Talk:Taiwan/@comment-92.204.45.112-20180116222215/@comment-24682153-20180117040454

You are right. But for me it's not completely clear, if all 3G services are going to be terminated in the country. If the do, Taiwan will be the 1st country in the world in 2019 on 4G-only.

Taiwan Times reports: The 3G licenses expire on 31 December, meaning that the service will legally terminate next year. But the spokesperson of the regulator NCC also said:  “Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile, Far EasTone and Taiwan Star last year all retained ownership of their respective frequency blocks in the 2100 MHz band during the third frequency auction for 4G service. They can use part of the 4G frequencies to serve their 3G users, depending on their demands for voice communications and their numbers of 3G users”.

So for me it's still unclear, if there will be 3G services beyond 2018. Not all devices can handle VoLTE for instance. So for many voice users, there will be problems - less for data users.