Hong Kong’s SmarTone will launch a territory-wide 4G LTE network in the 1800MHz spectrum  on 28 August 2012. At launch, all current SmarTone price plans will apply, announced the operator. 

“Our choice of 1800MHz for 4G has proven prescient, with a wide range of compatible devices being made available by all leading smartphone manufacturers. These will be capable of switching seamlessly to our 3G HSPA+ network at 2100MHz and 850MHz,” said Douglas Li, CEO, SmarTone.

Earlier in June 2009, SmarTone won radio spectrum in the 1800 MHz band and had announced that together with the existing 1800 MHz  spectrum, it would implement 4G LTE on 1800 MHz in a more effective and efficient way. SmarTone-Vodafone successfully bid for two frequency bands, each with a bandwidth of 0.8 MHz x  2.