3 Hong Kong (also known as 3HK or Three HK; zh, first=j, c=3香港, j=saam1 hoeng1 gong2) is a

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and

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operating in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

by Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings, a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, operating under the global

Three 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies ...

brand. 3 Hong Kong is the first ''Three-''branded company, leading to the development of other operations in different locations. The company was founded in 1984 but was officially named as ''3 Hong Kong'' in 2002. It currently provides 5G, 4.5G,

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, 3G,

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dual-band mobile telecommunications and

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services through its own network infrastructure. 3HK also provides gaming and home entertainment services. 3_HK_in_Sai_Yeung_Choi_South_Street_2016

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History

The company started in 1984 as Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong, a telecommunications company that is granted licence to operate Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) cellular radio telephone network in Hong Kong. Afterwards, 3 launched Hong Kong's first analogue mobile telecommunications services in 1985. In 1995, 3 launched their GSM service. In 1998, 3 pushed their first dual-band network in Hong Kong, which is Asia's first dual-band network. In May 2004, its affiliated 2G operator Orange re-branded its services and changed its name to "3 Dualband", referring to the

product, and "3 CDMA", referring to the

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product. On 29 May 2008, Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Limited announced that it has signed an agreement with

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to bring the

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to Hong Kong and Macau later that year under 3. In 2010, 3 launched their 3Home Broadband (formerly 3ree Broadband) brand, integrating their fixed-line, mobile and Wi-Fi services together. In 2012, 3 introduced

service to Hong Kong. Later on, they announced full coverage in the

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, the transit railway system in Hong Kong. In the same year, a partnership with

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was launched. 3HK also became a member of the Conexus Mobile Alliance. In 2014, they announced their plans to offer Skype's Unlimited World and also

VoLTE Voice over Long-Term Evolution (acronym VoLTE) is an LTE high-speed wireless communication standard for voice calls and SMS using mobile phones and data terminals. VoLTE has up to three times more voice and data capacity than older 3G UMTS an ...

services. In 2016, 3 launched their 4.5G services. In 2017, 3 Hong Kong partnered with Razer, launching a new concept store – RazerStore in

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Services

Mobile network

Up till June 2017, 3 Hong Kong has 3.078 million subscribers, making them the third largest mobile network operator in Hong Kong. As to February 2018, 3 Hong Kong provided the following network service: *

-900/1800 (

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) * 900/2100 MHz

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, DC-HSPA+ * 900/1800/2100/2600 MHz

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, 2300 MHz TD-LTE *

LTE Advanced LTE Advanced, also named or recognized as LTE+, LTE-A or 4G+, is a 4G mobile Cellular network, cellular communication standard developed by 3GPP as a major enhancement of the LTE (telecommunication), Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. Three tec ...

* LTE Advanced Pro In 2017, it is reported that 3 is working with

Huawei Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei" sometimes stylized as "HUAWEI"; ; zh, c=华为, p= ) is a Chinese multinational corporationtechnology company in Longgang, Shenzhen, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its main product lines include teleco ...

to provide 5G services in Hong Kong.

Home broadband

3 Hong Kong was originally providing home broadband services as ''3Home Broadband''. In 2017, 3Home Broadband was rebranded, separating with 3 and abandoning the Three brand. The service has since become one of the key services of HGC Global Communications, another subsidiary of CK Hutchison. Despite the rebrand, 3 Hong Kong stores (dubbed as 3Shop) still provide customer services and promotions for HGC home broadband services.

References

External links

Official website

3Business

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