work with all community colleagues for the better future of Internet.

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Easily Make Your Own Website Using .tw Domain Name

Are you still busy thinking about how to set up your web page after your application for a

domain name? Are you still worried about budget for establishing your website? Are you still

bothered by problems of network space insufficiency and maintenance? While you are spending

time trying to solve these problems, business opportunities might have already slipped through

your fingers. In the modern time of rapid Internet development, building a unique website with

the highest exposure to Internet users can bring maximum future business opportunities for

both individuals and businesses. However, many are intimidated by the incurring requirements

for costs and efforts. Therefore, TWNIC started to provide brand-new services this year, allowing

.tw domain name applicants to build up their own websites with ease.

To help indiv idual and business users wi th the

establishment of their own websites, TWNIC worked with

.tw domain name registrars in Taiwan to provide the .tw

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domain names and passwords, users can select from

many webpage design templates and instantly complete

the establishment of their websites. If there are any further

requirement, users can also choose from a wide range

of charged services provided by TWNIC’s registrars

depending on their different requirements for service level,

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.tw Domain Name Mania: Fun for IDN.tw

In 2003, TWNIC started to provide the second-

generation Chinese domain names compliant with

the internationalized Domain Name (IDN) standards,

making Internet applications more convenient for native

Chinese users. Since 2006, with the release of IE 7.0,

Microsoft’s IDN-supporting browser, the environment

for Chinese domain name use has become more mature

and convenient. To help Internet users know more about

Chinese domain names, TWNIC has especially established

the “http://瘋中文.tw” (literally meaning “Fun for IDN.tw”)

website. Visit the website and let the .tw domain name

mania sweep you away!

TWNIC’s R&D Department also introduced the latest

technologies to break through the languages barriers

between Chinese and English and establish the first

i-Email System in Taiwan. The system is now open for

testing. The system is based on the Chinese domain

name application service experiment under the framework

of “Project of Establishing and Promoting Chinese

Domain Name Environment on Campus.” In the project,

National Taipei University, Asia University, National

Cheng Kung University, and National Ilan University were

commissioned to jointly promote the use of the i-Email

system. Since the system is still in the experiment stage,

enterprise, you can create a website that best reflects the

image of your business with minimum costs and time. If

you are still a student, you can build up your own space

to demonstrate your abundant creativity. If you are a free

lance, you can create vast business opportunities through

your website. If you just became a parent lately, you can

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If you are deep in love, you can create a website with a

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romance between you and your beloved one.

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In addition to the brand-new.tw Page Parking e-Service,

TWNIC also provided a number of other activities and

services in the second half of 2007 in order to promote

the use of .tw domain names.

it is only open to .tw domain name users. For further

information, please visit http://中文郵件.瘋中文.tw .

The 6th NetKing .tw Website Design Contest

TWNIC's “6th NetKing .tw Website Design Contest” ended

successfully with the awarding ceremony on December

20th, 2007. With the theme of “We Share, We Care and

We Love Taiwan,” the contest received 58 applications

for the Chinese Group, 11 for the English Group and two

for the Local Languages Group. The contesting works

covered a wide variety of topics. Some were intended

to promote local art, culture, performance, cuisine and

tourism in different parts of Taiwan. Some showed photos

of the beautiful landscape in Taiwan to express love

for this island. Some focused on the building of local

Internet communities, trying to promote characteristics or

specialties of some regions in Taiwan and to narrow down

the digital gap in Taiwan through Internet technologies.

Showing and promoting the unique cultures and industries

in different areas in Taiwan, all the works demonstrate

the ample vitality and creativity as well as the impressive

Internet technology know-how of the younger generations

in Taiwan.

In this contest, two special awards, “Best Network

Community Construction” and “Best Love for Taiwan,”

were given respectively to the works of “Blog Look” (look.

urs.tw) and “Access for All in Taiwan” (sunable.tw) as a

kind of encouragement. The “Blog Look” is a professional

observation of the blog development in Taiwan, providing

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Mydn.net.tw Gatherings

TWNIC worked with its registrars, HiNet and Seednet to

hold a new series of mydn.net.tw gatherings this year.

a channel of reasonable interactions and healthy

communications among blog users and Internet users.

The “Access for All in Taiwan” is a charity-oriented

website, integrating all the social resources and forces to

help the physically challenged gain self-confidence and

live in a more accessible society.

“The contesting works in the 6th NetKing Contest are

generally better than those of the previous contest

in terms of quantity and quality,” said Teng Tien-Lai,

Post and Telecommunications Director General of the

Ministry of Communications and Transportation, who also

hoped the contesting works will continue to improve in

The gatherings taught participants how to make the

best use of the Internet to achieve maximum marketing

effects with minimum costs. Through Internet marketing,

Small and Medium enterprise can explore new business

opportunities, transcending the limitations of traditional

marketing in geography, costs, manpower and resources.

The mydn.net.tw is a space for all .tw domain name users,

allowing for interactions and communications among its

members by holding various kinds of activities. If you are

a new .tw domain name user, you are highly welcome to

join us at www.mydn.net.tw.

contents in the future contests. Yu-li Liu from the National

Communications Commission also indicated, “Special

thanks must be owed to TWNIC for continuing to hold

the NetKing contest and make significant contributions to

the network development in Taiwan.” Rui-ying Wang from

the Council of Aboriginal Affairs, Executive Yuan, said

“There are currently only thirteen officially reorganized

aboriginal languages in Taiwan. With a population of

483,000 aboriginals, Taiwan actually has 43 languages of

aboriginal tribes.” Wang hoped to see more contesting

works representing the diversified indigenous cultures in

Taiwan in the contest next year. For further information of

the contest, please visit www.netking.tw or 新人王.tw

www.travel-net.com.tw letsgo.net.tw

www.i-city.com.tw glass.imglobe.idv.tw

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“Domain Name, Personal Style” Speech Series

The “Domain Name, Personal Style” speech series,

respectively titled “I Site; Therefore I am!” “I Name;

Therefore I am” and “I Blog; Therefore I am” was held

in the northern, central and southern Taiwan. Noted

e-business owners, users of stylish domain names

(bloggers) and experts were invited to give speeches and

share their knowledge and experiences. Discussing about

the present and future trends of personal domain names,

their speeches helped the audience to explore the most

fundamental power of the Internet and find out how to

build their unique personal/professional brands in the eye-

dazzling virtual world.

In the speech, Jason Chou, Director of the Graduate

Institute of Science and Technology Law, National

Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology,

was invited to demonstrate with real legal cases and

professional analysis to the audience that the priority

of Internet brand protection should start with domain

names. Prof. Shi-hao Liu, a Internet marketing expert,

was also invited to share some skills. According to him,

if you want to have a successful e-business, you will

have to be exposed to and then remembered by your

customers. In Internet marketing, you have to remember

“Domain Name is your ID on the Internet” and, therefore,

a good domain name is the key to success. Vicky Tseng,

Marketing Director of PC Home, one of the largest

e-shops in Taiwan, also shared her observations of how

many traditional industries have started to transit to the

e-business world by providing more customized services

and more flexible logistics. She analyzed the competitive

edges newly found on the Internet for many of Taiwan’s

industries and showed the directions to a future with

more promising opportunities. Last but not least, Anthony

Lee, Domain Name Service Department Director of

TWNIC, talked about the subtle connections between

languages, communications and brands with respect to

the development of Chinese domain name environment.

“Domain Name, Your ID on the Internet”

In December 2007, during the “Information Technology

Month”, TWNIC held jointly with the Small and Medium

Enterprise Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs,

the speech of “How to Build Internet Brands and then

Capitalize on Internet Marketing.” The speech covered

topics such Internet brand protection, marketing

and e-shop operation, teaching the audience how to

maximize benefits of the far-reaching network of real-time

communications and become successful in the virtual

world by using the right domain names and skills.

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APRICOT 2008 in Taipei

In 2008, APRICOT is going back to Taipei from 20th to

29th February. It is a great honor for Taiwan Network

Information Center (TWNIC) to host APRICOT 2008 in

Taipei again and as the host. TWNIC was pleased that

over 400 colleagues from the region joined us in Taipei

and enjoyed the beauty and energy of Taiwan.

Since 1996, APRICOT has established itself as Asia

Pacific's premier regional Internet Summit where the

community members converge and host their annual

meetings and other special events. The year of 2003

was the first time for TWNIC to hold the event in Taipei.

Over one thousand Internet technicians and experts from

thirty economics have attended the event. During the

conference all the attendees from the region shared their

knowledge on newly developed internet technologies and

enjoyed the hospitality of Taiwanese people.

The event is aimed at technical community, Internet

businesses, and policy makers. Over 600 participants

from 50 economies joined the discussion on the

internet technology development, policy making, and

standards. Participants exchange their experiences on

implementation of IPv6, Network Security, IDN, and

IP management policy. It brought plenty of thought-

provoking discussions to the main themes around which

the agenda is designed.

APRIOCT also bears the mission to provide training

opportunities to potential engineers and future policy

makers. This year, 128 people attended the workshops

focused on Network Management and NOC, VOIP

Deployment, Network Security, ISP Routing, and BGP

Multihoming. For more details, please refer to www.

apricot2008.net .

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With a small icon sticker on your blog, you can air

your support for an activity, express your emotions

and thoughts, or show your identity as a member of a

community. Now, with the “I Want My Own .tw Domain

Name” blog sticker, you can announce to the world that

you have your own .tw domain name now! Download the

blog sticker by copying and pasting the following link in

the URL address bar. Please visit www.mydn.net.tw for

more information.

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In conjunction with APRICOT Taipei, the 2008 Asia Pacific

IPv6 Summit was held on Feb 25th in the Howard Plaza

Hotel in Taipei City. Attended by NIC representatives from

several Asia-Pacific countries, the summit was composed

of two sessions - one for the report presentation of

IPv6 development in each country and the other for

introducing the latest IPv6 application and development.

The discussions in the summit were enthusiastic. With

the worsening problem of IPv4 address exhaustion, IPv6

provides a vital future solution; therefore, each country

is speeding up its development of IPv6 network. For

further information about the 2008 summit, please visit

2008 Asia Pacific IPv6 Summit

2007 Focus Group on Wireless Network Use in Taiwan

www.ap-ipv6tf.org/meetings/summit2008 .

The Asia Pacific IPv6 Summit is a summit intended to

promote IPv6 development in the Asia-Pacific region. It is

organized by the Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force for which

TWNIC has served as its Secretariat for nearly two years.

By holding the annual summit, the Asia Pacific IPv6 Task

Force can invite each country in the Asia-Pacific region to

share the current IPv6 development in each country and

also to introduce the latest IPv6 technology development

and application.

On December 5th, 2007, TWNIC held its 2007 Focus

Group on Wireless Network Use in Taiwan. The focus

group was attended by invited speakers, Liu Yu-Li, a

member of the National Communications Commission,

Teng Tien-Lai, Director General of Department of Posts

and Telecommunications, Ministry of Transportation

and Communications, Cliff Lai, Chief Business Officer

of Taiwan Mobile, and Fu-Kuei Chung, Deputy Director

of Chunghwa Telecom, to share their observations of

the future trends of wireless network application and

development with nearly 100 local ISP representatives and

other attendees. In the focus group, Director General Teng

indicated that the one of the goals of M-Taiwan project

to connect six million households to wireless network

had already bee achieved in October 2007 and, in the

future, the government would continue to promote use of

wireless network and mobile network in order to build a

high-quality network environment in Taiwan. Mr. Lai and

Mr. Chung both indicated that the mobile network would

become a mainstream in the future with cell phones as

the major platform for various network applications. The

focus group received many enthusiastic responses and

feedbacks. For further information, please visit opm.twnic.

net.tw/9th/index.html .

The focus group is part of the survey program on

broadband network use in Taiwan. Opinion leaders from

the industry, governmental organizations and academia

are invited to share their views on broadband development

policy in Taiwan. It hopes to provide helpful references for

the broadband network establishment and policy making

in Taiwan.

Since the second half of 2002, TWNIC has continued to

release two survey reports respectively in January and July

each year, hoping to provide statistical references on the

broadband development in Taiwan for related research.

Starting from 2007, the first survey would remain on the

use of broadband in Taiwan while the second survey

would begin to investigate the use of wireless network in

Taiwan. For further information of the two reports, please

visit www.twnic.net.tw/download/200307/200307index.shtml.

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The 9th TWNIC IP OPM was held on December 5th and 6th. Mr. Cliff Lai, Chief Business Officer of Taiwan Mobile, was

specially invited to give a keynote speech on the new trend of merging telecommunication and network. The speech

received enthusiastic responses from the audience. The meeting also had two discussion sessions, Policy SIG and

TWNOG, respectively about IP address issuance/management policy and network routing. On Dec 6th, the meeting

provided advanced trainings on the latest IPv6 technology.

The 9th TWINC IP OPM

In the 9th meeting, the interactions and responses between the audience

and speakers were intense and enthusiastic, fully demonstrating the

bottom-up and open spirits and transparent policy-making of the TWNIC

IP OPM. The meeting provides a platform for local ISPs to convey their

opinions and suggestions about the current IP policy and management.

Their views will be fully represented by TWNIC in the APNIC meetings to

have an influence on the making of IP address policy in the Asia-Pacific

region and to make some contributions to the global network community.

To provide a platform that can help Taiwan’s Internet industry understand

more about the “Internet IP Address Policy and Policy-making Procedure”

and promote experience exchanges among local ISPs, TWNIC launched its

1st TWNIC IP Open Policy Meeting (OPM) in December 2003. Since then,

the biannual meeting has been widely recognized by the industry and ISPs.

The goal of the meeting is to collect and congregate opinions of local ISPs and follow up or conduct research on issues

discussed in the meeting. The 10th TWNIC IP OPM is scheduled to take place in June 2008. For further information,

please visit opm.twnic.net.tw/10th .

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to Keep Updated with the Latest Network

Technology Development

Held jointly by the ICANN and TWNIC, the ICANN Taipei

Regional Meeting took place on October 19th to 21st

in the Taipei International Convention Center. The two-

and-a-half day meeting mainly discussed issues such as

information security, IDN and IPv6.

In addit ion to Vinton G. Cerf , ICANN Chairman,

Paul Twomey, ICANN President and CEO, and other

ICANN staffs, the meeting was attended by nearly 600

professionals of network technology and management

from seven countries. It was the first regional ICANN

regional meeting, an innovative form for ICANN meetings.

The meeting yielded impressive results. With intensive

speeches and discussions, it provided a valuable

opportunity for network managers and engineers in Taiwan

to directly exchange experiences with and learn from

international experts on the latest development of IDN

and IPv6. The participating ICANN experts also indicated

that, thanks to the experiences and opinions provided by

Taiwan’s professionals and scholars, they had found many

vital issues for further discussions in the coming ICANN

meeting in Los Angeles.

“The ICANN meeting in Taipei is the first regional meeting

ICANN Taipei Regional Meeting

of ICANN. For those who can not physically attend the

meeting, webcasting and video conference services

are specially provided. In addition, the meeting is also

innovative in its production of full minutes of the meeting

proceedings and discussions. With these innovative

practices, the meeting can serve as a reference model

for future ICANN regional meetings. Moreover, in the

Taipei meeting, professionals from Taiwan and Japan

demonstrated results of their in-depth surveys on network

issues in the meeting, which led the participating ICANN

representatives to inspiring ideas and the realization that

the network development in either Taiwan or Japan has

surpassed what they used to know of. This new finding is

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During the Australian IPv6 Summit 2007 from November

19th to 21st this year in Canberra, Australia, the 3rd

AP IPv6 Task Force Meeting was also held along

with the summit on November 19th. TWNIC signed a

memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Internet

Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) in the meeting. This MoU

was signed by TWNIC’s Chairman Dr. Lai Fei-Pei and

ISOC-AU President Tony Hill under the witness of IPv6

Forum Chair Dr. Latif Ladid. (From left to right in the

photo: Dr. Lai Fei-Pei, Dr. Latif Ladid, Mr. Tony Hill)

worthy of further exploration and discussion of ICANN,”

said Liang Ming-Cheng, TWNIC Executive Director.

Through ICANN Regional Meeting, many of the latest

network technologies and ideas were introduced to the IT

industry in Taiwan. According to many of the participating

experts, a large number of IT products of Taiwan are

rather suitable for global networks. Much of the network

innovation and integration, particularly in the development

of IPv6 products, requires assistance from the related

hardware and software industries in Taiwan. Also through

this meeting, experiences of other countries could be

absorbed to provide references for further development

of Taiwan’s network industry and hence better preparation

for the next wave of IT competition worldwide.

TWNIC and ISOC-AU Signed Cooperation Memorandum

Also in the meeting, Vinton G. Cerf and Paul Twomey,

who are both internationally known Internet gurus, were

invited to give the “Face-to-Face with Vinton G. Cerf,

Father of Internet” speech moderated by Liu Chung-Lang

from Academia Sinica. The speech provided the young

generations of Interne users in Taiwan a rare opportunity

to have face-to-face learning and discussion with two

international masters about the next-generation network

development.

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To promote IPv6 applications, TWNIC held the “Exhibition

of IPv6 Applications in Future Life” in the National Taiwan

Science Education Center in January 2008. The exhibition

covers IPv6 use in every aspect of daily life such as food

supply, health care, housing, transportation, education

and entertainment. Before the official opening of the

exhibition, TWNIC had invited aboriginal children living in

the remote areas of Yilan County to come to the exhibition

and experience the convenience and wonder of future life

with IPv6. The future world where, thanks to IPv6, each

one can have Internet access everywhere to everything

is expected to come soon. It is hoped that, through the

interactive games and extracurricular learning activities of

the exhibition, viewers from elementary and high schools

in Taiwan can know more about IPv6 applications and

develop interests in related research in the future.

On Nov. 18th, 2007, one Sunday afternoon of late autumn,

Heng Chun Christian Hospital’s Mobile Clinic Service

Team visited the Damei Community, one of the remote

villages in Pingtung County. The team not only provided

free clinics for the locals, but also brought several

children‘s illustrated books. Happy and excited, each of

the local children concentrated on reading one book after

another. Doctors on the medical service team also made

use of their free time to read some books to the children.

It was truly a heart-warming and mind-enriching Sunday

afternoon for Damei’s children.

Knowing that education is important to children’s future,

TWNIC fully supported Heng Chun Christian Hospital’s

children reading program and donated a large number

of children illustrated books in September 2007. It is

intended to inspire remote area’s children’s interests in

reading and hence enhance their writing and imagination.

By developing the habit of reading and learning, local

children will improve both intellectually and academically,

which will in turn help promote reading in local areas.

TWNIC Invited Aboriginal Children to Experience Future IPv6 Applications

Send Love to Southern Taiwan: Heng Chun Children's Reading Program

The official opening ceremony of the “Exhibition of IPv6

Applications in Future Life” was held on Jan 17th, 2008,

presided over by TWNIC’s Chairman, Dr. Lai Fei-Pei. It

was a great honor that Teng Tien-Lai, Director General of

Department of Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry

of Transportation and Communications, and Liu Chuang-

laung, a research fellow of Academia Sinica, also attended

the ceremony and delivered speeches.

Exhibition Date: January to December, 2008

Exhibition Venue: National Taiwan Science Education

Center (Address: No. 189, Shihshang Road, Taipei City

111, Taiwan)

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According to the January 2008 “Survey Report on Internet

Broadband Usage in Taiwan” released by TWNIC, up to

January 31st, 2008, the population of Internet users in

Taiwan has reached 15.55 million, accounting for 68.03%

of the total population (aged from 0 to 100). Among these

Internet users, 68.51% are 12 years old and above. There

are 12.54 million broadband users, accounting for 63.37%

of Taiwan’s total population.

Internet Using Individuals

Among the individual Internet users, males (70.20%) are

slightly more than females (66.80%). More than 90%

of these users are 12 to 35 years old. Among the areas

in Taiwan, Taipei City has the highest ratio of individual

broadband users (80.23%), followed by Kaohsiung City

(74.63%) and northern Taiwan(66.91%) while eastern

Taiwan (52.36%) has the lowest ratio. These individual

users go on-line mainly for information search (57.48%)

and webpage browsing (46.76%).

Internet Using Households

Among all the households in Taiwan, 5.4 million (72.33%)

are connected to the Internet while 4.96 million (67%)

use broadband and most of them use ADSL connections.

The ratio of Internet using household in each area of

Taiwan all exceeds 56%. Taipei City has the highest ratio

of broadband using households (81.41%), followed by

Kaohsiung City (79.51%) and northern Taiwan (71.22%)

while eastern Taiwan has the lowest ratio (49.10%). In

addition, among the households not using broadband,

only 10.20% indicate willingness to upgrade to broadband

in the coming six months. The Internet using households

in Taiwan mainly use connections through ADSL (82.94%),

cable modem (7.32%) and community network (5.09%).

Wireless Network Users

According to the report, there are currently 4.01 million

citizens (20.27%) in Taiwan using wireless connections,

showing a decrease from past year. Among them, 38.85%

are mostly connected to the wireless network at home

and 31.68% at the office.

Mobile Network Users

According to the report, the mobile network users in

Taiwan account for 5.81% of the total population and

most of them (36.56%) spend less than NT$250 on the

mobile network services each month. In addition, 38.76%

of them are connected to the mobile network through 3G,

35.41% through GPRS and 9.94% through WAP. Among

the mobile network services, information browsing,

ringtone downloading, and information search are the

three most popular services, respectively accounting for

15.53%, 15.52% and 14.71%.

From the findings of the biannual surveys during the past

five years, it can be found that the numbers of Internet

using or broadband using individuals/households as well

as the Internet penetration rate all exhibit a tendency of

stable growth. In addition, there is a digital gap among

citizens of different age groups, incomes and education

backgrounds as well as between citizens in the rural and

remote areas. Generally speaking, elder individuals with

lower incomes or households with lower incomes are

less likely to use Internet or broadband. The numbers of

Internet using individuals and households in townships,

counties and remote areas are significantly lower than

those in urban and non-remote areas.

About the Survey

According to TWNIC, this survey was conducted during

Dec. 1st, 2007 to Jan. 31st. 2008, telephone interviewing

residents aged 12 and above in 23 cities/counties in

Taiwan. The survey collected totally 3213 valid samples,

using the Monthly Demographic Statistics Report released

by Ministry of the Interior, Executive Yuan, in September,

2007 as the matrix data. The method of computer

assisted telephone interviewing was used in the study

with a reliability of 95% and errors of 2%. For further

information, this survey report can be downloaded from

the website of TWNIC ( stat.twnic.net.tw ) .

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According to the results of “2007 Q4 Taiwan Internet

Connection Bandwidth Survey” by TWNIC, up to the end

of December 2007 the total bandwidth of international

connections in Taiwan has reached 186,443 Mbps (see

Figure 1), showing an increase of 5,437 Mbps from

2007 Q3 with an increase rate of 3%. In addition, the

major foreign countries to which Taiwan has Internet

connections remain the same while the domestic and

international connection bandwidths both show a stable

growth.

Connected Countries and Regions

Up to the end of December 2007, among the 19 countries

to which Taiwan is Internet connected, the US has the

largest connection bandwidth with Taiwan (77,216 Mbps),

followed by Japan (43,841 Mbps), Hong Kong (34,997

Mbps), China (17,559 Mbps), the Netherlands (5,599

Mbps), Singapore (2,147 Mbps), the UK (2,100 Mbps) and

other countries (see Table 1).

Domestic and International Connection Bandwidth

The international connection bandwidth of HiNet,

TWGATE and TFN respectively reaches 49,811 Mbps,

14,323 Mbps and 2,465Mbps. They are the top three ISPs

with the largest international connection bandwidths in

Taiwan.

In the domestic connections among the ISPs in Taiwan,

TANet, HiNet, EBIX, TFN, Giga, TWAREN, Seednet, TWIX,

APOL, and ASNet each has a bandwidth of more than 30

Gbps.

The survey was conducted by sending e-mails to the

contact persons of the 86 ISPs registered in TWNIC’s

“Connection Bandwidth Registration and Search System”

and requesting them to register their connection data in

the system during the survey period. The survey started

on December 15th, 2007 and ended on December 31st,

2007. Totally 58 ISPs updated their connection bandwidth

data, accounting for about 67% of the surveyed ISPs.

(The rest 28 ISPs just used the data of last quarter for

there was no change in their data.) To ensure accuracy of

the connection bandwidth data, the system is equipped

with a double-checking mechanism. When the data of any

two ISPs did not correspond to their actual connection or

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Connection Bandwidth Survey

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one of them failed to register its data, the system would

automatically e-mail the conflicting part of connection

data to the contact persons of both ISPs and request for

confirmation. Therefore, the connection bandwidth data

in the survey were all confirmed accurate by the providing

ISPs.

For more detailed information about the survey findings,

please visit the “Connection Bandwidth Registration and

Search System” at http://map.twnic.net.tw and follow the

below instructions:

1. For Connection Bandwidth Data of this Quarter

Please click on the “Connection Bandwidth Statistics

Report,” select domestic or international connection

bandwidth and the time period (January 2008), and then

press “Submit” to view the connection bandwidth data of

this quarter.

2. For Flash Figure of Connection Bandwidth

Please cl ick on the “Flash Figure of Connection

Bandwidth,” select the time period (January 2008) and

press “Submit” to view the flash figure.

3. For Surveyed ISP Information

Please click on “Surveyed ISP Information,” select the

category and company name of the desired ISP and press

“Go” to view detailed information about the ISP.

Statistics of Taiwan’s International Connection Bandwidth (Unit: Mbps)

No. Connected Countries Mar-07 Jun-07 Sep-07 Dec-07 Ratio

Growth Rate from Last Quarter

1 US 69106 75061 75216 77216 41.42% 2.66%

2 Japan 37508 44707 43219 43841 23.51% 1.44%

3 Hong Kong 30298 30409 33653 34997 18.77% 3.99%

4 China 12427 15071 17559 17559 9.42% 0.00%

5 Netherlands 5599 5599 5599 5599 3.00% 0.00%

6 Singapore 1406 1625 2036 2147 1.15% 5.44%

7 Korea 1455 1455 1455 1610 0.86% 10.69%

8 UK 1100 1100 1100 2100 1.13% 90.91%

9 Malaysia 356 356 356 511 0.27% 43.71%

10 Macau 45 356 356 356 0.19% 0.00%

11 Philippines 4 160 160 164 0.09% 2.57%

12 Germany 89 89 89 89 0.05% 0.00%

13 Thailand 89 89 89 89 0.05% 0.00%

14 Australia 49 47 47 47 0.03% 0.00%

15 India 45 45 45 45 0.02% 0.00%

16 New Zealand 0 0 0 45 0.02% NEW

17 Vietnam 10 10 10 10 0.01% 0.00%

18 Saudi Arab 10 10 10 10 0.01% 0.00%

19 Indonesia 4 6 6 6 0.00% 0.00%

Total 159601 176195 181006 186443 100.00% 3.00%

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Taiwan’s Internet industry, global network, and WiMax.

The yearbook also included information of the current

development and connection bandwidth of each ISP in

Taiwan.

The first Taiwan ISP Yearbook published in 2002. This

year marks the sixth year for TWNIC to continue with

the publication. The yearbook is intended to help people

in Taiwan to know more about the overall development

of the ISP industry in Taiwan and future trends of each

network technologies.

With the assistance and support

of many, TWNIC’s 2007 Taiwan

ISP Yearbook was published in

March this year. The publication

of this yearbook provides a high-

quality source of information for

those who are interested in knowing

more about the development of

the ISP industry in Taiwan. In the 2007 edition, special

features were added such as in-depth introductions

and analyses by experts about the current conditions of

The 2007 Taiwan ISP Yearbook

TWNIC’s Training Courses in 2008

To enhance understanding and awareness of network

security among Internet users in Taiwan and also to

cultivate future talents of network security technology

and serve the network community in Taiwan, TWNIC

has planned to provide trainings courses in 2008 more

tailor-made to the market needs and future technology

trends. The courses will be held from March to the end of

September in Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Hualian.

The two major themes of TWNIC's 2008 training courses

are “DNS Security” and “Network Security Management.”

The courses wil l cover topics such as basic and

advanced DNS security management, wireless network

security, basic information security management and risk

evaluation, web security management, malicious program

forensics and analysis, anti-spam, sniffer, and business

continuality management.

TWNIC will also work with National Hualian University of

Education to promote the concept of network security in

remote areas of Taiwan and hence enhance the overall

network security island-wide. Each of the training courses

in Hualian will accommodate 50 participants as opposed

to 30 in each of the courses in other regions of Taiwan.

It is hoped that the courses with a larger number of

participants will better help promote the awareness of

network security in remote areas and consequentially

strengthen the overall network security in Taiwan.

To promote IPv6 applications, elevate IPv6 technology

development and cult ivate future talents of IPv6

technology, TWNIC will hold series of IPv6 training

courses in 2008, in the hope of enhancing understanding

about IPv6 technology among people in Taiwan and

introducing IPv6 applications when suitable in the future.

The training courses were conducted in the form of

lecturing along with hand-on practices by participants.

The courses also introduced the latest IPv6 network

environment development technology and information,

helpful for boosting knowledge and know-how of IPv6

technology and network environment deployment among

people in Taiwan.

For further information about TWNIC's training courses,

please visit TWNIC's website.

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