communications in hong kong

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: Orange, SmarTone, Sunday, Peoples, New World, CSL

3G Licensees: 3 (owned by Hutchison), CSL, SmarTone, Sunday

The telecommunication industry was deregulated in 1995. Competition in this sector is fierce. You can get 10Mbps 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.

Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998) Radios: 4.45 million (1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations: 4 (plus two repeaters) (1997) Televisions: 1.84 million (1997)

Phoenix TV

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