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Taiwan as a Base for the
2 Development of 5G Business Models
and Innovative Applications

Due to the rapid development of mobile communications technologies
worldwide, 5G services will become a key point in observing the global
communications industry's development in 2020. Even as other countries around
the world launching their own 5G development efforts, Taiwan already plays an
important global role thanks to its edge in the development of key IC, modules,
and terminal products. Taiwanese companies will have an opportunity to connect
central office and terminal end, then gradually complete the industrial value
chain as they integrate 5G, cloud computing, IoT, and AI technologies, thereby
becoming system solution suppliers.

In addition, local telecom operators are all actively building their own 5G
testing regions to develop a new business model for 5G. The availability of open
networks and communications infrastructure will hopefully encourage vendors
to experiment with different solutions. Chunghwa Telecom for example has
partnered with KingwayTek to transform Hutoushan Innovation Hub into a 5G pilot
trial site for the development of varied application scenarios. Taiwan Mobile has
built a team of 6 local start-up to enable 8 5G application services and scenarios
for baseball including 3D instant replay, AR virtual opening pitch display, and 4K
mul-angle live streams. Technology is used to provide people watching baseball
in the stadium or online with brand new services. The intelligent baseball field
will show people what "real" 5G applications can do. Foreign companies can
collaborate with Taiwanese companies on the development of 5G application
services. The integration of AI, IoT, and AR/VR technologies in particular should
lead to the development of further business opportunities in vertical applications.

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