Our International Network

With our ongoing commitment to building an unobstructed network supporting a rapidly evolving global telecommunications industry, at Hutchison Global Communications ("HGC"), we are constantly expanding our coverage not only on a local scale, but also on a worldwide basis. Our extensive network coverage not only enables us to deliver a variety of quality services to a full range of regional and local customers, from enthusiastic information-seekers and web-surfers at home, to forward-looking small and medium enterprises at work,to the world's large multi-nationals and network carriers.

Since 2000, our local optic fibre network has been directly connected to China Telecom's Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) Ring. With this development, we became the first new Fixed telecommunications Network Services (FTNS) operator in Hong Kong to offer direct telecommunications links with the mainland. In December 2002, HGC and China Telecom Corporation also reached a capacity expansion agreement to increase the interconnection capacity by 10Gbit/s to 12.5 Gbit/s. The agreement represents the first and only 10Gbit/s network expansion treaty ever entered into with China Telecom Corporation by an overseas carrier.

Helping to enhance Hong Kong's competitiveness as a major communications hub in the region, the contribution of our global telecommunications network ensures that Hong Kong emerges as one of the most connected cities in the world. Extending our global reach, we own virtually unlimited broadband capacity on international submarine cable systems and have established bilateral partnerships with the world's leading international carriers.

Self-owned telecommunications facilities in overseas countries

Having firmly cemented our solid foundations in the local telecommunications market and benefiting from the advantages delivered by our state-of-the-art optical fibre network, we are rapidly emerging as a major telecommunications carrier in the region with the rapid extension of our international network.

Extending our global reach, we have also built our own telecommunications facilities in overseas destinations including the US and Singapore, among many others. We have also applied for a telecommunications license for Taiwan. Powered by these self-owned overseas telecommunications facilities, we are poised to grow into one of the region's leading telecommunications service provider embracing both voice and data services.

We are further extending our global presence by setting up offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai & Beijing in the PRC, Taiwan, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea and Los Angeles in the United States.