PCCW Mobile HK
SUNDAY (former trading name)
FormerlyMandarin Communications
Company typesubsidiary
IndustryMobile communication
Founded24 November 1994 (1994-11-24) in British Hong Kong
Defunct2014
Fatemerged with CSL Limited(Hong Kong)
SuccessorCSL Mobile
Headquarters
Hong Kong
,
Hong Kong
Area served
Hong Kong
OwnerHKT (100%)
ParentHKT
former Chinese name (Mandarin Communications era)
Traditional Chinese匯亞通訊
Websitewww.pccwmobile.com

PCCW Mobile HK Limited previously known as Mandarin Communications Limited, was a subsidiary of PCCW (via HKT) involving mobile network operator of 2G and 3G in Hong Kong. It was previously owned by a Caymans-incorporated Hong Kong listed company Sunday Communications until 2006.

The company also owned the license of internet service provider and international direct dialing of Hong Kong.[1]

History

PCCW Mobile HK, previously known as "Mandarin Communications"[2] (registered Chinese name 匯亞通訊有限公司;[2] trading as SUNDAY[3]), was a Hong Kong company that was incorporated in 1994. Mandarin Communications launched its 2G GSM 1800 network in 1997.[4][non-primary source needed]

Mandarin Communications was a subsidiary of the listed company Sunday Communications since 2000. In 2004, the company signed a contract with Huawei, a Chinese telecommunications company, for the supply and installation of a 3G network to SUNDAY,[5] as well as purchasing the shares of its parent company Sunday Communications.[6] The group acquired the 3G license of Hong Kong via Sunday 3G (Hong Kong) Limited (stylized as SUNDAY 3G),[7][8] a wholly owned subsidiary of Mandarin Communications.[1]

However, the parent company, Sunday Communications, was acquired by PCCW in 2005,[9] and the subsidiary, Mandarin Communications, was renamed to "PCCW Mobile HK Limited" in 2007,[2] after Sunday Communications selling Mandarin Communications and other businesses to its parent company in 2006.[10][non-primary source needed] PCCW made this acquisition to return to mobile business after it sold Hong Kong CSL Limited to Australia's Telstra in 2001–02.[11][12]

Nevertheless, after PCCW, via its subsidiary HKT, re-acquired CSL (known as a different legal person, CSL Limited, at that time) and its parent company CSL New World Mobility from Telstra and New World Development in December 2013,[13][14][15][16] PCCW ceased to use the brand PCCW in its mobile network operator services, which the legal person of PCCW Mobile HK was renamed to CSL Mobile Limited instead, in 2014.[2][17][non-primary source needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Report on the competition impact of the acquisition of shares in SUNDAY by PCCW (PDF). Hong Kong: Office of the Communications Authority. 5 July 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d Data in Hong Kong Companies Registry
  3. ^ "Definitions" (PDF). Prospectus. Hong Kong: International Elite – via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website.
  4. ^ "Corporate Profile" (PDF). 2000 Annual Report. Sunday Communications. 4 April 2001. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website.
  5. ^ 华为与Sunday签3G供应协议 并增持该公司股份. ZDNet China (in Chinese (China)). CBS Interactive. 14 May 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via cnetnews.com.cn.
  6. ^ 华为继续增持Sunday股份 所持比例上调至8.02%. 计算机世界网 (in Chinese (China)). 27 May 2004. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via Sina website.
  7. ^ H. Asher Bolande (20 September 2001). Written at Hong Kong. "Hong Kong Government Announces Four Winners of 3G Mobile Licenses". The Wall Street Journal. New York City: Dow Jones & Company.
  8. ^ H. Asher Bolande (20 September 2001). "Hong Kong Cancels Auction Of Third-Generation Licenses | City's 4 Mobile Firms Were the Only Bidders". The Asian Wall Street Journal. Hong Kong: Dow Jones & Company. ISSN 0377-9920 – via Factiva.
  9. ^ Lau, Justine (13 June 2005). Written at Hong Kong. "PCCW returns to wireless with Sunday buy". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  10. ^ "(1) Very substantial disposal and connected transaction, (2) voluntary withdrawal of listing and proposed distribution" (PDF) (Press release). Sunday Communications. 7 November 2006. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website.
  11. ^ Lee, Mark; Wong, Ka-chun (14 June 2005). "PCCW returns to mobiles with $1.94b bid for Sunday". The Standard. Hong Kong: Sing Tao News Corporation. Archived from the original on 9 March 2006. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Telecom: Hong Kong Regulator Clears PCCW Purchase". The Asian Wall Street Journal. Hong Kong: Dow Jones & Company. 6 July 2005. ISSN 0377-9920 – via Factiva.
  13. ^ 剝離非核心資產 鄭氏兩年套近400億. Ming Pao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Media Chinese International. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Disclosable transaction | Disposal of 23.6% interest in CSL New World Mobility Limited" (PDF) (Press release). Hong Kong: New World Development. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2018 – via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing.
  15. ^ "Joint Announcement" (PDF) (Press release). PCCW Limited and HKT Trust c/o HKT Limited. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website.
  16. ^ "HKT eyes smooth takeover of CSL New World Mobility". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  17. ^ "NOTES TO THE HKT TRUST AND HKT LIMITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" (PDF). 2014 Annual Report (Report). HKT Trust c/o HKT Limited. 13 March 2015. p. 109 – via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website.

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