Step 2:
Allow users to by-pass the international provider for private (ie intra- corporate) communication.
5.18 An important element of future telecommunication policy should be to ensure that Hong Kong is an attractive site for multinational companies. It is not possible within the terms of the franchise for these companies to switch voice traffic between their various international locations, but it should be possible for them to establish their own point-to-point private wire links (7). Item (L) to the First Schedule of the Telecommu- nications Ordinance allows the Governor-in-Council to permit the granting of external private circuits between fixed points to and from Hong Kong, and we believe this provision could be leveraged to encourage the businesses to hub their telecommuni- cation centre in Hong Kong (ss Exhibit 16).
Exhibit 16: Private Circuit Bypass of International Gateway of Large Business Users
Using International Facilities
BASIS FOR ACTION
The Governor in Council may from time to time allow external private circuits between fixed points, to and from Hong Kong under Item (I) to the First Schedule to HKTI's licence
Bypassing International Facilities
(1) OIE = Overseas International Exchange
Today
Submarine
Site B
Site A
Cable
HKTI
OIE (1)
ΟΙ
Proposed
Site A
Site B
OIE (1)
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