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The Telecommunications Authority will release spectrum through a public auction in this year's fourth quarter for the provision of a mobile service using the CDMA2000 standard from November next year.
The subsidiary legislation will be tabled at the Legislative Council to impose utilisation fees on use of the spectrum and to prescribe the method of determining the fee by auction.
CDMA2000 is one of the world's main mobile communications standards. It can provide high-speed data services with data rates comparable to Hong Kong's existing 3G services.
Mobile services based on the CDMA2000 standard are provided in 85 economies, including the US, South Korea, Japan and the Mainland. There are 325 million CDMA2000 subscribers worldwide. On the Mainland, there are more than 30 million CDMA2000 subscribers.
A new mobile service using the CDMA2000 standard will contribute to the harmonisation of popular mobile services with the Mainland as well as other parts of the world, strengthening Hong Kong's strategic position as a world city and the gateway between the Mainland and the world, the authority said.
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