Taiwan to slow mobile data during national resilience drills
The speed of 5G and 4G networks across much of Taiwan will be temporarily reduced to 1 percent of capacity as the island holds annual civilian and military exercises.
Taiwan will slow mobile internet services across much of the island during next month's nationwide civil defense exercises to test how people would communicate if networks were disrupted during a war or major disaster.
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) said Monday that mobile data services would be throttled for half an hour in 14 cities and counties in northern and central Taiwan during the Urban Resilience Exercises, held alongside the annual Han Kuang military drills in mid-August.
The exercise will reduce 4G and 5G mobile data speeds to about 1% of their normal capacity, local media reported, citing government planning documents. Video streaming, video calls, social media and large file transfers are expected to become largely unusable. Voice calls, text messages, emergency alerts and calls to emergency services will continue to function.
Source: https://therecord.media/taiwan-mobile-5g-speed-reductions-han-kuang
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