For Chunghwa, which is earnestly striving to rebuild its image, the shortage of mobile phone numbers is a serious embarrassment. "Scalping" and stealing (through duplication) of mobile phone numbers are rampant. It has gotten to the point where telecom companies from Singapore and Hong Kong are coming in to supply the services Chunghwa is clearly unable to provide.
大哥大缺門號，對力圖塑造新形象的中華電信來說，的確是個致命傷，除了黃牛機、盜拷機滿天飛外，最近連新加坡、香港等地的電信公司都跨海來台兜攬生意。