Main Business
HKT Group Holdings Limited (HKT) was formed in 2008 to hold the telecommunications services, media and IT solutions businesses of the PCCW Group in a reorganization designed to improve the Group's operational efficiencies. PCCW/HKT was the first provider of Hong Kong's quadruple-play experience, and offers a range of media content and services across four platforms – fixed-line, broadband Internet, TV and mobile. the group meets the telecommunications needs of the local and international business community, while supporting network operators with technical services and handling large-scale IT outsourcing projects for public and private sector organizations.
In recent years, the Group has made the transition from a traditional telecom operator to a next-generation provider of media content, applications and transactional services.
With more than 2.58 million business and residential lines in service, the Group has a leadership position in the fixed-line market in Hong Kong. In the broadband market, its NETVIGATOR Internet broadband service has the largest share of the market with 1.367 million retail and business customers. The Group's IPTV service, now TV, has reached more than 40% of the estimated 2.3 million households in Hong Kong. The Group under the PCCW mobile brand has also invested significantly in expanding its 3G network since its return to the mobile market in 2005 – since then its 3G customer number has grown more than 10 times.
PCCW/HKT has more than 8,000 PCCW Wi-Fi hotspots cover various busy locations such as food outlets, shopping malls, universities, and public transport, and the number is growing continuously. After laying enough optical fibers in Hong Kong to circle the planet 33 times, the Group has made the broadband capabilities of this technology available to some 77% of the territory's households at speeds of up to 1,000 Mbit/s.
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