Taipei – The total output of Taiwan’s WiMAX production value is estimated to reach NT$30 billion (US$987 million) by 2015 through the combined efforts of the government and the private telecommunications sector, according to vice minister of economic affairs Shih Yen-shiang said yesterday. Addressing the WiMAX Expo opening ceremony at the Taipei World Trade Center, Shih said the exhibition would showcase the nation’s most advanced WiMAX technologies, which provide wireless data over long distances. Shih said the Ministry of Economic Affairs predicts the global WiMAX market will surpass NT$304 billion (US$10 billion) by 2010. Wang Jen-tang, chairman of the Taipei Computer Association, which is one of the WiMAX show’s organizers, said the government has invested more than NT$20 billion (US$658 million) in infrastructure development and application modeling based on the WiMAX technology. “In addition, since last July, six local telecommunication operators have acquired WiMAX frequencies and will be ready to open business at the end of this year,” Wang said. “This wireless broadband service will allow users to download or upload at a speed of 3MB/sec,” he said.