"4G Telecom Operator and Game Industry Exchange Meeting" Pushes for the Development of Digital Content and 4G Mobile Value-Added Services

In response to the rapid spread of 4G mobile broadband networks and smart mobile devices, and to encourage cross-industry cooperation between our country's game developers and telecom operators in developing Taiwan-made mobile broadband online games, the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs held the "4G Telecom Operator and Game Industry Exchange Meeting" on the afternoon of August 19, with the aim of facilitating cooperation between our country's telecom operators and game industry players to promote the development of digital content and 4G mobile broadband value-added services.

This 4G telecom and game industry exchange meeting was chaired by Wu Ming-chi, Director-General of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and invited major telecom operators such as Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile, Far EasTone Telecommunications, and Asia Pacific Telecom, as well as Taiwan's major self-developed game companies including Soft-World International, Softstar Entertainment, International Games System, XPEC Entertainment, Wayi International, X-Legend Entertainment, UserJoy Technology, Lager Network Technologies, and InterServ International, to participate jointly. During the meeting, important industry development issues such as cross-industry cooperation, the establishment of a common platform, technical R&D subsidies, and marketing and promotion cooperation were discussed.

Wu Ming-chi, Director-General of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, stated that our country's mobile game consumer market ranks as the fourth largest in the world and is a key market for global mobile games, and that how to raise the self-development rate of our country's game products in the future will be a key focus of future industry development. To promote the R&D of our country's self-developed game products, the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs has drafted the "4G Mobile Game Development Plan," which will in the future, through technical R&D subsidies, encourage our country's game industry players to develop highly interactive online games for the 4G mobile broadband network environment and strengthen cooperation with telecom operators in areas such as payment systems, technical platforms, and marketing and promotion; it will also encourage our country's large game companies to strengthen cooperation with small and medium-sized game development teams, building a team-based cooperative development model in which large companies lead small ones, to jointly develop our country's 4G mobile broadband online games and encourage the development of diverse and innovative mobile value-added services.