180,000,000 170,000,000 160,000,000 150,000,000 179,148,543 182,562,682 183,381,851 184,386,978 186,328,955 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 4 5 4.55 4.67 4.47 4.21 4.56 (Thousand of NTD) (NTD) Before July 1996, Chunghwa Telecom was a stateowned enterprise under authority of the Directorate General of Telecommunications (DGT), Ministry of Transportation and Communications.