In just one year, market penetration in Taiwan rose to the kind of level seen in other nations only after two or three years. Statistics released by Directorate General of Telecommunications in January show that as of the end of 1998, there were more than 4.7 million cell phones in Taiwan, compared to 4.2 million pagers.
其他國家兩、三年才達到的普及率，台灣一年就達到了，根據電信總局在民國八十八年一月份所發表的統計資料顯示，截至八十七年底台灣的行動電話數量是四百七十多萬戶，已超過呼叫器的四百二十餘萬戶。