Hutchison Telephone Company has won bid for a block of 30MHz spectrum for a utilisation fee of HK$150 million in the auction of radio spectrum in the 2.3GHz band held by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority in Hong Kong. Hutchison Telephone is a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited. 

With the additional spectrum acquired, the Group plans to further expand its present FDD LTE network into an FDD/ TDD dual-mode network over time. 

Last year, the Group successfully bid for the 900MHz spectrum and has been using the new spectrum to expand network capacity, coverage and increase the speed of its mobile data services. The Group has also been “re-farming” its existing 900MHz spectrum to WCDMA to expand network coverage, boosting both the volume and quality of communication for customers.