Hong Kong – HKT has won the Best Broadband Carrier Award at the Telecom Asia Awards 2015.

Now in its 18th year, the Telecom Asia Awards is one of the region’s longest-running and most prestigious telecom industry awards. It recognises innovative and outstanding performance by Asian service providers and industry executives.

The Awards selection is made by an independent panel of 13 industry experts on the basis of innovation, financial performance, technology, market leadership and corporate governance of the candidates.

HKT operates the largest fiber network in Hong Kong providing super-fast fixed broadband service to customers. Its FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) network is currently available to more than 80% of households in Hong Kong. HKT is also a leader in high-speed broadband with multiple technologies and speed available for customers. HKT is providing Hong Kong’s first 10G broadband service to selected customers in the current pilot phase, and targets to commercially launch the service in the third quarter of this year.

Paul Berriman, Chief Technology Officer of HKT, said after the award presentation in Jakarta in May, “HKT is proud to be recognised through this prestigious award. We are leading the market in broadband connectivity and will continue to introduce innovative and value-added services and advanced technology to meet the changing demands of our customers.”