Howard S.H. Shyr () is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Chairperson of the National Communications Commission (NCC) of the

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from 2012 to 2016.

Education

Shyr obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Taiwan University in 1988 and 1992, respectively. He then obtained his doctoral degree from

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NCC Ministry

Telecoms carrier user complaints

At the end of May 2013, speaking at the

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, Shyr said that the NCC would release ranked lists of

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companies based on their level of customer complaints in the first quarter of 2013. This decision was made to encourage the telecommunication companies to improve their service.

References

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