Hong Kong’s telecommunications regulator, Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), has confirmed that the three qualified bidders for a new GSM 1800 MHz frequency allo cation are China Mobile Hong Kong, Hong Kong Telecommuni cations (HKT, par

Hong Kong’s telecommunications regulator, Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), has confirmed that the three qualified bidders for a new GSM 1800 MHz frequency allocation are China Mobile Hong Kong, Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT, part of PCCW) and SmarTone (operating under the SmarTone-Vodafone brand). The auction is only open to existing operators in the Special Administrative Region as the frequency block on offer (2×4.8 MHz) is deemed insufficient to support the launch of a competitive new network.