Communications in Hong Kong
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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
- 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 10 Mbit/s 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: 3.29 million (2000)
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