Communications in Hong Kong

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Contents 1 Telephone 2 Radio 3 Television 4 Internet 5 See also

[edit] Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.820 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 8.076 million (Nov 2004)

Telephone system: modern facilities provide excellent domestic and international services
domestic: microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic network
international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); coaxial cable to Guangzhou, China; access to 5 international submarine cables providing connections to ASEAN member nations, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Middle East, and Western Europe

• Major fixed-line operators: Pacific Century Cyber Works

• Major cellular operators: 3, SmarTone-Vodafone, Sunday, Peoples, New World, CSL

• 3G Licensees: 3 (owned by Hutchison), CSL, SmarTone, Sunday (service provide by PCCW Mobile)

The telecommunication industry was deregulated in 1995. Competition in this sector is fierce. You can get 10 Mbit/s up and down unlimited VDSL, telephone line rental, unlimited local calls, and 100 minutes of international calls for US$25/month. Telephone line rental and unlimited local calls is only US$3/month.

[edit] Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios: 4.45 million (1997)

[edit] Television

Television broadcast stations: 4 (plus two repeaters) (1997)

Televisions: 3.29 million (2000)

• Phoenix TV

[edit] Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 188 (Dec 2004)

• Dial-up access accounts: 1.007 million (Nov 2004)
• Broadband Internet access accounts: 1.472 million (Nov 2004)

Country code (Top-level domain): .hk

See also: Broadband Internet access worldwide#Hong Kong'''''''

[edit] See also

• Media in Hong Kong
• Newspapers of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong
• Communications in China
• List of Chinese language television channels
• Telecommunications industry in Hong Kong