| Television Broadcasting Services | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Total television programme service licences (May 2018) | 41 |
| - Domestic free television programme service licences (May 2018) | 3 |
| - Domestic pay television programme service licences (May 2018) | 2 |
| - Non-domestic television programme service licences (May 2018) | 14 |
| - Other licensable television programme service licences (May 2018) | 22 |
| Digital Terrestrial Television take-up rate (October 2017)(Note 1) | About 88% |
| Penetration of licensed domestic free television services (analogue broadcasting) (January 2018) (Note 2) | 98.1% |
| Penetration of licensed domestic pay television services (December 2017) (Note 3) | About 85% |
| Total TV audience (aged 4 or above) (January 2018) (Note 2) | 6,554,000 |
| Total TV households (January 2018) (Note 2) | 2,498,000 |
| Total number of subscribers of licensed domestic pay television services (December 2017) (Note 4) | 2,151,000 |
| Sound Broadcasting Services | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Sound broadcasting licences (May 2018) | 2 |
| Telecommunications Services | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mobile network operators (May 2018) | 4 |
| Local fixed network operators (May 2018) (Note 5) | 26 |
| External fixed telecommunications services providers (May 2018) (Note 6) | 246 |
| - Facility-based external fixed network operators (May 2018) (Note 7) | 42 |
| - Services-based external telecommunications services providers (May 2018) (Note 8) | 204 |
| Residential fixed line penetration rate (February 2018) (Note 9) | 90.69% |
| Mobile subscriber penetration rate (February 2018) | 248.2% |
| Mobile subscribers (February 2018) | 18,394,767 |
| Mobile broadband customers (February 2018) (Note 10) | 17,165,002 |
| Internet Services | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Internet service providers (May 2018) (Note 11) | 235 |
| Registered customer accounts with broadband access (estimated) (February 2018) | 2,653,542 |
| Household broadband penetration rate (February 2018) | 92.6% |
| Fibre-to-the-home / building (FTTH/B) household penetration rate (February 2018) | 73.1% |
| - FTTH household penetration rate (February 2018) | 43.6% |
| - FTTB household penetration rate (February 2018) | 29.5% |
| Public Wi-Fi access points (May 2018) | 51,914 |
* In the above table, some operators are authorised to provide more than one type of services and therefore the above total number of service providers may be larger than the total number of licensees.
| Note 1: | According to a public survey conducted from August to October 2017. |
| Note 2: | Source: CSM Media Research Co. Ltd. |
| Note 3: | Penetration of licensed domestic pay television services is calculated by dividing the total number of subscribers of licensed domestic pay television services by the total number of households. Some subscribers were counted more than once if they subscribed to more than one pay TV service. |
| Note 4: | Include subscribers of two existing domestic pay television programme service licensees as at December 2017. |
| Note 5: | Include all licensees authorised to provide facility-based local fixed telecommunications services under fixed carrier licence (FCL) or unified carrier licence (UCL) using wireline or wireless technology. |
| Note 6: | Include all licensees authorised to provide facility-based external telecommunications services ("ETS") under FCL, UCL and service-based ETS under services-based operator ("SBO") licence. |
| Note 7: | Include all licensees authorised to provide cable-based and non-cable based ETS under FCL and UCL. |
| Note 8: | Include all licensees authorised to provide service-based external fixed telecommunications services under SBO licence. |
| Note 9: | The number of residential fixed line refers to the total number of residential exchange lines and non-exchange lines, while the residential fixed line penetration is calculated by dividing the number of residential fixed lines by the number of households in Hong Kong. |
| Note 10: | "Mobile broadband customers" refer to those who have subscribed to or used 2.5G/3G/4G mobile data services. |
| Note 11: | Include all licensees authorised to provide Internet access services under FCL, UCL and SBO licence. |
