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PCCW supports university research to promote innovation and technology development in Hong Kong

PCCW has launched a program to cooperate with local universities in ICT research projects as part of its efforts to promote innovation and technology development in Hong Kong.

The landscape of the ICT sector has been rapidly changing with technology advancement. As a major player in the ICT sector in Hong Kong, PCCW has over the years invested heavily in product and service innovation and infrastructure to be well prepared to serve our customers as technology continues to evolve. Nowadays, working together across boundaries is key to seizing the opportunities and addressing the challenges facing us in this interconnected world. PCCW aims to encourage cross-sector cooperation through a series of research projects, bringing business and academic insights together to provide new momentum for overall industry development.

These research projects will cover different aspects of the ICT industry, including enhancement and future advancement of wireless networks, optic fiber, network security and other information technologies. The research results will be published for industry application and/or further research and development purposes.

PCCW has kicked off the program with a research project focusing on video quality in different wireless transmission environments, which is a collaboration between the PCCW Group and the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). In addition to financial support, PCCW will provide PolyU with professional advice and assistance, laboratory testing environment, network statistics and mobile network data of the telecom business of the PCCW Group. The project is expected to be finished in 15 months.

The research result of the PolyU project is expected to facilitate PCCW’s future resource planning for network quality enhancement of the telecom business of the PCCW Group. The independent research result developed by PolyU may also be useful to other network providers or industry practitioners, thereby benefitting the industry as a whole.

PCCW’s cooperation with other local universities in research projects will be announced in due course.

Ms. Susanna Hui, Group Chief Financial Officer and an Executive Director of PCCW, said, “PCCW’s collaboration with PolyU signifies the first step of a campaign to encourage local academic research and drive the development of innovation and technology in Hong Kong. We believe that this initiative will help PCCW and the industry to respond to the dynamic operating environment and better meet the fast-evolving needs of customers.”

Ir Professor Ping-kong Alexander Wai, Vice President (Research Development) of PolyU, said, “We are pleased to receive the support of PCCW which is a leading ICT service provider in Hong Kong. Having the backing of the business sector is crucial especially for such a research project which requires real network data and industry insights to produce practical and useful research result.”



Source: PCCW

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