Asia Pacific Telecom has attained 1.6 million 4G mobile communication subscribers, exceeding the target of 1.4 million ones for the end of 2016, according to president Tim Chen.
Asia Pacific Telecom has completed the establishment of 4,600 4G base stations on a 700MHz frequency band unit and is setting up 4,600 additional ones on a 900MHz band unit with completion scheduled for January 2017. In addition to 4G mobile access to the Internet, these base stations are for providing VoLTE (voice over LTE) services. In addition to 4G base stations, Asia Pacific Telecom plans to adopt Small Cell devices to enhance performance of 4G infrastructure in 2017. Asia Pacific Telecom expects its own 4G networks, use of Taiwan Mobile's networks on lease and Wi-Fi networks together to cover 98% of population in Taiwan.
Asia Pacific Telecom on December 12 launched a fixed monthly charge rate of NT$999 (US$31.4) for unlimited use of mobile access to the Internet plus unlimited intra-network and inter-network voice communications including calls to fixed-line telephone numbers, with the end of January 2017 as a deadline for application.