RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.4
2August 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2352)
Original: English Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM HONG KONG
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Theattached communication iscirculated attherequest ofHong Kong tomembers ofthe
Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications.
_______________
Further tothediscussions atthemeeting oftheNegotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
held on26April 1995, Hong Kong ispleased tosubmit theattached conditional draft offer onbasic
telecommunications services.
Thedraft offer isconditional andHong Kong reserves theright tomake amendments toitat
anytime prior totheconclusion ofthetrack ofnegotiations onbasic telecommunications.HONG KONG -DRAFT OFFERS/NGBT/W/12/Add.4
Page 2 Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
COMMUNICATION
SERVICES
Telecommunication
services
Voice telephone
services: limited to
local public
community repeater
services andlocal
public mobile radio
telephone services.
- Facility or
resale based1) Unbound
2) None
3) None other than thatthesupply ofsuch
services issubject toradio spectrum
frequency availability andthat
commercial presence must take theform
ofacompany.1
4) Unbound except forintracorporate
transfer ofgeneral managers, senior
managers andspecialists assetoutin
theAttachment.1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound
Facsimile services:
limited tolocal
facsimile services.
- Resale based1) Unbound
2) None
3) None other than thatcommercial
presence must take theform ofa
company.1
4) Unbound except forintracorporate
transfer ofgeneral managers, senior
managers andspecialists assetoutin
theAttachment.1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound
1"Company" means broadly, acompany incorporated inHong Kong under theCompanies Ordinance, oracompany incorporated outside Hong Kong which establishes
aplace ofbusiness andregistered assuch inHong Kong under theCompanies Ordinance.Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Other services:S/NGBT/W/12/Add.4
Page 3Radio paging
services: limited to
local public radio
paging services
- Facility or
resale based1) Unbound
2) None
3) None other than thatthesupply ofsuch
services issubject toradio spectrum
frequency availability. Commercial
presence must take theform ofa
company.1
4) Unbound except forintracorporate
transfer ofgeneral managers, senior
managers andspecialists assetoutin
theAttachment.1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound
Mobile data
transmission services:
limited tolocal public
mobile data services.
- Facility or
resale based1) Unbound
2) None
3) None other than thatthesupply ofsuch
services issubject toradio spectrum
frequency availability andthat
commercial presence must take theform
ofacompany.1
4) Unbound except forintracorporate
transfer ofgeneral managers, senior
managers andspecialists assetoutin
theAttachment.1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound
1"Company" means broadly, acompany incorporated inHong Kong under theCompanies Ordinance, oracompany incorporated outside Hong Kong which establishes
aplace ofbusiness andregistered assuch inHong Kong under theCompanies Ordinance.