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HKBN Becomes Asia's First Telco to Win a Special Achievement in GIS Award

HONG KONG, July 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited ("HKBN"), a major fibre broadband services provider in Hong Kong, proudly announced that it has been conferred with a Special Achievement in GIS (Geographic Information System) Award ("SAG Award") from US-based Esri, a world leader in GIS technology. HKBN was selected from over 100,000 eligible candidates to become Asia's first telco to win the distinguished award. In making the award, Esri identified HKBN's commitment to innovative application of technology, data collection and geospatial information visualization that enhances the reliability and diagnostics for its telecommunications fibre network. 

Esri founder and President, Jack Dangermond said, "The SAG Awards serve a great purpose in recognising best practices for organisations implementing technology to change the world."

As a company with a long tradition for ground-breaking innovation (in 2004, HKBN built the world's largest Metro Ethernet network in the world; in 2005, HKBN became Hong Kong's first ISP to deliver 1,000Mbps Fibre-to-the-Home service), HKBN's latest breakthrough redefines optic fibre network steadiness and performance. Through the unique use of Remote Fibre Monitoring System (RFMS), HKBN's award-winning approach largely shortens the time needed, from the usual several hours to just 3 minutes or less, to pinpoint the exact location of a network failure, and ultimately reduces the mean time to repair (MTTR).  

HKBN Chief Technology Officer and Co-Owner, Gary McLaren said, "As a telco guided by a commitment to go that extra mile for customers, we are proud to be the first telco in Asia to win an SAG Award. Our Remote Fibre Monitoring System represents a new paradigm in network fault detection, repair and preventative maintenance. In simple terms, this breakthrough means our customers in both enterprise and residential markets can enjoy our broadband services with cutting-edge reliability and stability."

Hong Kong Broadband Network is the first telco in Asia conferred the SAG Award.
Hong Kong Broadband Network is the first telco in Asia conferred the SAG Award.

 

Led by Gary McLaren, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Owner (middle), the award winning team successfully applied new technologies to enhance fibre network reliability and performance. (from left) 1) Hiufung Leung, Engineer; 2) Grace Liang, Assistant Engineer; 3) Dik Shek, Senior Engineer; 4) Ben Kwok, Engineer; 5) Gary McLaren, Chief Technology Officer; 6) William Kwan, Senior Manager - Network Design & Construction; 7) Dicky Chan, Engineer; 8) Danny Wong, Senior Engineer.
Led by Gary McLaren, Chief Technology Officer & Co-Owner (middle), the award winning team successfully applied new technologies to enhance fibre network reliability and performance. (from left) 1) Hiufung Leung, Engineer; 2) Grace Liang, Assistant Engineer; 3) Dik Shek, Senior Engineer; 4) Ben Kwok, Engineer; 5) Gary McLaren, Chief Technology Officer; 6) William Kwan, Senior Manager - Network Design & Construction; 7) Dicky Chan, Engineer; 8) Danny Wong, Senior Engineer.

About HKBN Group

HKBN Group ("HKBN") is Hong Kong's largest provider of residential high speed fibre broadband (symmetrical 100Mbps to 1,000Mbps) services by number of subscriptions, and a fast growing enterprise solutions provider. The Group offers a full range of telecommunications solutions for both the residential and enterprise markets, encompassing broadband network services, cloud solutions, data connectivity, data facilities, system integration and voice communications. HKBN owns an extensive fibre network in Hong Kong, which covers over 2.1 million residential homes passed, representing approximately 79% of Hong Kong's total residential units, and more than 2,200 commercial buildings. HKBN embraces "Make our Hong Kong a Better Place to Live" as its core purpose, and takes great pride in developing its 2,900 plus Talents into a competitive advantage. The Group is managed by over 340 Co-Owners who have invested their own savings to buy HKBN shares, representing the majority of supervisory and management level Talents in the Group. HKBN Group is a subsidiary of HKBN Ltd (SEHK Stock Code: 1310).

About Esri

Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in GIS technology, Esri software is used in more than 350,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.

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Source: Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited
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