The following two analyses provided by the information industry show that Hong Kong's international leased line charges are higher than they would wish and explain why certain data intensive organizations are proposing to move their regional offices to Singapore where recent tariff cuts have reduced data and leased line charges. The argument put forward by the information industry suggests that given today's satellite transmission costs the tariff charges should be only marginally more from London to Hong Kong than from London to Frankfurt instead of being 45% more. Equally they believe that there is no cost justification for high speed circuits costing 150% more from London to Hong Kong than from London to Frankfurt as shown in Analysis 3. However this is an international issue which is not unique to CWHK and is common to most international carriers who charge by geographical distance rather than by costs.
TARIFF ANALYSIS 1
BTI ANNUAL CHARGES FOR EUROPEAN ZONES (M1020 VOICE-GRADE CIRCUITS)
ZONE 1 (Belgium, France Luxembourg, Netherlands)
£ p.a.
6,223
ZONE 2 (Austria, Denmark,
2,960
Finland, Germany, Gibralter,
Norway, Italy, Poland,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia)
ZONE 3 (Albania, Algeria, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Iceland, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Romania, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR)
11,200
All prices are subject to a 15% discount for prompt payment (within 30 days) for major users.
TARIFF ANALYSIS 2
SAMPLE MONTHLY INTER-EUROPEAN CHARGES (BOTH ENDS) FOR M1020 VOICE-GRADE CIRCUITS; SAMPLE EUROPE-HONG KONG CHARGES (EUROPEAN END ONLY)
London-Brussels
£520 London end £870 Brussels end
London-Frankfurt
£660 London end £1100 Frankfurt end
London-Paris
£520 London end £900 Paris end
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