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  • SmarTone upgrades its network with Ericsson 5G-A tech

    by Juan Pedro Tomás February 4, 2026
    by Juan Pedro Tomás February 4, 2026

    Under the terms of the deal, Ericsson will supply its latest generation of radio equipment, including massive MIMO radios In sum – what to know: Programmable networks – SmarTone is …

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  • Hong Kong carriers secure spectrum in the 6/7 GHz band

    by Juan Pedro Tomás December 5, 2024
    by Juan Pedro Tomás December 5, 2024

    Earlier this month, OFCA said it concluded the auction of 2.3 GHz and 850 MHz spectrum in the 6/7 GHz band Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) announced …

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  • Hong Kong regulator opens process to assign new spectrum for 5G

    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 23, 2024
    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 23, 2024

    The Government of Hong Kong aims to assign new spectrum in the 850/900 MHz, 2.3 GHz and 6/7 GHz bands Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) has recently …

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  • SmarTone uses 3.5 GHz band to boost 5G at Hong Kong airport

    by Juan Pedro Tomás March 12, 2024
    by Juan Pedro Tomás March 12, 2024

    SmarTone said that this upgrade significantly enhances the 5G network capacity at the airport Hong Kong carrier SmarTone has recently deployed 5G services using the 3.5 GHz frequency band at …

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  • Hong Kong to end subsidies for 5G deployments

    by Juan Pedro Tomás December 6, 2022
    by Juan Pedro Tomás December 6, 2022

    The subsidy scheme for encouraging early deployment of 5G was initially launched in May 2020 Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) announced that subsidies to encourage 5G deployments …

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  • Hong Kong seeks to reassign 850/900 MHz, 2.3 Ghz spectrum

    by Juan Pedro Tomás November 28, 2022
    by Juan Pedro Tomás November 28, 2022

    The Hong Kong government is taking comments through December 15 Hong Kong’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (SCED) and the Communications Authority (CA) recently launched a public consultation on …

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  • Hong Kong carriers set to activate 5G base stations in the 700MHz band

    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 1, 2022
    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 1, 2022

    Hong Kong operators have secured 700MHz frequencies in a spectrum auction last year Mobile operators in Hong Kong are set to gradually activate their mobile base stations in the 700 …

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  • Hong Kong carriers secure additional 5G spectrum

    by Juan Pedro Tomás October 29, 2021
    by Juan Pedro Tomás October 29, 2021

    Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) announced the award of 255 megahertz of spectrum in 19 frequency blocks after a spectrum auction that required a total of 32 …

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  • Four carriers qualify for Hong Kong’s upcoming 5G spectrum auction

    by Juan Pedro Tomás October 11, 2021
    by Juan Pedro Tomás October 11, 2021

    China Mobile Hong Kong, HKT, Hutchison Telephone and SmarTone Mobile Communications are the qualified bidders for an upcoming 5G spectrum auction, Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) reported. …

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  • Hong Kong invites local telcos to take part in upcoming spectrum auction

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 3, 2021
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 3, 2021

    The Office of the Communications Authority of Hong Kong (OFCA) officially invited interested parties to join the auction of radio spectrum in the 600 MHz, 700 MHz, 850 MHz, 2.5/2.6 …

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  • Hong Kong government to award new 5G spectrum in Q4

    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 1, 2021
    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 1, 2021

    325 megahertz of low- and mid-band spectrum to be made available Hong Kong’s Communications Authority (CA) confirmed that it expects to award a total of 325 megahertz of spectrum in …

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  • SmarTone’s 5G network reaches 95% of Hong Kong population

    by Juan Pedro Tomás January 7, 2021
    by Juan Pedro Tomás January 7, 2021

    Hong Kong’s smallest mobile operator, SmarTone, said that its 5G network already provides coverage throughout Hong Kong, currently covering over 95% of the population. SmarTone’s 5G network coverage has been …

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  • SmarTone launches 5G in Hong Kong via Ericsson’s DSS technology

    by Juan Pedro Tomás May 28, 2020
    by Juan Pedro Tomás May 28, 2020

      Hong Kong’s smallest mobile operator, SmarTone, announced the launch of commercial 5G services in the territory using Ericsson’s Dynamic Spectrum Technology (DSS). The carrier said it adopting an integrated …

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  • Three Hong Kong operators kick off 5G services

    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 2, 2020
    by Juan Pedro Tomás April 2, 2020

      China Mobile Hong Kong, Hutchinson and HKT have launched commercial 5G services in Hong Kong as of April 1. Along with SmarTone, the operators had acquired 200 megahertz of …

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  • 5G strides in Hong Kong: HKT to deploy network, SmarTone selects Ericsson

    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin March 19, 2020
    by Catherine Sbeglia Nin March 19, 2020

    The initial phase of the HKT 5G launch will cover 11 of Hong Kong’s 18 districts Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) has set the first of April as its 5G launch …

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  • Hong Kong mobile carriers acquire 5G spectrum in the 3.5GHz band

    by Juan Pedro Tomás October 15, 2019
    by Juan Pedro Tomás October 15, 2019

      Mobile operators in Hong Kong each acquired 50 megahertz of 3.5GHz spectrum in the first of three 5G auctions, raising a total of HKD1.006 billion ($128 million), the Office …

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  • Hong Kong launches application process for 5G spectrum auction

    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 23, 2019
    by Juan Pedro Tomás July 23, 2019

      Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) has officially invited interested parties to take part in the auctions of 5G spectrum in the 3.3 GHz, 3.5 GHz and …

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  • Hong Kong releases spectrum roadmap for 2019-2021

    by Juan Pedro Tomás February 12, 2019
    by Juan Pedro Tomás February 12, 2019

    The Hong Kong telecom regulator said it aims to award frequencies in the 600 MHz and 700 MHz bands in 2021 Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) released …

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  • Hong Kong’s telecom regulator announces plans for 5G spectrum auctions

    by Juan Pedro Tomás December 17, 2018
    by Juan Pedro Tomás December 17, 2018

      The regulator said it will start offering a total of 4,500 megahertz in different bands next year Hong Kong’s Communications Authority (CA) has unveiled its plans for the allocation …

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  • Ericsson completes LAA trial with SmarTone in Hong Kong

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 30, 2017
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 30, 2017

    The vendor said that in 2018, LAA technology will include five-channel carrier aggregation support Ericsson and Hong Kong mobile operator SmarTone announced they have carried out a successful trial of …

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  • Singapore to launch consultation process on 5G technologies

    by Juan Pedro Tomás January 19, 2017
    by Juan Pedro Tomás January 19, 2017

    Local government seeks to understand the best scenarios for future 5G developments. Singapore’s Info-communications Media Development Authority announced it will launch a public consultation process later this year on mobile …

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  • Ericsson plans 5G trial in Japan with NTT DoCoMo, Intel next year

    by Juan Pedro Tomás November 10, 2016
    by Juan Pedro Tomás November 10, 2016

    5G trial to take place in Tokyo using the 28 GHz band Ericsson reached an agreement with Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo and U.S. chipmaker Intel to build a “5G” …

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  • SmarTone launches VoWi-Fi service in Hong Kong

    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 5, 2016
    by Juan Pedro Tomás August 5, 2016

    VoWi-Fi rollout supported by Ericsson equipment Hong Kong’s SmarTone has launched voice over Wi-Fi services supporting multiple devices using equipment provided by Swedish vendor Ericsson. SmarTone’s new Wi-Fi calling service allows …

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  • HKT, Huawei demonstrate 1 Gbps mobile network

    by Juan Pedro Tomás November 3, 2015
    by Juan Pedro Tomás November 3, 2015

    HKT, Huawei claim demo reached peak download speed of 1.2 Gbps HONG KONG – Hong Kong Telecom and Chinese vendor Huawei said they successfully demonstrated the world’s first 1 gigabit-per-second …

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  • SmarTone-Vodafone bids successfully for 850 MHz spectrum

    by rcrwirelessadmin March 3, 2011
    by rcrwirelessadmin March 3, 2011

    SmarTone | March 3, 2011 | Press Release SmarTone-Vodafone today announced that it has bid successfully at the auction in Hong Kong for 2 x 5 MHz at the 850 MHz …

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