Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. provided earnings guidance for 2013. For 2013, total revenue is expected to decrease by TWD 2.46 billion, or 1.1%, to TWD 217.82 billion compared to the unaudited consolidated revenue for 2012 and income from operations is expected to decrease to TWD 45.11 billion by TWD 3.95 billion. Income before income taxes is expected to be TWD 46.15 billion; comprehensive income attributable to owners of the parent TWD 37.59 billion, representing decreases of TWD 2.9 billion and TWD 2.48 billion respectively and EBITDA is expected to decrease to TWD 78.22 billion by TWD 3.32 billion.

Earnings per share are expected to decrease to TWD 4.85, mainly due to lower income from operations. Capex for 2013 is budgeted to increase by TWD 3.89 billion from 2012, to TWD 37.15 billion, primarily related to the fiber broadband, mobile network, and cloud infrastructure build-outs.