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Telephone

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.820 million (2003) Jump to: navigation, search A telephone handset A touch-tone telephone dial Telephone Complex relay used in a telephone switching system. ...


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 Main languages See Languages of ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong of Singapore Area  - Total 4,480,000 km2 Population  - Total (2004)  - Density 550,000,000 122. ...

  • 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. PCCW Limited (PCCW, 電訊盈科) (NYSE: PCW) is the largest telecommunication enterprise in Hong Kong. ... An advertisement for 3 in which Leon Lai, a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer is the pinup. ... Logo of SmarTone-Vodafone Logo of SmarTone before rebranding Old logo of SmarTone Logo used by SmarTone Macao Logo of EXTRA SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited (數碼通) is a mobile phone operator in Hong Kong. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sunday is considered either the first or the seventh day of the week, between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. ... Jump to: navigation, search Carte dAmérique, Guillaume Delisle, c. ... Jump to: navigation, search CSL is a mobile phone operator in Hong Kong. ... An advertisement for 3 in which Leon Lai, a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer is the pinup. ... VDSL (very high bit-rate DSL) is an xDSL technology providing data transmission up to a theoretical limit of 52 Mbit/s downstream and 12 Mbit/s upstream over a single twisted pair of wires. ...


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)

Phoenix Television (鳳凰衛星電視) is a Hong Kong-based television broadcaster that aims to promote a free flow of information and entertainment within the Greater China region. ...

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 .hk is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for Hong Kong. ...


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