DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7b1d7d/hong_kong_teleco) has announced the addition of the "Hong Kong - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts" report to their offering.
Publication Overview:
Hong Kong has a sophisticated telecommunications infrastructure. The report (17th Edition) covers trends and developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, and converging media including VoIP and IPTV developments. Subjects include:
- Market and industry analyses, trends and developments;
- Facts, figures and statistics;
- Industry and regulatory issues;
- Infrastructure;
- Major players, revenues, subscribers, ARPU;
- Internet, VoIP, IPTV;
- Mobile voice and data markets;
- Broadband (FttX, DSL, cable TV, wireless);
- Convergence and digital media;
- Forecasts.
Who and Why Should Buy This Report:
For those needing high level objective analysis on Hong Kong, this report is essential reading.
Examples of Key Highlights:
- Hong Kong's market maturity and high penetration levels, resulting in the focus of operators to continue shifting from subscriber acquisition to subscriber retention, an effort to be pursued by increasing investment in service innovation.
- The introduction of a program initiated by OFTA for the city's five broadband providers to provide updates against quarterly performance pledges that are published on their websites.
- OFTA's introduction of a voluntary registration scheme for buildings with optical fibre access networks to promote further development of the broadband infrastructure in Hong Kong.
- HKBN's aims to be the largest ISP service provider in Hong Kong by 2016. The US$13 a month 100Mb/s symmetrical broadband offer, was followed by the introduction of a world leading 1Gb/s service at US$26 a month in April 2010.
- Plans for an auction of 2.3GHz spectrum in the second half of 2011. The auction is for 90 MHz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band that was leftover from a 2009 auction.
- The deployment in 2010 of DC HSPA+ solutions by PCCW and SmarTone allowing for peak downstream speeds up to 42Mb/s.
- The start of commercial operations of the CSL LTE/DC-HSPA+ network in late 2010 for selected corporate customers and expansion to existing subscribers in 2011.
- Plans by Hutchison (3) to rollout 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband services in Hong Kong in late 2011.
- The unsurprising survey results that show the lives of Hong Kong youth revolve around their digital gadgets, ranking first in owning such products when compared to their counterparts surveyed across Asia.
Companies Mentioned:
- Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW)
- City Telecom (HK) Ltd (HKBN)
- Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Holdings (HTHKH)
- Wharf T&T Hong Kong (i-Cable)
- New World Telecommunications Ltd
- Peoples (China Resources Peoples Telephone Co Ltd)
- SmarTone-Vodafone
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