SUNDAY (former trading name) | |||
Formerly | Mandarin Communications | ||
Company type | subsidiary | ||
Industry | Mobile communication | ||
Founded | 24 November 1994British Hong Kong | in||
Defunct | 2014 | ||
Fate | merged with CSL Limited(Hong Kong) | ||
Successor | CSL Mobile | ||
Headquarters | , Hong Kong | ||
Area served | Hong Kong | ||
Owner | HKT (100%) | ||
Parent | HKT | ||
former Chinese name (Mandarin Communications era) | |||
Traditional Chinese | 匯亞通訊 | ||
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Website |
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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]
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]
SUNDAY (former trading name) | |||
Formerly | Mandarin Communications | ||
Company type | subsidiary | ||
Industry | Mobile communication | ||
Founded | 24 November 1994British Hong Kong | in||
Defunct | 2014 | ||
Fate | merged with CSL Limited(Hong Kong) | ||
Successor | CSL Mobile | ||
Headquarters | , Hong Kong | ||
Area served | Hong Kong | ||
Owner | HKT (100%) | ||
Parent | HKT | ||
former Chinese name (Mandarin Communications era) | |||
Traditional Chinese | 匯亞通訊 | ||
| |||
Website |
www |
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]
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]