Taiwan is conducting its first-ever mobile network throttling exercise to prepare its population for potential disruptions. The exercise, affecting approximately 17 million people, simulates severe network congestion by reducing 4G and 5G bandwidth for 30 minutes. While voice calls and emergency broadcasts will remain functional, data-dependent services like streaming, mobile payments, and online banking may become temporarily unavailable, drawing criticism from some users who experienced significant slowdowns. AI
IMPACT Simulated network disruptions could impact AI-dependent services reliant on mobile data connectivity.
RANK_REASON Government-led exercise simulating infrastructure disruption. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]
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