The Hong Kong government has re-issued the tender for rural broadband network construction in the outlying islands. The original tender, issued last June, attracted no [...]
The Hong Kong government has issued tenders for its scheme to subsidise construction of high-speed internet to rural Hong Kong villages. The project aims to build fibre [...]
The Hong Kong government will issue tenders for the construction of fibre links to 45 Lantau villages – part of a new scheme to provide faster rural internet across [...]
Government-backed broadband services could be available to rural Hong Kong residents as early as the second half of next year. The government expects to issue a tender for [...]
CE Carrie Lam’s promise to subsidise rural broadband could speed up the deployment of high-speed internet, but it is still too early to tell. A senior HKT engineer told [...]
Cash for local conservation projects, a solar power trial and the start of work on the Shek Kwu Chau incinerator top the list of measures affecting Lantau in Carrie [...]
South Lantau’s internet is finally starting to catch up to the rest of Hong Kong, with more fibre connectivity promised. Telco HGC and partner Top Express have just [...]
There’s been a bit happening in the world of islands broadband. In Lantau the big news is that Top Express has finally started rolling out fibre in Mui Wo. The company [...]
A series of banners promoting the government’s ‘develop Lantau’ message have popped up all over South Lantau in the last three days. The unusual feature [...]
High-speed internet via fibre connections to the home is on its way to South Lantau – but not from PCCW. Local firm Top Express, which specialises in building [...]