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Hong Kong's Fibre Broadband Market
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | McLaren, Gary |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Hong Kong has been long recognised as a leading global city when it comes to fixed broadband performance. Unlike many other leading broadband markets, this has occurred without any financial support from the Hong Kong government. The removal, rather than an increase, of regulation of the privately-owned broadband network operators has been the overwhelming main driver of this outcome. The key factors driving this outcome have been an open market with low barriers to entry, aggressive competition between network operators, low network build costs and innovative marketing to stimulate demand for higher-speed broadband service. The successful rollout of profitable competing Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) across the city demonstrates that fibre networks are not always and everywhere utility-style natural monopolies. However, the lack of a universal service obligation for broadband does also mean that in areas where competition is neither technically nor economically feasible approximately 10% to 15% of Hong Kong households are not benefiting from this policy. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://telsoc.org/printpdf/1924 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
