Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority this week issued a new code of practicemore….
Hong Kong Chooses New Telecom Equipment Certification Companies
01 October 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has accredited four local certification bodies to provide a full range of equipment testing and certification services on a non-exclusive basis.
The first batch of four LCBs accredited to provide testing and certification services are Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre Limited, Intertek Testing Services Hong Kong Limited, SGS [...]
CEPA: Hong Kong Telephone Cards Allowed To Be Sold In Guangdong
28 September 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Guangdong Communications Administration have signed a memorandum of understanding on the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement to allow Hong Kong service suppliers to distribute fixed-line and mobile telephone cards in Guangdong province, but for use in [...]
Trident Loses Mobile Virtual Network Operator License In Hong Kong
10 September 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority states that a mobile virtual network operator, Trident Telecom Ventures Limited, had notified OFTA that it relinquished its license to OFTA.
MVNO services of Trident have been suspended since December 1, 2008, when its service agreement with its hosting mobile network operator was terminated because of a contractual dispute. [...]
Fixed Mobile Number Portability Becomes Voluntary In Hong Kong
20 July 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has decided to allow telecommunications operators to provide a fixed mobile number portability service on a voluntary basis.
To gauge the market demand for the FMNP service before deciding whether to introduce the service , the OFTA commissioned an independent consultant to conduct a market survey in early 2008. [...]
Hong Kong Concludes Bids For Radio Spectrum Auction
15 June 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that three mobile network operators have successfully bid for a total of 9.6 MHz of radio spectrum in the 1800 MHz frequency band at a total of upfront spectrum utilization fee of HKD46.1 million.
Three incumbent mobile network operators took part in the spectrum auction. Conducted on an [...]
Internet Auction Will Decide Who Wins Radio Spectrum Bids In Hong Kong
27 April 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has invited applications from existing mobile network operators to participate in the online auction of radio spectrum in the 1800 MHz band, which is scheduled to be held in June 2009.
"There has been significant growth of mobile telephony services in Hong Kong over the past years. As of [...]
Hong Kong's Fixed-Mobile Interconnection Charges Now De-regulated
27 April 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has issued a statement that the regulatory guidance on fixed-mobile interconnection charge in favor of the mobile party's network pay model will be withdrawn as planned today when the two-year transition period ends.
The interconnection charge for fixed-mobile interconnection will thereafter be settled among fixed and mobile operators by [...]
Hong Kong Boasts Mobile Phone Penetration Rate Of 163%
15 April 2009
In its drive to become a true wireless city, Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has published for the first time the statistics of local mobile data usage, which showcase a surge to 147 Terabytes as of January 2009, or an average amount of 44 Mbytes per 2.5G/3G mobile user for that particular month.
Apart [...]
Hong Kong Adjusts Fees Applied To Encourage Efficient Use Of Telephone Numbers
04 March 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that the application of the annual number fee will be extended to public radio paging and mobile virtual network services on June 1, 2009.
The license fee for each mobile station will also be reduced from HKD18 to HKD8 per year. Public radio paging and mobile virtual network [...]
Hong Kong's Radio Spectrum Auction For Broadband Wireless Services Concludes
28 January 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that the auction of radio spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands has been completed, with Genius Brand, CSL, and China Mobile as big winners bidding a total of HKD1.5 billion.
The three companies successfully bid for a total of 90 MHz of radio spectrum in [...]
Hong Kong Agrees On Privatization Of PCCW
26 December 2008
The Office of the Telecommunications Authority of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has announced that it has agreed on allowing privatizing PCCW, one of the largest and most comprehensive communications providers in Hong Kong.
Enforcement Action Against Suspected Illegal Radio Broadcasting In Hong Kong
26 December 2008
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has mounted an enforcement operation against the Citizens' Radio which is suspected of using illegal radio transmitters for broadcasting.
Hong Kong's CDMA2000 Mobile Network Finally Launched
24 November 2008
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that PCCW-HKT Telephone Limited has launched CDMA2000 mobile service in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Aims To Be Wireless City With New Radio Spectrum Bids
06 October 2008
Hong Kong is boosting its wireless broadband services with an invitation for applications for bidding on its new radio spectrum services.
China Tietong Hong Kong Gains Telecom Unified Carrier License
25 August 2008
According to China Tietong, its Hong Kong branch has gained a telecommunications unified carrier license from the Office of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.














