Nearly five years after operators launched 5G in Hong Kong, users of the service accounted for almost 30 percent of total mobile subscriptions at the end of September 2024, data from the Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) showed.
OFCA reported 5G subscriptions grew 16.1 percent year-on-year to 7.6 million, while 4G users were marginally higher at 17.5 million. The number of 3G customers fell 13.7 percent to about 563,000.
Average monthly data usage increased 7.7 percent to 8.6 GB. Prepaid users accounted for almost 39 percent of total mobile subscriptions.
Operators launched 5G services in 2020 using the 3.5 GHz band.
MVNO subscribers rose 13.6 percent to 4.2 million, and machine-type connections increased 21.1 percent to 762,203.
