Hong Kong - Major Telecom Players

Synopsis

Hong Kong has five mobile operators in a crowded market, which has continued to remain competitive through preparedness among the operators to restructure and be innovative. The vibrant market has also been well supported by the operators’ keenness to value-add to their service offerings through fixed-line and mobile services. This has resulted in an increasing number of operators offering triple-play and even quadruple play services in a bid to drive up ARPU. This report provides details of the players in the Hong Kong telecommunications market together with relevant statistical information.

Key Developments:

Sound financial results across most operators; increased investment for FttX deployments; launch of LTE; slight upswing in ARPU figures

Companies covered in this report include:

PCCW, City Telecom, Hong Kong Broadband Network, Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Holdings, Wharf T&T, iCable, CSL New World, Peoples, SmarTone-Vodafone

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW)
  • 2.1 Company overview
  • 2.2 Company background
    • 2.2.1 2000-2005
    • 2.2.2 2006-2010
  • 2.3 Financial statistics
    • 2.3.1 Summary
    • 2.3.2 Core revenue
    • 2.3.3 TSS revenue
    • 2.3.4 Mobile revenue
    • 2.3.5 Capex
  • 2.4 Operations statistics
    • 2.4.1 Fixed-line services
    • 2.4.2 TV and content services
    • 2.4.3 Mobile services
• 3. City Telecom (HK) Ltd (HKBN)
  • 3.1 Company overview
  • 3.2 Company background
  • 3.3 Financial statistics
• 4. Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong Holdings (HTHKH)
  • 4.1 Company overview
  • 4.2 Company background
    • 4.2.1 Mobile
    • 4.2.2 Fixed line
  • 4.3 Financial statistics
  • 4.4 Operational statistics
• 5. Wharf T&T Hong Kong (i-Cable)
  • 5.1 Company overview
  • 5.2 Company background
  • 5.3 Financial statistics
  • 5.4 Operational statistics
• 6. New World Telecommunications Ltd
  • 6.1 Company overview
  • 6.2 Company background
    • 6.2.1 Hong Kong CSL
    • 6.2.2 New World Mobility
  • 6.3 Financial statistics
  • 6.4 Operational statistics
• 7. Peoples (China Resources Peoples Telephone Co Ltd)
• 8. SmarTone-Vodafone
  • 8.1 Company overview
  • 8.2 Company background
  • 8.3 Financial statistics
  • 8.4 Operational statistics
• 9. Related reports

• Table 1 – PCCW consolidated revenue, EBITDA and profit US$ – 2001 - 2010
• Table 2 – PCCW core revenue US$ – 2006 - 2010
• Table 3 – PCCW TSS revenue US$ – 2008 - 2010
• Table 4 – PCCW mobile revenue and EBITDA – 2005 - 2010
• Table 5 – PCCW exchange lines in service – 2003 - 2011
• Table 6 – PCCW 2G and 3G subscribers – 2005 - 2011
• Table 7 – PCCW 3G and blended ARPU – 2007 – 2011
• Table 8 – City Telecom revenue and profit – 2001 – 2011
• Table 9 – HTHKH revenue and profit – 2006 – 2010
• Table 10 – HTHKH mobile service revenue for data, voice, roaming – 2009 – 2010
• Table 11 – Hutchison mobile subscribers and annual change – 1998 – 2011
• Table 12 – Hutchison 3G mobile subscribers and annual change – 2004 - 2008
• Table 13 – HTHKH mobile subscribers 2G and 3G postpaid and total - 2008 - 2011
• Table 14 – Hutchison postpaid ARPU – 2009 - 2011
• Table 15 – i-Cable revenue and profit – 2005 - 2010
• Table 16 – Wharf T&T fixed-line, i-Cable broadband and pay TV subscribers – 2001 - 2011
• Table 17 – Hong Kong CSL subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2005
• Table 18 – New World Mobility subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2005
• Table 19 – CSL New World subscribers and annual change – 2006 - 2011
• Table 20 – Peoples (China Mobile Hong Kong) subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2011
• Table 21 – SmarTone-Vodafone revenue and profit – 2002 - 2011
• Table 22 – SmarTone-Vodafone ARPU and data contribution – 2002 - 2011
• Table 23 – SmarTone subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2011
• Table 24 – SmarTone-Vodafone 3G subscribers – 2004 - 2011

• Chart 1 – PCCW revenue, capex, ARPU – 2006 - 2010

• Exhibit 1 – PCCW at a glance – December 2010
• Exhibit 2 – The ‘original’ PCCW deal
• Exhibit 3 – City Telecom at a glance – December 2010
• Exhibit 4 – HTHKH at a glance – December 2010
• Exhibit 5 – HTHKH frequency allocations – June 2011
• Exhibit 6 – iCable at a glance – December 2010
• Exhibit 7 – CSL New World at a glance – June 2010
• Exhibit 8 – SmarTone Vodafone at a glance – December 2010