| Dec 2005 |
The
total linear length of ducting of our network in
Hong Kong exceeds 4,900 kilometres and the length
of core fibre optical cable exceeds 860,000 kilometres.
In terms of coverage, our network now reaches over
1.3 million households and over 5,500 buildings.
HGC believes it owns the largest fibre-to-the-building
telecommunications network in Hong Kong |
| Nov 2005 |
Joined hands with
Tencent Technology Company Limited to exclusively
introduce "HGC-QQ" services, bringing
QQ's super-hot instant messaging and online entertainment
services to Hong Kong |
| Oct 2005 |
Extended
its world-first inter-Autonomous System International
Ethernet network to the US through cooperation with
Broadwing Communications |
| Aug 2005 |
Transferred to Alcatel
certain of its engineering and operation functions
which support HGC's telecommunications network in
Hong Kong |
| Aug 2005 |
Retail
sales network extended to all 3 shops; at the same
time, HGC collaborated with 3 Hong Kong to bring
unprecedented communications convenience of fixed
and mobile telecom services in a single price package |
| July 2005 |
Partnered with SUPERSUN
to launch IPTV service through its top-notch broadband
network |
| April 2005 |
Being
the first FTNS operator in the world to partner
with Skype Technologies S.A. and unveil the co-branded
"HGC-Skype" portal in Hong Kong |
| April 2005 |
Launched the "IDD
0088 unlimited plan", taking the lead in town
to completely break away from the per-minute and
per-market basis IDD charging traditions |
| Feb 2005 |
Reached
a partnership agreement with Company TransTeleCom
Ltd. of Russia to jointly roll out international
data services. The joint provision of connectivity
will be routed via the Europe-Russia-Mongolia-China
("ERMC") cable system, currently the shortest
land telecommunications route bridging Europe and
Asia |
| Feb 2005 |
Being one of the first
Fixed Telecommunications Network Services (FTNS)
operators in Hong Kong to introduce 100 Mbps symmetrical
residential broadband service |
