Govt to issue tenders for remote Lantau broadband
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 [...]
Broadband
Govt-backed rural broadband likely to roll out in 2019
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 [...]
Govt cash for broadband plan catches industry attention
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 [...]
Lam promises Lantau conservation cash and a start on Shek Kwu Chau
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 [...]
Lantau internet: More fibre on its way
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 [...]
Yes, high-speed broadband is spreading to the islands
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 [...]
Anonymous banners getting govt message out on Lantau development
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 [...]
Fast broadband is arriving, slowly
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 [...]
Fixing our broadband problem
The SCMP gave the islands’ broadband problem a run today with this story: The Post had been alerted by Merrin Pearse’s complaint on the PCCW Facebook page after [...]
Barely broadband
Hong Kong’s digital divide is so wide that the outlying islands internet service barely qualifies as broadband. A survey by the Islands Broadband Concern Group survey [...]