Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (Communications and Technology Branch)

Key telecommunications statistics

Telecommunications Services Quantity

Mobile network operators (March 2011) 5

Local fixed network operators (March 2011) ^{(Note 1)} 16

Operators for distribution of domestic free TV programme service
(March 2011) 2

External fixed telecommunications services providers
(March 2011) ^{(Note 2)} 316

- Facility-based external fixed network operators
(March 2011) ^{(Note 3)} 40

- Services-based external telecommunications services providers
(March 2011) ^{(Note 4)} 276

Household fixed line penetration rate (January 2011) ^{(Note 5)} 102.9%

Mobile subscriber penetration rate (January 2011) 193.1%

Mobile subscribers (January 2011) 13,706,074

2.5G and 3G mobile subscribers (January 2011) 6,552,528

Internet service providers (March 2011) ^{(Note 6)} 186

Registered customer accounts with dial-up access (estimated)
(January 2011) 745,553

Registered customer accounts with broadband access (estimated)
(January 2011) 2,139,282

Household broadband penetration rate (January 2011) 82.9%

Public Wi-Fi access points (March 2011) 9,077

* In the above table, some operators are authorised to provide more than one type of services and therefore the above total number of service providers may be larger than the total number of licensees.

^{Note 1:} Include all licensees authorised to provide facility-based local fixed telecommunications services under fixed telecommunications network services (FTNS) licence, fixed carrier licence (FCL) or unified carrier licence (UCL) using wireline or wireless technology.

^{Note 2:} Include all licensees authorised to provide facility-based external telecommunications services ("ETS") under FTNS licence, FCL, UCL and service-based ETS under services-based operator ("SBO") licence.

^{Note 3:} Include all licensees authorised to provide cable-based and non-cable based ETS under FTNS licence, FCL and UCL.

^{Note 4:} Include all licensees authorised to provide service-based external fixed telecommunications services under SBO licence.

^{Note 5:} Household fixed line refers to residential exchange line and IP telephony connection assigned with telephone numbers in accordance with the Hong Kong Numbering Plan. Household fixed line penetration rate is calculated by dividing the number of fixed lines by the number of households.

^{Note 6:} Include all licensees authorised to provide Internet access services under FTNS licence, FCL, UCL and SBO licence.