1895: Construction and Destruction due to War
In 1895, Taiwan was ceded to Japan. After the Japanese came to Taiwan, they began to extend the telecommunications structure laid by Liu, Ming Chuang. They started to lay the submarine cables and extend the usage of local telephones. There was also great improvement in radio transmission. The long-distance telephone network was built up. During that time, the telephone and the post office business were in the same office; post offices had been built around the island. Taipei was the only exception with the Directorate of Telecommunications and Telephone Bureau because of its busy business.
Towards the end of the Japanese Occupation （1942）, there were 99 sound-telegraph cables, 16 overseas telegraph cables （Japan, China, Southeast Asia）, and 6 submarine cables. There were more than 25,000 telephone subscribers. Automatic telephones were installed in Taipei, Kaohsiung and Chiayi, while magnetic manual telephones were installed in 127 towns. This great infrastructure, however, was much destroyed during WWII.