Telecommunications in Hong Kong

• Main line: 3,801,300 (2003)
• Mobile Cell: 7241400 (2003)

Telephone system

main grade : modern amenities provide excellent domestic and international service

internal : microwave radio links and long fiber optic network

international : country code - 852; orbiting satellite stations - 3 Intelsat (1 over the Pacific Ocean and 2 over the Indian Ocean); coaxial cable in Guangzhou , China ; access to 5 submarine cables providing access to connections with ASEAN member countries, Japan , Taiwan , Australia , the Middle East and Eastern Europe

AM 5, FM 9, Shortwave 0 ( 2004 )

4 ( 2004 )

• Internet Service Providers: 179 (May 2007)
• Internet sites: 591993 (2003)
• Internet Users: 3212800 (2003)
• Total Dial-Up User Account: $ 0.99 Million (March 2007)
• Total Broadband User Account: $ 1.79 Million (March 2007)
• Top Level Domain: .hk

Broadband Internet

Since April 2006, the Hong Kong Broadband Network has been offering its customers Internet access at speeds from 10 Mbps to 1000 Mbps (1 Gbps) using FTTB or FTTH . However, the speed in other cities is limited to 20 Mbps. As of November 2009 , the company offers 100 Mbit / s service for 99 Hong Kong dollars (about 13 US dollars ) per month.

Major Internet Providers

• PCCW Netvigator - With 95% coverage and Internet access, up to 1.9 million users.
  • ADSL connections - speeds up to 8 Mbps / 800 Kbps.
  • Newly built apartments are connected via ADSL2 or VDSL at a speed of up to 30 Mbit / s / 10 Mbit / s.
  • FTTH for the last mile of broadband speeds up to 1 Gb / s / 1 Gb / s.
  • Business plans can have speeds of up to 10 Gb / s / 10 Gb / s.
• Hutchison Global Communications ADSL connects VDSL lines at speeds up to 100 Mbit / s / 100 Mbit / s.
• NWT connects VDSL via ADSL with a speed of up to 10 Mbit / s / 10 Mbit / s.
• Hong_Kong_Broadband_Network Metro Ethernet connects via CAT-5E or FTTH at speeds of up to 1 Gb / s / 1 Gb / s.
• One Broadband connects via ADSL at speeds of up to 8 Mbps / 256 Kbps.
• I-cable Broadband connects at speeds up to 130 Mbps / 10 Mbps.

Hong Kong Internet Censorship

• In March 1995, in Hong Kong, police raided dial-up companies and confiscated their servers and records. During the week, from 5,000 to 8,000 users could not access the Internet. The customers of the raid were considered Supernet (it wasn’t closed), the Office of Telecommunications Authority , and the Commercial Crime Bureau . After the raid, companies were closed: Hong Kong Internet & Gateway Services (HKIGS) hk.net, Hong Kong Link InfoLink Ilink, Internet Online Hong Kong, Cybernet, Internet Connections and Asia Online.
• On January 27, 2008, in Hong Kong, police arrested suspects who were charged with downloading pornographic images. The charges were dropped in mid-February.