Public Mobile Radiotelephone Service

In Hong Kong, four cellular phone operators - Hong Kong Telecom CSL
Limited, Hutchison Telephone Company Limited, Pacific Link
Communications Limited and SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited -
provide cellular phone networks in the 800-900 MHz band, while six
PCS operators (Hutchison Telephone Company Limited; Mandarin
Communications Limited; New World PCS Limited; P Plus
Communications Limited; Pacific Link Communications Limited and
Peoples Telephone Company Limited) provide their services in the
1 700-1 900 MHz band.

The six PCS licences were issued in September 1996 and services
commenced between January and July 1997. Hong Kong has eight public
mobile radiotelephone service operators operating one analogue and 11
digital networks. At the end of 1997, they served about 1.9 million
customers (29 mobile phones per 100 population), representing a 57
per cent increase over 1996, of whom 1 776 subscribed to analogue
phones. Competition and technological advancement meant cellular
handset prices continued to drop in 1997.

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