Apple targets mass market with unlocked iPhone
Californian gadget maker Apple has made an unlocked version of the iPhone 3G available, direct from its own stores. Unfortunately, the unlocked unit is only available to consumers in Hong Kong, where...
View ArticleHong Kong considers fixed mobile number portability
The Hong Kong communications regulator has issued a request for comments over the proposed implementation of Fixed Mobile Number Portability (FMNP). At the moment, fixed line subscribers may port...
View ArticleHong Kong shortlists bidders for WiMAX spectrum
OFTA, Hong Kong’s telecom regulator, has announced five qualified bidders for BWA licences at 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz, which are both standardised WiMAX frequency bands. These are China Mobile Hong Kong...
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PCCW buyout bid scuppered
PCCW buy out bid scuppered Investment tycoon Richard Li has given up the ghost on his attempts to stage a $2bn buyout of PCCW, which may or may not mean the end to the ongoing saga involving the...
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CSL Hong Kong ready to go live with LTE
The Hong Kong skyline, by CSL's offices Leading Hong Kong operator CSL is well on its way to 4G, with plans to launch LTE commercially within the next year. Speaking to telecoms.com in Hong Kong...
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CSL demos Dual Cell LTE/HSPA+ network
CSL is upgrading its entire 3G network to Dual Cell technology with peak speeds of 42Mbps 4G evolution continues to gain traction with Hong Kong operator CSL demonstrating its progress in the...
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CSL switches on dual cell HSPA+ tech
Dual cell can boost the quality of experience for users, particularly useful in poor coverage areas, by allocating two carriers for HSPA, effectively doubling the available bandwidth Hong Kong operator...
View ArticleChina Mobile launches 4G in Hong Kong
China Mobile has announced that it is launching FDD-LTE services in Hong Kong. It joins CSL, a unit of Australia’s Telstra, which has has already launched 4G services in Hong Kong. China Mobile is also...
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Russia escapes broadband crunch as others falter
Russia has bucked the trend While many markets around the world have seen lower than expected growth over the past three years in terms of broadband adoption, Russia has bucked the trend by posting big...
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Four operators clinch 4G spectrum in Hong Kong auction
Hong Kong Four of Hong Kong’s mobile operators have successfully bid for a total of 50MHz of radio spectrum in the 2.5/2.6GHz band, according to the nation’s telecoms regulator the Office of the...
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Telstra sells out of Sensis, CSL
Telstra is selling out of Sensis and CSL Australian carrier Telstra on Monday announced the sale of its struggling directories business. The sell off comes just weeks after the company offloaded Hong...
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Interoute opens Hong Kong virtual datacentre
Interoute has expanded to Asia Pacific Cloud services provider and international backbone operator Interoute this week opened a Virtual Data Centre (VDC) zone in Hong Kong, supporting enterprises with...
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China Unicom invests HK$3bn to build Hong Kong datacentre
China Unicom said Thursday that it will invest HK$3bn to build a Hong Kong datacentre, which will host the company’s growing cloud services portfolio China Unicom announced its intention to build it...
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Verizon appoints Francis Yip to Lead Asia-Pacific business
Francis has held other leadership positions in Verizon’s Asia Pacific business as well as Dimension Data and Equant (now OBS) Verizon Enterprise Solutions, the cloud computing and enterprise IT-focused...
View ArticleHutchison ditches Hong Kong fixed-line unit to concentrate on mobile
CK Hutchison, parent company of British serial moaner Three, has agreed to sell its fixed network in Hong Kong in order to focus more acutely on the mobile space. Hutchison Global Communications, a...
View ArticleApple rejects crowdsourced map app used by Hong Kong protesters
HKmap.live is a crowdsourced web app that shows the location of Hong Kong protests and police activity. Apple has rejected the app version of it. This is the feedback the developers got from Apple,...
View ArticleApple U-turns again to pull HK map app under pressure from Beijing
Apple has removed the crowd-sourced app HKmap.live, favoured by the protesters in Hong Kong, from its local App Store, after being blasted by China’s state media. The submission of the mapping app,...
View ArticleTencent carves out $70bn for Chinese cloud expansion
Hong Kong-based Tencent has said it plans to expand its business into cloud computing services, ranging from traditional data centres to enterprise AI services. While it might be a titan in certain...
View ArticleHong Kong dispute could be the final nail in the coffin for Huawei in the UK
China has vowed to punish the UK for trying to help Hong Kong citizens. Well, two can play at that game. The technology business and politics are increasingly overlapping, and nowhere is that more...
View ArticleEricsson and SmarTone unveil network slicing speed boost app
Network slicing is beginning to make waves in the consumer mobile market, courtesy of Hong Kong operator SmarTone and Ericsson. This week these two companies took the wraps off a new app that uses...
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