Office of the Communications Authority - Capacity of External Telecommunications Facilities

Updated on a quarterly basis

Figures are in Gbps

End of Month	Equipped Capacity (note 1)			Activated Capacity (note 2)
End of Month	Cable (note 3)	Satellite (note 4)	Total	Cable (note 3)	Satellite (note 4)	Total
06/2020	112,573.72	2.28	112,576.00	101,226.18	0.76	101,226.94
03/2020	110,224.44	2.20	110,226.64	98,138.38	0.68	98,139.05
12/2019	107,793.71	2.01	107,795.72	96,233.06	0.5	96,233.55
09/2019	89,629.02	2.00	89,631.03	79,235.14	0.47	79,235.61
06/2019	82,941.23	3.88	82,945.11	75,859.98	1.89	75,861.87
03/2019	81,417.76	4.04	81,421.80	71,836.75	1.99	71,838.75
12/2018	73,838.37	4.09	73,842.46	64,590.21	2.05	64,592.26
09/2018	68,676.12	4.49	68,680.60	56,619.13	2.36	56,621.49
06/2018	68,897.59*	4.32	68,901.90*	57,952.12*	2.20	57,954.32*
03/2018	63,490.47*	4.34	63,494.81*	50,172.27*	2.22	50,174.50*
12/2017	61,090.36*	4.43	61,094.79*	48,714.97*	2.28	48,717.25*
09/2017	56,995.27*	4.35	56,999.61*	44,613.38*	2.16	44,615.53*
06/2017	52,784.58	4.57	52,789.16	39,409.42	1.69	39,411.12
03/2017	49,315.98	4.47	49,320.45	37,925.69	1.59	37,927.28
12/2016	48,348.35*	4.47	48,352.82*	34,425.39	1.86	34,427.25
09/2016	40,229.32*	4.24	40,233.56*	32,274.43	1.27	32,275.70
06/2016	35,220.27	4.00	35,224.27	30,015.14	1.07	30,016.22
03/2016	35,163.57	3.95	35,167.52	29,454.94	1.18	29,456.12
12/2015	30,743.39	3.86	30,747.25	25,816.91	1.1	25,818.01
09/2015	29,430.94*	3.91	29,434.85*	24,894.42	1.17	24,895.59
06/2015	27,937.92*	3.94	27,941.86*	22,161.84	1.21	22,163.05
03/2015	24,428.88*	3.80	24,432.68*	20,217.11*	1.15	20,218.26*
12/2014	21,270.92	2.78	21,273.70	18,105.11	1.15	18,106.26
09/2014	16,369.10	2.71	16,371.81	12,727.88	1.12	12,729.00
06/2014	15,723.53	2.64	15,726.17	11,586.90	1.07	11,587.97
03/2014	15,088.53	2.61	15,091.14	10,365.85	1.20	10,367.05
12/2013	13,586.73	2.63	13,589.36	9,421.33	1.13	9,422.46
09/2013	11,233.22	2.96	11,236.18	8,493.38	1.18	8,494.56
06/2013	10,841.55	2.96	10,844.51	8,164.98	1.18	8,166.16
03/2013	10,326.24	3.14	10,329.38	7,422.61	1.33	7,423.93
12/2012	9,431.58*	3.00	9,434.58*	6,494.23*	1.36	6,495.59*
09/2012	7,881.47	3.94	7,885.41	5,851.83	1.91	5,853.74
06/2012	7,620.61	4.12	7,624.73	5,716.13	2.09	5,718.22
03/2012	7,142.42	4.19	7,146.60	5,549.69	2.16	5,551.85
12/2011	6,489.90	4.35	6,494.25	5,115.96	2.32	5,118.28
09/2011	5,697.25	4.42	5,701.67	4,743.19	2.36	4,745.55
06/2011	5,171.85	4.41	5,176.26	4,229.59	2.35	4,231.93
03/2011	4,955.94	4.69	4,960.63	3,941.32	2.61	3,943.93
12/2010	4,373.37	5.01	4,378.38	3,342.90	2.9	3,345.80
09/2010	4,296.78	5.01	4,301.78	3,227.79	2.91	3,230.70
06/2010	4,112.62	4.88	4,117.50	3,029.18	2.77	3,031.94
03/2010	4,052.36	5.07	4,057.43	2,888.54	3	2,891.53
12/2009	3,959.11	4.97	3,964.07	2,670.50	2.91	2,673.42
09/2009	3,836.43	5.09	3,841.51	2,446.03	3.16	2,449.19
06/2009	3,826.27	4.91	3,831.18	2,302.80	3.05	2,305.84
03/2009	3,821.89	3.79	3,825.68	2,148.07	3.19	2,151.25
12/2008	3,471.35	3.73	3,475.08	1,959.42	3.01	1,962.43
09/2008	3,057.55	3.94	3,061.48	1,834.78	3.3	1,838.08
06/2008	2,970.84	3.85	2,974.70	1,706.95	3.11	1,710.06
03/2008	2,178.95	3.94	2,182.89	1,435.94	3.21	1,439.15
12/2007	1,841.77	3.94	1,845.70	1,320.67	3.25	1,323.92
09/2007	1,796.99	3.86	1,800.85	1,236.51	3.24	1,239.75
06/2007	1,612.19*	3.65	1,615.84*	842.48*	3.03	845.51*
03/2007	1,417.22	3.44	1,420.66	760.3	2.78	763.08
12/2006	1,268.89	3.42	1,272.31	695.34	2.76	698.11
09/2006	1,244.00	2.79	1,246.79	679.4	2.21	681.61
06/2006	1,175.16	2.88	1,178.05	586.19	2.35	588.54
03/2006	1,150.06	2.9	1,152.96	458.76	2.41*	461.17*
12/2005	976.42	2.71	979.13	425.4	2.09	427.5
09/2005	852.54	2.32	854.86	358.48	1.84	360.32
06/2005	809.72	2.06	811.78	343.88	1.8	345.67
03/2005	645.63	1.98	647.62	175.61*	1.7	177.31*
12/2004	644.7	1.75	646.45	165.83	1.5	167.32
09/2004	633.51	1.51	635.02	156.87	1.3	158.17
06/2004	622.57	1.42	623.99	149.11	1.16	150.27
03/2004	623.76	1.49	625.26	142.87	1.33	144.2
12/2003	620.69	1.48	622.16	132.95	1.25	134.2
09/2003	615.31	1.52	616.83	125.17	1.25	126.42
06/2003	635.81	1.67	637.48	102.98	1.38	104.36
03/2003	634.55	1.56	636.11	99.7	1.37	101.07
12/2002	584.06	2.28	586.34	94.23	1.63	95.86
09/2002	582.67	2.26	584.92	81.86	1.62	83.48
06/2002	554.64	2.46	557.1	72.26	1.68	73.93
03/2002	269.27	2.25*	271.52	64.59	1.51	66.1
12/2001	232.46	2.15	234.61	48.25	1.47	49.73
09/2001	162.56	1.62	164.18	39.14	1.3	40.44
06/2001	20.79	1.51	22.3	8.75	1.21	9.96
03/2001	20.55	1.15	21.7	8.32	1.08	9.4
12/2000	16.5	1.13	17.63	6.15	0.99	7.13
09/2000	9.75	1.11	10.86	5.26	0.9	6.16

* Adjusted figure.

Note 1:

"Equipped Capacity" refers to the capacity of the external circuits, which are equipped with the necessary termination equipment so that the capacity is readily available to customers in Hong Kong upon request.

Note 2:

"Activated Capacity" refers to the capacity of the external circuits, which are being used by the customers.

For breakdown figures of "Activated Capacity" by countries or territories, please CLICK HERE.

Note 3:

"Cable" includes submarine cable systems and overland cable systems.

Note 4:

"Satellite" includes satellite uplink/downlink systems, microwave link systems and satellite uplink systems at Hong Kong end for broadcasting traffic.