VIRTUAL NETWORKS — HONG KONG: ROLLING THE DICE ON MOBILE VIRTUAL NETWORKS: THE 3G ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG

✍ Scribed by Gabriela Kennedy; Adam Salter

• Book ID: 104321849
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 76 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-3649
• DOI: 10.1016/s0267-3649(02)03015-7

✦ Synopsis

Since the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA) announced the winners of 3G mobile licences in Hong Kong in late September, two of the four prospective licensees, Hong Kong CSL Limited (CSL) and Sunday 3G (Hong Kong) Limited (Sunday), have announced publicly that they are not planning any 'capital expenditure' on 3G for a while. This article examines the Licensees' network rollout obligations and the Open Network Access regime, the potential regulatory, commercial and technical impediments to the rollout of 3G services and with a consideration of possible reactions from OFTA, the Licensees and MVNOs and CSPs to the current situation.