Hutchison Telecom expects its Hong Kong operator to be in the forefront of 5G adoption and to launch commercial services by 2020. Cliff Woo, CEO of 3 Hong Kong, told LightReading: “According to what the experts have said the standard will only be finalized in late 2018 or early 2019. We have to take the final product/spec for manufacturing, including the chipset and handset, so that will take another 12 months. So we think probably the year 2020.” He expects the initial 5G-specific band in the country to be 3.5 GHz, although regulator OFCA is also looking at 26 GHz and 28 GHz for early-stage 5G allocations. Hong Kong would join Japan, China, Korea and the US in targeting 5G…