Chunghwa Telecom Multimedia-on-Demand subscribers down 26k in 2Q09

TAIPEI, Taiwan, R.O.C. — Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd (TAIEX: 2412, NYSE: CHT) (“Chunghwa” or “the Company”), today reported its operating results for the first six months of 2009.

As of the end of the second quarter of 2009, Chunghwa had 660,000 Multimedia-On-Demand (MOD) subscribers, equivalent to a 29.7% year-over-year increase, though down 25,676 on end-March 2009.

MOD/IPTV subscribers:

 Dec 05   Dec 06   Dec 07   Mar 08   Jun 08   Sep 08   Dec 08   Mar 09   Jun 09
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109,946  282,150  394,439  435,420  508,302  590,729  676,029  686,097  660,421

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