Hong Kong
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Lessons from the land of cheap broadband
What happens when telcos practically give it away ($13 for 100 megs!)?
NiQ Lai, chief financial officer of Hong Kong's City Telecom (CTEL), stopped by FORTUNE's San Francisco offices this week while on an investor tour. I had one question for him: Short of moving to Hong Kong, how can I get some of what he's selling?
I pay $25 to AT&T (T) every month for DSL that tops out at 1.5 MORE
Jeffrey M. O'Brien - Nov 13, 2009 7:02 AM ET -
The iPhone in Hong Kong: A bargain at $24 a month
Even as Canada's Rogers Communications and Germany's T-Mobile compete to offer the worst voice and data plans for the iPhone 3G, Hutchison Global Communications on Monday unveiled what may be the best.
Hutchison (HTX), which stuck a deal with Apple (AAPL) in May to bring the iPhone to Hong Kong and Macau, will be offering customers a choice of two pricing plans:
8GB iPhone for HK$2,938 ($377) plus HK$188 per month ($24/month) MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Jun 30, 2008 10:16 AM ET -
The iPhone gets two footholds in China
It's not China Mobile -- and it's not the mainland -- but it's a start.
Hutchison Telecom, a small Hong Kong-based carrier controlled by Li Ka-shing (more on him below), announced on Thursday that it had struck a deal with Apple (AAPL) to bring the iPhone to Hong Kong and Macau, two former colonies that are now special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China.
Hutchison (HTX) played an important MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - May 29, 2008 11:38 AM ET
