Hong Kong and Macau Are Countries with Sophisticated Telecommunications Infrastructures

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88373) has announced the
addition of "2008 Asia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Hong Kong
and Macau" to their offering.

Hong Kong and Macau are countries with sophisticated
telecommunications infrastructure. The report covers trends and
developments in telecommunications, mobile, Internet, broadband, and
converging media including VoIP and IPTV. 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 (FttH, DSL, cable TV, wireless);

- Convergence and Digital Media.

Key highlights:

- In October 2007 OFTA awarded a 15-year licence to PCCW for the
CDMA2000 licence in the 850MHz band. PCCW can provide CDMA 2000
services after 20 November 2008, and will construct the new network
during the intervening period.

- After being awarded a 3G licence for WCDMA in 2006, in October
2007 Hutchison (Macau) launched its 3G network deploying WCDMA
technology to roll out a 3.6Mb/s HSDPA broadband network. For more
information, see chapter 2.10.3.2, page 102.

- In June 2007 China Unicom won a licence to provide services
based on the alternative 3G standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DO. The company
launched its 3G network in Macau in October 2007.

- In November 2007 HKBN began deploying what it claims to be Hong
Kong's first Gigabit Passive Optical Network. HKBN claimed it had
turned traditionally cost prohibitive FttH technology into affordable
mass-deployed residential service at a HK$48.50 service fee for its
100Mb/s service, progressing to HK$215 1Gb/s.

- In December 2007 the Telecommunications Authority announced the
decision to auction spectrum for the provision of broadband wireless
access services in the 2.3-2.4GHz and the 2.5-2.69GHz band by October
2008. Operators are expected to launch services in 2009.

- In a densely packed market that has an estimated 2.3 million TV
households, PCCW ended 2007 with 882,000 video subscribers in Hong
Kong with a paying base of 628,000. That still put it within striking
range of i-Cable, which closed 2007 with 882,000 video subscribers.
Besides losing its historic market share edge, i-Cable may also start
shedding subscribers. This has PCCW stealing away cable customers in a
highly competitive market considered one of the most mature and
saturated in the world. For more information, see chapter 1.8, page
55.

Data in this report is the latest available at the time of
preparation and may not be for the current year.

- 1. Hong Kong

-- 1.1 Key statistics

-- 1.2 Telecommunications market

-- 1.2.1 Overview of Hong Kong's telecom market

--- 1.2.2 Fixed Telecommunications Network Services (FTNS)

--- 1.2.3 International telecommunications services

-- 1.3 Regulatory environment

--- 1.3.1 Overview

--- 1.3.2 Regulatory authority

--- 1.3.3 Survey of effectiveness of competition

--- 1.3.4 Telecom sector liberalisation

--- 1.3.5 Awarding of licences

--- 1.3.6 Telecommunication (Amendment) Ordinance 2000

--- 1.3.7 Telecommunications (Amendment) Bill 2001

--- 1.3.8 Regulatory developments

--- 1.3.9 Proposed 'Super Regulator'

-- 1.4 Major fixed network operators in Hong Kong

--- 1.4.1 Pacific Century CyberWorks

--- 1.4.2 City Telecom (HK) Ltd

--- 1.4.3 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd

--- 1.4.4 Wharf T&T Hong Kong

--- 1.4.5 New World Telecommunications Ltd (formerly New World
Telephone)

--- 1.4.6 Pacific Internet Hong Kong

-- 1.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

--- 1.5.1 Overview

--- 1.5.2 Mainland connection

--- 1.5.3 National infrastructure

--- 1.5.4 Full liberalisation of FTNS market

--- 1.5.5 Submarine cable networks

--- 1.5.6 Satellite networks

-- 1.6 Broadband market

--- 1.6.1 Overview

--- 1.6.2 Regulatory issues

--- 1.6.3 Broadband statistics

--- 1.6.4 Internet market

--- 1.6.5 Wireless Internet

--- 1.6.6 Cable modems

--- 1.6.7 Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

--- 1.6.8 Major broadband operators

-- 1.7 E-services

--- 1.7.1 E-commerce

--- 1.7.2 E-government

--- 1.7.3 E-entertainment

-- 1.8 Convergence

--- 1.8.1 Overview of media convergence

--- 1.8.2 Key general trends

--- 1.8.3 Regulatory issues

--- 1.8.4 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

--- 1.8.5 Triple play models

--- 1.8.6 Quadruple play models

--- 1.8.7 Digital TV

-- 1.9 Mobile communications

--- 1.9.1 Overview of Hong Kong's mobile market

--- 1.9.2 Regulatory issues

--- 1.9.3 Mobile technologies

--- 1.9.4 Major mobile operators

--- 1.9.5 Mobile voice services

--- 1.9.6 Mobile data services

--- 1.9.7 Mobile content and applications

- 2. Macau

-- 2.3 Regulatory environment

-- 2.4 Major telecom operator in Macau

-- 2.5 Telecommunications infrastructure

-- 2.6 Data market

-- 2.7 Internet market

-- 2.8 Broadband market

-- 2.9 Convergence

-- 2.10 Mobile communications

- 3. Glossary of Abbreviations

List of Tables

Exhibits

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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
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