PCCW-HKT Telephone has launched CDMA2000 mobile service, Hong Kong's fifth 3G mobile network after the four W-CDMA networks licensed in 2001.

The Office of the Telecommunications Authority said today the new network offers high-speed data and voice services conforming to the CDMA2000 standard in areas covering the Kowloon peninsula and northern Hong Kong Island.

Service coverage will be extended to the airport, Mass Transit Railway stations, road tunnels and boundary checkpoints.

CDMA is one of the major mobile communications standards widely deployed in Canada, the US, Japan, South Korea and the Mainland.

Visitors holding CDMA equipment can now enjoy CDMA2000 roaming services, strengthening Hong Kong's strategic position as a world city and the gateway between the Mainland and the globe.