China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited or CMHK (), is a wholly owned subsidiary of

China Mobile China Mobile is the trade name of both China Mobile Limited and its ultimate controlling shareholder, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese State-owned enterprises of China, state-owned telecommunicationsStrait deals ''The Econ ...

. The company was incepted in January 1997 and was the first PCS operator to launch such services in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. CMHK is currently the largest telecommunications operator in Hong Kong.

History

In June 1994, the company was first launched and established as PEOPLES Telephone Company Limited in Hong Kong and was awarded a PCS license in 1996 September. In May 2000, it was the first operator in Hong Kong to launch an open portal WAP service. On 25 February 2004, it changed its name to China Resources Peoples Telephone Company Limited (), named by its parent company at that time,

China Resources China Resources Holdings Company Limited (), or simply China Resources, is a Chinese State-owned enterprise, state-owned Conglomerate (company), conglomerate that owns a variety of businesses in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Some of its subsidiar ...

. In October 2005, it acquired

and changed its name to China Mobile Peoples Telephone Company Limited () in April 2006. In March 2006, it was

delisted In corporate finance, a listing refers to the company's shares being on the list (or board) of stock that are publicly listed. Some stock exchanges allow shares of a foreign company to be listed and may allow dual listing, subject to conditions. ...

and became a fully

subsidiary A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidia ...

of China Mobile. In December 2008, it changed its name to China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited but kept its brand name "''Peoples''". In December 2012, China Mobile Hong Kong launched the world's first network TD-LTE/LTE FDD fusion (4G) for roaming. In December 2013, CMHK launched its new corporate brand, plus its commercial brand "''and!''".

Service

Mobile network

As of June 2017, CMHK has 8.274 million subscribers, making them the largest mobile network operator in Hong Kong. As of May 2018, CMHK provided network service 4.5G, 4G LTE (LTE FDD and TD-LTE), 3GHSPA, GPRS and EDGE. As a subsidiary of China Mobile, CMHK has launched a series of cross-border mobile services for customers traveling between

Mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

and around the world.

Home broadband

In 2017, CMHK launched their home broadband services with 3 plans of internet speed selection.

References

External links

Official website
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