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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Communications in Hong Kong

Table of contents
1 Telephone
2 Radio
3 Television
4 Internet

Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.708 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.4 million (July 1998)

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

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)

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 49 (1999)

Country code (Top-level domain): HK

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