MONDAY MARCH 18, 1991
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TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEM PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED CAPACITY
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THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS DOMINIC S.W. WONG, TODAY (MONDAY) SAID THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE RELOCATED SEVERAL BLOCKS OF FREQUENCY SPECTRUM FOR THE TRUNKED
CAPACITY PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED SERVICE WHICH HE BELIEVED WILL THE COMMUNICATIONS MARKET.
HAVE.
WITH THE "WE
REACHED ALSO
AGREEMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITIES FOR THE 800 MHZ TRUNKED RADIO ΤΟ BE EXTENDED INTO GUANGDONG GRADUALLY IN THE NEXT FEW SAID.
GUANGDONG
SERVICE
YEARS, HE
SPEAKING
AT THE
OPENING CEREMONY
OF
FIRST
PACIFIC
MOBILE
COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED'S TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEM, MR WONG SAID DEMAND FOR PERSONAL COMMUNICATION FACILITIES WAS VERY HIGH.
OFFICE
FOR COMMUNICATION "AS A COROLLARY, THERE IS HIGH DEMAND ALSO SYSTEMS WITHIN COMPANIES, THAT IS TO SAY, BETWEEN A COMPANY'S AND ITS FLEET OF VEHICLES.
OF BUSINESS GOODS. VEHICLES
HE SAID.
"THIS DEMAND HAS BEEN ACCELERATING AS THE NUMBER VEHICLES INCREASES IN HONG KONG AND AS MORE AND MORE COMMUTE DAILY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGDONG,
MR
FREQUENCY
IN
THE
WONG SAID THE SITUATION HAD RESULTED IN HIGH CONGESTION THE PRIVATE MOBILE RADTO
BANDS AND TO OVERCOME PROBLEM. SEVERAL BLOCKS OF FREQUENCY SPECTRUM HAD BEEN RELOCATED FOR THE TRUNKED RADIO SERVICE.
OR
ALLOW THEIR OWN ONE ANOTHER.
HE NOTED THAT USING THE TRUNKED RADIO SERVICE, COMPANIES
COMMUNICATION WITH HAVE GOOD QUALITY TERRITORY-WIDE,
VEHICLE OPERATORS VEHICULAR FLEET, COMMUNICATION WITH
COULD
THEIR
то
OWN MAINTAIN
MR WONG SAID
HE WAS PLEASED THAT PRIVATE FIRMS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE OBJECTIVES BY INVESTING IN THE TRUNKED RADIO SERVICE.
AND
"FIRST PACIFIC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED HAS JOINED IN MADE HEAVY INVESTMENTS TO BRING THE LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY INTO HONG KONG," HE ADDED.
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ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES HONG KONG, MR WONG SAID THERE WAS EXPLOSIVE GROWTH OF THE SERVICES AND THEIR UTILISATION IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND
"HONG KONG PEOPLE ARE RENOWNED WORLDWIDE FOR READINESS TO
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AND TECHNOLOGY
ΤΟ
HIGH EFFICIENCY IMPROVE
PRODUCTIVITY.
"ADVANCES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ALWAYS GET RECEPTION HERE," HE NOTED.
/LAST YEAR
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