MAP > Internet Providers in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s small size, as well as the high population density, has made sure that the country can roll out the fixed broadband infrastructure and offers all the households with the access to the high-speed broadband connectivity. This is what has been able to propel Hong Kong in being able to boast of very high peak average broadband speed globally. Well, Hong Kong has been ranked position 2 out of 34 with the Asian Telecoms Maturity Index scores out of 90. Well, this places Hong Kong second in ‘Market leaders’ category.

The Asian Telecoms Maturity Index is the index which measures and also ranks relative maturity of telecoms industry in all of 34 countries and also ranks relative maturity of telecoms industry in all of 34 countries in the Asian region. Relation to other Asian countries, Hong Kong, has high mobile, fixed broadband penetration, and mobile broadband. The international internet connectivity has continued to grow, and it is driven by the Hong Kong Status as the international financial hub as well as the location next to one of the largest countries, China. The fixed-line development in Hong Kong has gone on and declined over the last five years as the consumers migrate to the wireless voice as well as the data services. The trend has been predicted to go on over the coming five years to the year 2022.

The government has been able to take various steps in regards to the coordinated development of the smart city. Hong Kong government has gone ahead and announced the range of the measures in the six areas, and this includes ‘Smart Living,’ ‘The smart mobility’ and the ‘Smart Environment’ that will be launched over the coming five years to the year 2022. The broadband investment has been focused on the DSL and the HFC technology platforms despite the operators having switched the focus to the higher bandwidth fiber access platforms as a result of the inherent advantages of the fiber access networks over the competing platforms, and this is especially in geographically compact territory of the Hong Kong.

The fixed-line broadband markets penetration has developed over the last five years in a superb mature market. Over the coming five years, to the year 2022 development has been expected to progress to be able to increase slowly. The demand for the broadband has been driven by the consumption of the bandwidth-intensive online services such as the OTT video, games and music, the proliferation of the internet connected devices and this includes smartphones, tablets, and the PCs and increasing usage of the corporate broadband services including the cloud services and the software.