City Telecom - 'bbAid' Launched to Support Emergency Broadband Needs for Hong Kong
2007年1月7日 - 10:00PM
PRニュース・ワイアー (英語)
HONG KONG, Jan. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Due to the
Earthquake in Taiwan on 26 December 2006, Hong Kong's overseas
telecommunications services had been severely affected by the
damage of several regional submarine cables, hindering the services
provided by all Hong Kong's Internet Service Providers. Hong Kong
Broadband Network Ltd. ("HKBN"), a wholly owned subsidy of City
Telecom (HK) Limited (NASDAQ:CTEL), with rapid response from staff
and business partners, was one of the first service providers to
restore overseas telecommunications service by 11:42 am, 28th
December, 2006. HKBN's rapid restoration was due mainly to the
rigorous design of the HKBN network that ensured there are always
30% over-provisioning of bandwidth, equivalent to a 1.3 times
bandwidth capacity over the average bandwidth utilization for
customers. Although the recent disruption has lowered HKBN's
bandwidth provisioning, this over-provisioning design had come into
force thereby minimizing the impact to customers. Whilst HKBN
customers were able to resume their essential Internet services
within two days, the majority of Hong Kong Internet users are still
negatively impacted, even until today. This highlights the
deficiency in the industry's existing telecommunication services'
arrangements & contingency planning. Appreciating the
importance of communications, HKBN announced the launch of "bbAid"
to those are who are still suffering from overseas bandwidth
outage, providing immediate broadband service aid. Effective from
8th January 2007, PCCW Netvigator's broadband customers can
register at hotline 3498 3498, where HKBN will install bb100
service (symmetric 100Mbps access) within 24 hours, with up to 200
installations daily. The "bbAid" is offered to provide immediate
outbound communication services to those with urgent needs, with no
contract commitment and installation fee required, and services
charge being HK$10/day (US$1.30), with minimal charge is HK$20
(US$2.60). Should no contract renewal or cancellation notice be
received from customer within 30 days after installation, such
service will be terminated automatically after the said period.
Chairman of HKBN, Ricky Wong said, "As the pioneer of Hong Kong's
telecommunication services, valuing the criticality of overseas
telecommunications, we hope the bbAid will serve to relief the
stress and inconvenience for consumers that are suffering from
outage of international bandwidth." For enquiries, please contact:
Corporate Communications, Jessie Cheng, Tel: (852)31454118, Email:
or refer to http://www.ctigroup.com.hk/ DATASOURCE: City Telecom
(HK) Limited CONTACT: Jessie Cheng, Corporate Communications of
City Telecom (HK) Limited, +852-3145-4118, Web site:
http://www.ctigroup.com.hk/
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