Articles tagged with: Pccw and Ofta

Smartone - Customer Growth Improves but Remains Sluggish

Smartone is Hong Kong's smallest mobile network by customer numbers, with 11.0% market share at the end of 2008. Its total customer base reached 1.14m, up from 1.11m at the end of 2007, with proportionate growth of 2.8% in the year. This was double the 1.4% rate recorded in 2007, but it looks set to be well below the growth rate of pccw Mobile, its closest competitor. In fact, at the end of 2007 Smartone had more customers than pccw, but the positions were reversed during Q1 08.  more

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CDMA2000 Network Launched in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's pccw has launched a CDMA2000 mobile service, notes a statement from the telecoms regulator, OFTA - which is aimed primarily at providing roaming services for visitors to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.  more

Related Tags: roaming, w-cdma, cdma, radio-spectrum, cdma2000, railway, Hong Kong


Hong Kong Awards CDMA2000 License to Sole Bidder

Hong Kong's telecoms regulator, the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) says that it has awarded a 15 year CDMA2000 license to the sole bidder, pccw-HKT Telephone (pccw-HKT) for a payment of US$9.8 million. The license will be formally awarded once payment has been received.  more

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Hong Kong Plans Single Regulator For Telecoms, Broadcast"

HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Hong Kong plans to merge the government bodies that oversee its telecommunications and broadcasting sectors, in hopes of responding better to the rapid changes in communications technology, an official said Wednesday.  more

Related Tags: office-of-the-telecommunications-authority, federal-communications-commission


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