SmarTone (00315.HK) announced further enhancement of the railroads network coverage and experience of MTR (00066.HK). Starting from yesterday (18th), it will gradually upgrade the use of 3.3GHz and 3.5GHz "5G gold spectrum" at a total of 24 major stations in the urban MTR railroads, including Island Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Kwun Tong Line, Tung Chung Line and Airport Express. This will comprehensively improve the 5G network capacity within the stations.
Tin Hau Station has already completed the upgrade, while the network upgrade projects of Admiralty, Wan Chai, and Kowloon stations will also be completed successively within this year. The company stated that with the exclusive laying of 850MHz low-frequency 5G networks in MTR stations earlier, the network capacity within the stations will be enhanced to provide better network experience and better signal penetration.