China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) announced that it has launched its commercial 5G service across the country, starting from the midnight of 1 April 2020.
The Operator conducted a live 5G launch ceremony and application demonstration using Virtual Reality (VR) technology, at its newest flagship store in Central, Hong Kong.
CMHK has also introduced 5G roaming services in some locations in Mainland China and South Korea. By the end of 2020, it plans to bring the borderless 5G experience to other popular countries and regions within Asia and Europe.
CMHK's new '5G Service Plan' will have various new and exciting features to satisfy the different needs of customers. The plan includes 100GB of ultra-fast 5G local data for HK$438, 200GB of data for HK$538, and 300GB of data for HK$638. Customers who sign up before 30 June 2020 will be able to enjoy a discounted monthly fee of HK$298, HK$398, or HK$498, respectively. Other monthly benefits of the plan will include Greater Bay Area Roaming Data 3 (Mainland China and Macau) and unlimited incoming calls from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. To make communication even smoother, customers can still enjoy unlimited local data even after the full-speed data limit has been reached.
CMHK claims that it currently possesses the largest number of 3.5GHz spectrums, often referred to as the "5G Prime Frequency Band", and up to now has been the only 5G network provider in Hong Kong to acquire 3.3GHz (3380-3400MHz) and 3.5GHz (3400-3460MHz) of continuous bandwidth spectrum (80 MHz in total), which allows for better indoor network optimization and provides users with a high-quality network experience, more flexibly and efficiently. At the same time, the 4.9GHz spectrum will be used together with the existing 4G spectrum resources re-farming to resolve the current restrictions of the 5G network in certain areas within Hong Kong, thereby providing customers with a seamless 5G experience.
Dr. Li Feng, Chairman, China Mobile HK
Starting at midnight on 1 April 2020, CMHK's 5G network will be officially put into service, which will help inject new energy into the various industries and individuals in the city, bringing a future of infinite possibilities.
Sean Lee, Director and CEO, China Mobile Hong Kong
Today, our speed test shows that CMHK's 5G network has a latency of less than 10ms, a download speed exceeding 1Gbps, and an upload speed of over 130Mbps, which served as solid evidence to demonstrate that CMHK’s 5G network can better meet customer needs.
