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Other Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Miscellaneous Assets [Abstract]  
Other Assets

20.

OTHER ASSETS

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

 

NT$

 

 

NT$

 

 

 

(In Millions)

 

Spare parts

 

$

2,422

 

 

$

2,336

 

Refundable deposits

 

 

1,992

 

 

 

1,879

 

Other financial assets

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

1,000

 

Deposit for mobile broadband license bidding

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

Others

 

 

2,342

 

 

 

2,316

 

 

 

$

7,756

 

 

$

8,531

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spare parts

 

$

2,422

 

 

$

2,336

 

Others

 

 

154

 

 

 

94

 

 

 

$

2,576

 

 

$

2,430

 

Noncurrent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refundable deposits

 

$

1,992

 

 

$

1,879

 

Other financial assets

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

1,000

 

Deposit for mobile broadband license bidding

 

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

Others

 

 

2,188

 

 

 

2,222

 

 

 

$

5,180

 

 

$

6,101

 

For long-term business development, Chunghwa participated in the first phase of 5G mobile broadband license bidding hosted by NCC and paid the deposit for 5G spectrum bidding amounting to $1,000 million in October 2019. Chunghwa obtained 90MHz in the 3.5GHz spectrum and 600MHz in the 28GHz spectrum for bid amounting to $46,293 million in January 2020. In addition, Chunghwa participated in the second phase of the aforementioned license bidding for location in February 2020 for the bid of $2,080 million. Therefore, the total bid amounted to $48,373 million.

 

Other financial assets - noncurrent was Piping Fund.  As part of the government’s effort to upgrade the existing telecommunications infrastructure, Chunghwa and other public utility companies were required by the ROC government to contribute to a Piping Fund administered by the Taipei City Government.  This fund was used to finance various telecommunications infrastructure projects.  Net assets of this fund will be returned proportionately after the project is completed.

 

Chunghwa evaluated that certain other assets will not be used in the future and there was no active market for sale; therefore, the Company determined that the recoverable amount of such assets was nil and recognized impairment losses of $44 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.  The aforementioned impairment loss was included in other income and expenses in the statements of comprehensive income.