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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu In September 2019 a landmark appeal court decision found an online information service provider liable for consequential damages of data theft. In April 2017 subscribers and users of one of Taiwan’s most popular box office websites, EZding, reported numerous data theft incidents. EZding rejected the complaints about its security management, …

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Further to the Unmanned Vehicles Technology Innovation Experimentation Act, which entered into force on 1 June 2019, a new regulation for drone use under the latest amendment to the Civil Aviation Act will take effect on 31 March 2020. Under the new act, drone operators in Taiwan will need to register with and pass an …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu The new Telecommunications Act will enter into force in June 2022. Among other things, the new act replaces the conventional Type I and II telecom licence categories (ie, facility-based and service-based operators, respectively) which were adopted in 1996 with a more liberal approach. Therefore, telecoms service providers will no longer …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu In June 2019 the National Communications Commission (NCC) published the final draft of its 5G spectrum auction rules. As part of the upcoming 5G spectrum auction, the NCC aims to publish an amendment to the existing Regulations for Administration of Mobile Broadband Businesses by the end of August 2019 and …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu Following US President Donald Trump’s recent signing of an executive order to blacklist Huawei, a number of major US tech companies – including Google, Qualcomm and Intel – have ceased business with the Chinese smartphone manufacturer. The ban has generated a significant response from Huawei smartphone users, mobile operators and …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu Despite the fact that Taiwan’s broadband market is flooded with over-the-top (OTT) media services, the National Communications Commission (NCC) has yet to regulate OTT service providers. However, on 1 May 2019 the government issued a presidential order to amend the Copyright Act and outlaw malicious online infringement. The amended Article …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu Introduction Taiwan has one of the most developed telecoms sectors in Asia, with significant strengths in cable TV and broadband services. Mainstream commercial terrestrial TV and radio services were common between the 1960s and 1990s. However, political liberalisation in the early 1990s, accompanied by a wide distribution of cable TV …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu Chinese telecoms manufacturer Huawei is under additional scrutiny following concerns that its close ties with the Chinese government present national security threats to Taiwan, the United States, Europe and allied countries. Further to the ban on Huawei’s investment in Taiwan and the procurement of Huawei products for use in telecoms …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu Globalaw attorney’s Gerard Endedijk, partner at Rutgers & Posch and Arthur Shay, senior partner at Shay & Partners were recently quoted in a Raconteur publication titled How AI and analytics made the billable hour redundant. Gerard Endedijk, partner at Rutgers & Posch, Globalaw, agrees. “The traditional hourly-rate system is losing importance and alternatives, such as fixed …

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Artist : Mr. Chau-yih Yu By the end of December 2018, the National Communications Commission (NCC) will expand the 5G regulatory sandbox in order to: • inspire experimental 5G applications; and • prepare Taiwan for the upcoming release of 5G spectrum for commercial use in 2020. The NCC confirmed that the 3.4GHz to 3.6GHz and …

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