National Development Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin says that Taiwan’s government and Taiwanese telecom firms are gearing up for the age of 5G technology.
Kung was speaking Wednesday during a tech summit focused on 5G. He said that experiments with 5G technology have begun in areas such as smart transport and autonomous vehicles, smart factories and automated manufacturing, remote healthcare and precision surgery, and remote education.
Kung said that the 4G era has been dominated by a few large companies, but that the age of 5G represents an opportunity to break from this state of affairs.
Kung said that Taiwan’s government has also been preparing for the introduction of 5G. He said that last year, the Cabinet approved a 5G plan that calls for setting aside NT$20.4 billion (US$693 million) for purposes such as training workers, developing technology, and spectrum planning. He said that the economics ministry is now preparing to work with companies on building a 5G framework.