3G transmission speeds are roughly in the middle between GPRS and WiFi. In 2002, when WiFi was still not prevalent, and Taiwan had its first bids for 3G licenses, it resulted in frenzied competition and five licenses were sold for more than NT $ 40 billion.
3G 的傳輸功能大約介於 GPRS 和 WI FI 無線區域網路之間，2002 年，WI FI 尚未普及時，台灣首度發出的 3G 執照引起競標，5 張執照共賣了 400 多億台幣。