Chunghwa Telecom said that the bandwidth demand of Taiwan-to-Europe and Taiwan-to-U.S will double in the next three years. Chunghwa Telecom is beginning to invest in the construction of new submarine cable, work with Singapore Telecom, Korea Telecom and other well-known carriers to build submarine cable in East Asia, is expected to be completed next year, the total investment is estimated $ 140 million.

Chunghwa Telecom International Branch Manager Leng Tai-Fen said that Chunghwa Telecom will be gradually completed submarine cables in the next three years, including the East Asia submarine cable (APG) in first half of next year, the 5th European submarine (SMW5) the second quarter of the year, and the new cross-Pacific submarine cable (NCP) is expected to be completed in 2016.