PCCW Mobile HK Limited previously known as Mandarin Communications Limited, was a subsidiary of

PCCW PCCW Limited (formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) is a Hong Kong–based information and communication technology (ICT) and telecommunications company. The company is the major owner of telecommunications company HKT Limited, ...

(via HKT) involving

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of 2G and 3G 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 ...

. It was previously owned by a Caymans-incorporated Hong Kong listed company

Sunday Communications Sunday Communications Limited (branded as SUNDAY Communications) is a Cayman Islands incorporated holding company, but headquartered and listed in Hong Kong. It is the parent company of a mobile network operator of Hong Kong, Mandarin Communicat ...

until 2006. The company also owned the license of

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and

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of Hong Kong.

History

PCCW Mobile HK, previously known as "Mandarin Communications" (registered Chinese name ; trading as SUNDAY), was a Hong Kong company that was incorporated in 1994. Mandarin Communications launched its 2G GSM 1800 network in 1997. Mandarin Communications was a subsidiary of the listed company

since 2000. In 2004, the company signed a contract with

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, a Chinese telecommunications company, for the supply and installation of a 3G network to SUNDAY, as well as purchasing the shares of its parent company

. The group acquired the 3G license of Hong Kong via Sunday 3G (Hong Kong) Limited (stylized as SUNDAY 3G), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mandarin Communications. However, the parent company, Sunday Communications, was

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by PCCW in 2005, and the subsidiary, Mandarin Communications, was renamed to "PCCW Mobile HK Limited" in 2007, after Sunday Communications selling Mandarin Communications and other businesses to its parent company in 2006. PCCW made this acquisition to return to mobile business after it sold

Hong Kong CSL Limited CSL Mobile Limited () is a Hong Kong telecommunications company, which operates mobile network brands of "csl", "1O1O" and "Club SIM". CSL is a subsidiary of Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) and was Hong Kong's first mobile communications operator est ...

to Australia's

Telstra Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets related products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 20 stock index, and is Australia's largest telecomm ...

in 2001–02. 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 CSL Mobile Limited () is a Hong Kong telecommunications company, which operates mobile network brands of "csl", "1O1O" and "Club SIM". CSL is a subsidiary of Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) and was Hong Kong's first mobile communications operator est ...

from Telstra and

New World Development New World Development Company Limited (NWD) is a Hong Kong–based company focused on property, hotels, infrastructure and services and department stores. It was established on 29 May 1970 by Cheng Yu-tung. The company is publicly listed on t ...

in December 2013, PCCW ceased to use the brand PCCW in its

services, which the legal person of PCCW Mobile HK was renamed to

CSL Mobile Limited CSL Mobile Limited () is a Hong Kong telecommunications company, which operates mobile network brands of "csl", "1O1O" and "Club SIM". CSL is a subsidiary of Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) and was Hong Kong's first mobile communications operator est ...

instead, in 2014.Data in Hong Kong Companies Registry

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pccw Mobile Companies established in 1994 Companies disestablished in 2014 Pacific Century Group Mobile phone companies of Hong Kong