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PUBLISHER: BuddeComm | PRODUCT CODE: 1056805

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PUBLISHER: BuddeComm | PRODUCT CODE: 1056805

Hong Kong - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

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Hong Kong's telecom sector faces an uphill battle keeping the #1 spot in Asia

Thanks to the combination of having a highly liberalised regulatory environment, very high-density housing spread across a small geographical area, and its strategic location at the southern tip of China, Hong Kong's telecommunications sector continues to stay near the top of world rankings for the industry. It has kept its #1 spot in the Asian region in terms of the maturity of its telecom market - a reflection of the high penetration rates across mobile, mobile broadband, and fixed broadband. Even fixed-line teledensity in Hong Kong is impressive at over 50%, although it too has started a gradual decline in keeping with most other telecom markets around the world, as consumers slowly transition over to the mobile platform for all of their communication needs.

Darker skies may be forming on the horizon, however. As China tightens its grip on the sovereignty of the territory and imposes political, commercial, and social restrictions that were absent during the British Colonial era, Hong Kong is starting to see its potency as a regional if not global force being eaten away by countries such as Singapore that now offer much greater freedom to operate.

Concerns over national security prompted the US Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Defense to prevent the branch line of the newly completed Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) linking Los Angeles with Taiwan from being lit. And ongoing issues with the deployment of Huawei technology inside the core infrastructure of telecom networks (something that has been done extensively in Hong Kong, including in its 5G networks) means that the territory - along with its telecom sector - may become increasingly isolated from the rest of the world. Consequently, Hong Kong is likely to drop back from its position as a regional and global leader in the telecom market.

This report update includes the regulator's market data to July 2021, telcos' operating data to Q2 2021, Telecom Maturity Index charts and analyses, an assessment of the global impact of Covid-19 on the telecoms sector, and other recent market developments.

Key Developments:

  • Google and Facebook abandon the Hong Kong leg of the Pacific Light Cable Network following objections by the US Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Defense.
  • OFCA auctions a further 255MHz of spectrum for 5G use while opening public consultations on reassigning 90MHz of spectrum in the 2.5GHz range from LTE to 5G.
  • Pay TV and fixed broadband operator i-Cable is taken over by New World Development's Chairman Henry Cheng Kar-shun.

Key companies mentioned in this report:

Hong Kong Telecom (HKT), Hutchison Telecom (Hutchison 3), SmarTone, China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK), Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN), i-Cable, HGC Global Communications.

Table of Contents

Key statistics

Regional Asia market comparison

  • Market characteristics
  • Market Leaders
  • Market Challengers
  • Market Emergents
  • TMI vs GDP
  • Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
  • Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration

Country overview

Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector

  • Economic considerations and responses
  • Subscribers
  • Infrastructure

Telecommunications market

Regulatory environment

  • Regulatory authority
  • Fixed-line developments
    • Telecom Sector Liberalisation
    • Universal Service Obligation (USO)
    • Digital 21 IT Strategy
    • Fibre infrastructure to villages
    • Number Portability (NP)
  • Mobile network developments
    • Spectrum
    • Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

Mobile market

  • Mobile infrastructure
    • 5G
    • 4G
    • 3G
    • 2G
    • Mobile voice
  • Mobile broadband
  • Major mobile operators
    • Hong Kong Telecom (HKT)
    • Hutchison Telecom (Hutchison 3)
    • SmarTone
    • China Mobile Hong Kong
    • Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO)

Fixed-line broadband market

  • Fixed broadband service providers
  • Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) networks
  • Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) networks
  • Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
    • Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN)
    • Hong Kong Telecom (HKT)
    • i-Cable
  • Other fixed broadband services
    • Wi-Fi

Fixed network market

  • Major network operators
  • Hong Kong Telecom (HKT)
  • HKBN
  • Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Holdings (HTHKH)
  • HGC Global Communications
  • i-Cable

Telecommunications infrastructure

  • International infrastructure
    • Submarine cable networks
    • Satellite
  • Data centres
  • Smart infrastructure
    • Smart Cities
    • IoT

Digital economy

  • E-Government

Appendix - Historic data

Glossary of abbreviations

Related reports

List of Tables

  • Table 1 - Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Hong Kong - 2021 (e)
  • Table 2 - Development of telecom market revenue and investment (HK$ million) - 2011 - 2020
  • Table 3 - Change in the number of fixed numbers ported - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 4 - Change in the number of mobile numbers ported - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 5 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Table 6 - Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Table 7 - Growth in the number of HKT's mobile subscribers by type (million) - 2010 - 2021
  • Table 8 - Development of HKT's mobile financial data (HK$ million) - 2010 - 2021
  • Table 9 - Change in the number of 3 Hutchison's mobile subscribers (million) - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 10 - Development of Hutchison 3's financial data (HK$ million) - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 11 - Development of Hutchison 3's revenue by type (HK$ million) - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 12 - Development of Hutchison 3's annualized postpaid ARPU, AMPU and churn - 2012 - 2021
  • Table 13 - Growth in the number of SmarTone's mobile subscribers - 2009 - 2021
  • Table 14 - Development of SmarTone's financial data (HK$ million) - 2009 - 2021
  • Table 15 - Change in SmarTone's mobile ARPU - 2009 - 2021
  • Table 16 - MVNO subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 17 - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Table 18 - Growth in the number of residential/business broadband subscribers (million) - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 19 - Increase in fixed broadband traffic - 2011 - 2020
  • Table 20 - Growth in the number of HKBN's broadband subscribers - 2010 - 2021
  • Table 21 - Development of HKBN's fixed broadband ARPU (HK$/month) - 2014 - 2021
  • Table 22 - Development of HKBN's financial data (HK$ million) - 2014 - 2021
  • Table 23 - Growth in the number of HKT's fixed broadband subscribers (thousand) - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 24 - Growth in the number of HKT's fibre broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 25 - Growth in the number of public Wi-Fi access points and Wi-Fi zones - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 26 - Decline in the number of fixed lines and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Table 27 - Growth in the number of HKBN's networked premises - 2014 - 2021
  • Table 28 - Change in the number of i-Cable's subscribers by service (thousand) - 2011 - 2021
  • Table 29 - Increase in international bandwidth - 2010 - 2020
  • Table 30 - Growth in equipped and activated internet bandwidth capacity (Tb/s) - 2010 - 2021
  • Table 31 - Growth in equipped and activated satellite bandwidth capacity (Gb/s) - 2010 - 2021
  • Table 32 - Historic - Fixed numbers ported - 2005 - 2010
  • Table 33 - Historic - Total mobile numbers ported - 2000 - 2010
  • Table 34 - Historic - Mobile subscribers, annual change and penetration - 1984 - 2010
  • Table 35 - Historic - HKT prepaid and postpaid subscribers (million) - 2005 - 2008
  • Table 36 - Historic - 3 Hutchison mobile subscribers (million) - 1998 - 2010
  • Table 37 - Historic - 3 Hutchison - mobile subscribers 2G and 3G postpaid and total - 2008 - 2014
  • Table 38 - Historic - China Mobile Hong Kong - subscribers - 2007 - 2010
  • Table 39 - Historic - MVNO subscribers - 2007 - 2010
  • Table 40 - Historic - Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2000 - 2010
  • Table 41 - Historic - Fixed broadband residential / business internet subscribers - 2000 - 2010
  • Table 42 - Historic - Residential broadband subscriptions by technology platform (thousand) - 2010 - 2014
  • Table 43 - Historic - Residential broadband ARPU - 2010 - 2013
  • Table 44 - Historic - HKT broadband subscribers (thousand) - 2007 - 2010
  • Table 45 - Historic - Wi-Fi access points and Wi-Fi zones - 2007 - 2010
  • Table 46 - Historic - i-Cable subscribers per service - 2002 - 2010
  • Table 47 - Historic - Fixed lines in service and penetration - 2007 - 2010
  • Table 48 - Historic - Fixed-line telephony subscribers (million) - 2000 - 2010

List of Charts

  • Chart 1 - Asia Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Leaders
  • Chart 2 - Asia Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Challengers
  • Chart 3 - Asia Telecoms Maturity Index - Market Emergents
  • Chart 4 - Asia - Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
  • Chart 5 - Asia - Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 6 - Northern Asia - Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 7 - Northern Asia - Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
  • Chart 8 - Development of telecom market revenue and investment - 2011 - 2020
  • Chart 9 - Change in the number of fixed numbers ported - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 10 - Change in the number of mobile numbers ported - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 11 - Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Chart 12 - Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Chart 13 - Growth in the number of HKT's mobile subscribers by type - 2010 - 2021
  • Chart 14 - Development of HKT's mobile financial data - 2010 - 2021
  • Chart 15 - Change in the number of 3 Hutchison's mobile subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 16 - Development of Hutchison 3's financial data - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 17 - Development of Hutchison 3's revenue by type - 2016 - 2021
  • Chart 18 - Development of Hutchison 3's annualized postpaid ARPU, AMPU and churn - 2012 - 2021
  • Chart 19 - Growth in the number of SmarTone's mobile subscribers - 2009 - 2021
  • Chart 20 - Development of SmarTone's financial data - 2009 - 2021
  • Chart 21 - Change in SmarTone's mobile ARPU - 2009 - 2021
  • Chart 22 - MVNO subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 23 - Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Chart 24 - Growth in the number of residential/business broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 25 - Increase in fixed broadband traffic - 2011 - 2020
  • Chart 26 - Growth in the number of HKBN's broadband subscribers - 2010 - 2021
  • Chart 27 - Development of HKBN's fixed broadband ARPU - 2014 - 2021
  • Chart 28 - Development of HKBN's financial data - 2014 - 2021
  • Chart 29 - Growth in the number of HKT's fixed broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 30 - Growth in the number of HKT's fibre broadband subscribers - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 31 - Growth in the number of public Wi-Fi access points and Wi-Fi zones - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 32 - Decline in the number of fixed lines and penetration - 2011 - 2026
  • Chart 33 - Change in the number of i-Cable's subscribers by service - 2011 - 2021
  • Chart 34 - Increase in international bandwidth - 2010 - 2020
  • Chart 35 - Growth in equipped and activated internet bandwidth capacity - 2010 - 2021
  • Chart 36 - Growth in equipped and activated satellite bandwidth capacity - 2010 - 2021

List of Exhibits

  • Exhibit 1 - Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Asia
  • Exhibit 2 - Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
  • Exhibit 3 - Asia - Market Leaders and market developments
  • Exhibit 4 - Asia - Market Challengers and market developments
  • Exhibit 5 - Asia - Market Emergents and market developments
  • Exhibit 6 - 2.5GHz auction results - 2009
  • Exhibit 7 - 2.3GHz auction results - 2011
  • Exhibit 8 - 3.3GHz auction results - 2019
  • Exhibit 9 - 3.5GHz auction results - 2019
  • Exhibit 10 - 4.9GHz auction results - 2019
  • Exhibit 11 - HTHKH's frequency allocations
  • Exhibit 12 - SmarTone spectrum holdings
  • Exhibit 13 - Fixed carrier licensees
  • Exhibit 14 - Major submarine cables with landing points in Hong Kong
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