Hong Kong as a telecommunication hub for China

Author

Chung, Po S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Polytech. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

14-18 Nov 1994

Firstpage

770

Abstract

Hong Kong has a modern fixed-line and mobile telecom infrastructure, with spectacular growth in radio paging and mobile phones in recent years. It achieved total network digitalization in July 1993, replacing all local telephone exchanges with digital switches and linking all exchanges with over 64,000 km of optical fibre. Telecom authorities are also investing more than US$4 billion in optical fibre submarine cables to link Hong Kong and other countries in the Asia-Pacific and to the rest of the world. The deregulation of the domestic telephone market from 1 July 1995, together with the expected growth in telecom opportunities in China, will help Hong Kong to strengthen its position as a telecommunication hub for China

Keywords

digital communication; land mobile radio; optical cables; optical fibre networks; radiotelephony; submarine cables; telecommunication services; telephony; Asia-Pacific; China; Hong Kong; deregulation; digital network; digital switches; domestic telephone market; fixed-line telecom infrastructure; local telephone exchanges; mobile phones; mobile telecom infrastructure; optical fibre; optical fibre submarine cables; radio paging; telecom authorities; telecommunication hub; High speed optical techniques; Joining processes; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; SONET; Telecommunications; Telephony; Underwater cables;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Singapore ICCS '94. Conference Proceedings.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2046-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.1994.474160

Filename

474160