Multi-Orbit Deployment Covering LEO, MEO and GEO
Chunghwa Telecom is deploying multi-orbit satellite communications services, integrating satellite resources from OneWeb, SES, Viasat, Astranis and ST-2 to provide satellite services covering low, medium and high orbits. Chairman Chien Chih-cheng said the company will continue to leverage its technological leadership, deepen strategic cooperation with international satellite operators, and accelerate the integration of satellite communications and mobile communications to strengthen the resilience of critical national communications and safeguard Taiwan's digital security.
Space Exhibition Focuses on Communications Resilience
The 2026 Taiwan Space International Conference and Space Industry Expo was held this year at the Greater Tainan Convention and Exhibition Center, with Chunghwa Telecom featuring communications resilience as its main展示 theme, showcasing multi-orbit satellite communications services, a smart network management system, backpack-type 5G private network and other application results, providing government agencies and enterprise customers with diverse, reliable and flexible communications solutions.
Chunghwa Telecom has long focused on high-orbit GEO satellite services, using the ST-2 satellite to provide broadcast transmission and communications backbone backup, and has introduced SES O3b mPOWER medium-orbit MEO satellite services and partnered with low-orbit LEO operator Eutelsat OneWeb, with wide applications in terrestrial, maritime, aviation, disaster response and rural and remote island scenarios to meet the diverse communications needs of government and enterprise customers. The company successively obtained commercial licenses for OneWeb LEO and SES O3b mPOWER MEO satellites in 2025, and introduced the Astranis MicroGEO high-orbit satellite solution, planning to build Taiwan's first dedicated satellite, expected to enter operation in the second half of 2027, further enhancing service capacity.
Smart Network Management Improves Resource Efficiency
Independently developed by the Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories, the multi-orbit satellite smart network management system integrates multi-orbit satellite communications network and equipment management functions, featuring core technologies such as automatic satellite link switching, real-time traffic monitoring and intelligent bandwidth allocation. It can monitor satellite terminal status, network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time, flexibly adjust satellite links and bandwidth resources, enhance communications stability and service reliability, and reduce the risk of communications interruption.
Backpack Private Network Combined with Sea-Land-Sky Strategy
For disaster response, emergency rescue and temporary site needs, Chunghwa Telecom demonstrated a backpack-type 5G private network that integrates the 5G core network, base stations and application services into a lightweight backpack, featuring portability, rapid deployment and flexible networking. It can be carried by a single person deep into areas inaccessible to vehicles to quickly establish an on-site 5G private network. Combined with multi-orbit satellite communications services, backup connectivity can still be provided via satellite even when fixed or mobile networks are interrupted, supporting real-time communications, voice and video information transmission for disaster relief, security, inspection and large-scale events.
Facing communications security challenges from extreme climate threats and geopolitics, Chunghwa Telecom is promoting a sea-land-sky three-dimensional protection strategy, integrating submarine cables, terrestrial networks and multi-orbit satellite communications resources to build a cross-layer collaborative non-stop network architecture. When submarine cables or terrestrial networks are damaged, backup connectivity is provided through satellite communications, strengthening response effectiveness and business continuity.