U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr visited the National Communications Commission (NCC) and Ministry of Digital Affairs as part of his two-day official visit to Taiwan, the agencies said Thursday.
Carr, the first FCC commissioner to travel to Taiwan in an official capacity, visited the NCC on Wednesday and held meetings with the agency’s Chairman Chen Yaw-shyang (陳耀祥) and Commissioner Chen Chung-shu (陳崇樹).
In a statement issued by the NCC on Thursday, Chen said that with the rapid development of telecom technology and the ICT industry, regulatory agencies face a number of common problems.
The NCC, therefore, hoped to use Carr’s visit to draw on the FCC’s experience in setting telecom policies and laws in a way that is consistent with democratic values, Chen said.
Carr, meanwhile, said the sides exchanged views on topics including network security, radio spectrum management, communications satellites, and information management, and expressed hope that the two agencies would deepen their cooperation in the future, according to the statement.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, Carr was joined by American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra Oudkirk on a visit to Taiwan’s newly-established Ministry of Digital Affairs, where they met with Digital Affairs Minister Audrey Tang (唐鳳).
During the meeting, Tang explained some of the various steps her agency had taken to address external threats to Taiwan’s information security, while sharing ideas with Carr on topics such as digital resilience and information and supply chain security, the ministry said in a press release.
The FCC is an independent U.S. federal agency overseen by Congress, which regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. It is typically led by a group of five commissioners, but one seat is currently vacant.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel