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MONDAY MARCH 18, 1991

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TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEM PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED CAPACITY

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AUTHORITY,

MR

HAS

RADIO

IN

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.

IN

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

| DEAS NEW ADOPT

AND TECHNOLOGY

ΤΟ

HIGH EFFICIENCY IMPROVE

PRODUCTIVITY.

"ADVANCES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ALWAYS GET RECEPTION HERE," HE NOTED.

/LAST YEAR

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GOOD