Chunghwa Telecom has set out its stall to cover 60% of the population in six metropolitan areas within the first year of it offering 4G services, with that figure rising to 90% in all counties in the second year, and 90% in all rural areas in the third.

The Digitimes notes that Chunghwa has said it will need to deploy 3,000 BTS to achieve its initial goal, while it expects to have constructed more than 10,000 BTS nationwide once the LTE network rollout is complete. As previously reported by CommsUpdate, earlier this month Chunghwa outlined plans to spend up to TWD40 billion (USD1.4 billion) on deploying more than 7,000 LTE-enabled base stations to cover at least 96% of the population over the next five years.