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Investments Accounted for Using Equity Method (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Disclosure Of Significant Investments In Associates And Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Investments in Associates | Investments in associates were as follows:
|  | Carrying Amount |
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |
Material associate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Next Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (preparatory office) (“NCB”) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,074 |
Associates that are not individually material |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Listed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senao Networks, Inc. (“SNI”) |  |  | 768 |  |  |  | 803 |
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 217 |
Non-listed |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte. Ltd. (“STS”) |  |  | 496 |  |  |  | 501 |
International Integrated System, Inc. (“IISI”) |  |  | 306 |  |  |  | 335 |
Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd. (“Viettel-CHT”) |  |  | 286 |  |  |  | 317 |
Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd. (“TISE”) |  |  | 213 |  |  |  | 268 |
Chunghwa PChome Fund I Co., Ltd. (“CPFI”) |  |  | 199 |  |  |  | 194 |
So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited (“So-net”) |  |  | 120 |  |  |  | 186 |
KKBOX Taiwan Co., Ltd. (“KKBOXTW”, previously known as Skysoft Co., Ltd.) |  |  | 147 |  |  |  | 151 |
Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation (“TIPL”) |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | 51 |
Click Force Co., Ltd. (“CF”) |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 37 |
UUPON Inc. (“UUPON”, previously known as Dian Zuan Integrating Marketing Co., Ltd.) |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | (3 | )
Cornerstone Ventures Co., Ltd. (“CVC”) |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 5 |
Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd. (“ADT”) |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 3 |
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”) |  |  | 97 |  |  |  | — |
MeWorks Limited (HK) (“MeWorks”) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 2,732 |  |  | $ | 7,139 |
The percentages of ownership and voting rights in associates held by the Company as of balance sheet dates were as follows:
|  | % of Ownership and Voting Rights |
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
Material associate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Next Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (preparatory office) (“NCB”) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 42 |
Associates that are not individually material |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Senao Networks, Inc. (“SNI”) |  |  | 34 |  |  |  | 34 |
KingwayTek Technology Co., Ltd. (“KWT”) |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 23 |
ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte., Ltd. (“STS”) |  |  | 38 |  |  |  | 38 |
International Integrated System, Inc. (“IISI”) |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | 31 |
Viettel-CHT Co., Ltd. (“Viettel-CHT”) |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 30 |
Taiwan International Standard Electronics Co., Ltd. (“TISE”) |  |  | 40 |  |  |  | 40 |
Chunghwa PChome Fund I Co., Ltd. (“CPFI”) |  |  | 50 |  |  |  | 50 |
So-net Entertainment Taiwan Limited (“So-net”) |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 30 |
KKBOX Taiwan Co., Ltd. (“KKBOXTW”) |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 30 |
Taiwan International Ports Logistics Corporation (“TIPL”) |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 27 |
Click Force Co., Ltd. (“CF”) |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 49 |
UUPON Inc. (“UUPON”) |  |  | 22 |  |  |  | 22 |
Cornerstone Ventures Co., Ltd. (“CVC”) |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 49 |
Alliance Digital Tech Co., Ltd. (“ADT”) |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 14 |
MeWorks Limited (HK) (“MeWorks”) |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 20 |
Summarized financial information of NCB (preparatory office) is set out below:
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2019 |
|  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |
Current assets |  | $ | 10,000 |
Noncurrent assets |  |  | 452 |
Current liabilities |  |  | (291 | )
Noncurrent liabilities |  |  | (437 | )
Equity |  | $ | 9,724 |
The percentage of ownership held by the Company |  | 41.9% |
Equity attributable to the Company and carrying amount of investment |  | $ | 4,074 |
|  | Period from the Beginning Date of Preparation to December 31, 2019 |
|  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |
Revenues |  | $ | — |
Net loss for the period |  | $ | (276 | )
Other comprehensive income |  |  | — |
Total comprehensive loss for the year |  | $ | (276 | )
Summarized financial information of associates that are not individually material to the Company was as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31 |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  |  |  |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  |  |  |
The Company’s share of profits |  | $ | 420 |  |  | $ | 509 |  |  | $ | 575 |
The Company’s share of other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (3 | )
The Company’s share of total comprehensive income |  | $ | 416 |  |  | $ | 514 |  |  | $ | 572 |
The Level 1 fair values based on the closing market prices of SNI and KWT as of the balance sheet dates were as follows:
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  | (In Millions) |
SNI |  | $ | 1,447 |  |  | $ | 2,014 |
KWT |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 873 |
Investments in Joint Ventures | Summarized financial information of joint ventures that were not material to the Company was as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31 |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |
|  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |  |  | NT$ |
|  |  |  |  |  | (In Millions) |  |  |  |  |
The Company’s share of loss |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
The Company’s share of other comprehensive income |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
The Company’s share of total comprehensive loss |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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