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Hong Kong plans unified licensing system.(REGULATION)

Hong Kong has announced plans to introduce unified broadband licences for fixed-line and mobile phone operators in 2006. Announced by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA), the new unified system will allow operators to offer wireless broadband Internet services in Hong Kong. All operators will be subject to the same regulations. Unified broadband licensing in Hong Kong will follow the introduction of similar systems in Australia, India and Singapore (see 2005150a2). The new system is expected to make 'anytime anywhere' Internet access available in Hong Kong, where

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