HKT Wins State Wi-Fi Deal

HONG KONG -- HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, has been awarded a new contract to design, build, and support Wi-Fi facilities at designated Government premises all over Hong Kong under the Government Wi-Fi Programme.

The contract has been awarded to HKT by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as represented by the Government Chief Information Officer. It covers the design, development and operations of Wi-Fi service, installation of Wi-Fi access points and provision of maintenance support, as well as customer hotline and end-user support. HKT will progressively implement Wi-Fi facilities at designated Government premises in the next 18 months.

The contract work primarily involves the implementation of Wi-Fi facilities with more than 2,300 Wi-Fi access points and the latest wireless network technology 802.11n which will provide better signal coverage, enable faster data transfer and reduce signal interference.

HKT Ltd.