CSL raises the ante on 4G network services
City's largest mobile network operator adds spectrum to increase high-speed coverage, following investment of more than HK$1 billion
CSL, the largest wireless network operator in Hong Kong, yesterday started switching on additional 4G network spectrum to boost its high-speed mobile services coverage across the city.
The company, a subsidiary of Australian telecommunications giant Telstra Corp, said the expansion was made possible by more than HK$1 billion it had invested on network development and innovation since last year.
It now provides 20 megahertz of 4G spectrum in the 2.6-gigahertz frequency band, up from 15MHz previously.
It also plans to have 20MHz of 4G spectrum on the 1.8GHz band by adding up to 10MHz of spectrum between June and early next year.
High-speed 4G mobile services in Hong Kong are made available in the 2.6GHz and 1.8GHz bands, which are the frequencies supported by the makers of 4G smartphones, media tablets, Wi-fi routers and various other devices.
Phil Mottram, the chief executive at CSL, said: "By adding additional spectrum, we're kind of widening the roads on CSL's network."
He said that meant "more capacity and greater download speeds" on the devices of 4G network subscribers.