Articles tagged with: Ofta

Hong Kong planning to close CDMA networks

Hong Kong is proposing to issue a new licence from the vacated spectrum of the two existing mobile services licences offering CDMA and TDMA services, when the licences expire in November 2005 and July 2005 respectively. This was recommended in the second consultation paper issued by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (ofta) on the licensing of mobile services on expiry of the existing 2G licences. more

Hong Kong wavers 3G license fee payment

Hong Kong's Telecommunications Authority (TA) has decided to waive the submission of performance bonds due in October 2003 from the four 3G license holders. The bonds are in respect of the sixth and seventh licence year. more

The World mobile phone throwing championship is back

..le phones are provided by Fennolingua, will come with original batteries, and will be tested by Softatest.You can register either in Freestyle or Original (the traditional over the shoulder -style). Alternatively, you can register as a team (max. thr more

..eme will enable consumers to make informed decision on the choice of mobile phones," said the spokesperson of OFTA.Currently, there are two commonly adopted S.A.R. limits, one recommended by the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Prot more

Hong Kong waives first 3G License payment

Hong Kong's telecoms regulator has decided to waive the submission of performance bonds due in October 2002 from the four 3G license holders. The bonds are in respect of the sixth licence year. more

Hong Kong sees second fall in subscriber numbers

Hong Kong has seen its second ever fall in its total cellphone user base, according to new figures released by the telecoms regulator, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (ofta). The country had 5,763,613 subscribers at the end of April, down on the March total of 5,776,360 and representing a fall of 12,747 customers. There were 4.241 million contract and 1.522 million PrePay subscribers in April, a decrease of 0.16% and 0.38% respectively compared to the previous month. more

Hong Kong networks to get additional GSM spectrum

Hong Kong's telecoms regulator, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (ofta) has recently received applications from the operators of the country's GSM networks, requesting the Telecommunications Authority to assign to them spectrum which is currently unused in the bands for 2G services. The reason for the request is that the assigned spectrum (i.e. 7.5 MHz x 2 for PMRS based on the GSM standard and 10 MHz x 2 for PCS) has already been fully utilized in the networks and it would be difficult for them to further re-use the assigned carriers particularly in the Golden Bowl areas. As a result, the network capacity would not be able to cope with the increased traffic demand arising from higher speed data services without sacrificing the service quality. more

Hong Kong raid on unlicensed cellphone retailers

Following an operation mounted in last December, Hong Kong's Police and the telecoms regulator (ofta) successfully mounted a joint raiding operation against the illegal sale of cellular phones and unauthorized cable TV decoders in the Shamshuipo area. More than 40 persons from the Police and ofta were deployed for the operation. A total of 20 cellular phones were seized and 7 persons were taken to the police station to assist in further investigation. more

China Motion Telecom International has signed an MoU with Ericsson to work on creating a virtual mobile network (MVNO) in Hong Kong. The agreement enables both companies the opportunities to work closely together in exchange of knowledge and sharing experiences in the course of developing MVNO business. more

Hong Kong's telecoms regulator, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (ofta) has reported the first ever fall in cellphone subscriber numbers. At the end of October, the region had a total of 5,659,484 subscribers, but that fell in November by 12,252 to 5,647,232. Breaking the total down, PrePay subscribers numbers fell from 1,391,317 to 1,390,809, a fall of just 508 but the contract subscriber numbers fell by 11,744 from 4,268,167 to 4,256,423. Over the past six months contract subscriber growth has been far slower than earlier this year, and noticeable slower than PrePay growth. The fall has been blamed in part on the networks focusing on retaining profitable customers rather than trying to connect the last few remaining Hong Kong residents that do not have a cell phone." more

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