HKT

Retail Asia26/08/2022

HKT announced a 3% increase in its total revenue for the first half of the year, amounting to HK$16,157 million, while total revenue excluding mobile product sales grew by 5% to HK$14,868 million. The company cites continued strong demand for high-speed broadband services alongside the growing adoption of its 5G services by both consumer and […]

Retail Asia11/06/2019

Hong Kong operator HKT has secured HK$680 million ($86.6 million) worth of contracts to design, deploy and manage a new-generation smart parking meter system in Hong Kong. The two contracts with the HKSAR government’s Transport Department will see HKT deploy a mobile app-enabled parking meter system as part of the government’s Smart Mobility initiative. The system will […]

Retail Asia28/03/2019

Hong Kong operators HKT, SmarTone and China Mobile Hong Kong have all been granted spectrum in the 26-GHz and 28-GHz frequency bands for 5G use. The three operators, which had each applied to be assigned spectrum across the two bands, have each been offered 400 MHz of spectrum on a provisional basis by telecommunications regulator Ofca. The applicants were […]

Retail Asia10/05/2018

HKT has arranged to become a managed security services provider (MSSP) partner of endpoint security company Carbon Black. As an MSSP partner, HKT will offer a suite of managed security services based on Carbon Black’s Cb Defense and Cb Response security solutions. These will include managed endpoint detection and response (EDR) services to help customers detect, prevent, […]

Retail Asia17/03/2017

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The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), operator HKT and vendors Huawei and Qualcomm have formed a consortium aiming to build a smart mobility system for Hong Kong using cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technologies. The consortium aims to revolutionize Hong Kong’s transportation sector using C-V2X, a standard covering both network-based and direct communications […]

Retail Asia22/12/2016

HKT, the telecoms unit of the Richard Li-owned PCCW Group, warned that the administration fees charged by the telecoms industry to consumers are set to rise significantly by 2021, due to higher spectrum cost and “monopoly rents”. HKT group managing director Alex Arena said the government’s focus on raising billions of dollars from higher mobile […]

Retail Asia16/12/2016

HKT has publicly criticized the Hong Kong government over its handling of spectrum-related matters, asserting that the region risks becoming “a third-class citizen in mobile service development.” In an open letter to the government, HKT expressed concern over a range of issues, including a belief that the government is not doing enough to release more […]

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HKT Posts First-Half Results

HKT wins smart parking system contracts

Hong Kong’s Ofca assigns first 5G spectrum

HKT becomes a Carbon Black MSSP partner

HKT, Huawei co-found C-V2X consortium

HKT warns admin fee for consumers to increase by 67% in 2021

HKT urges reforms to spectrum policy