Hong Kong CSL Limited

CSL Limited
香港流動通訊有限公司

Type	Privately-owned company
Industry	Mobile communication
Founded	1983
Headquarters	Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Area served	Hong Kong
Key people	CEO: Mr. Tarek Robbiati
Parent	CSL New World Mobility Group
Website	Hong Kong CSL Limited

CSL Limited (Chinese: 香港流動通訊有限公司) is Hong Kong's first and largest mobile communications operator established in 1983. It is now parented by CSL New World Mobility Group, a joint venture company of Telstra Corporation Limited (76.4%) and New World Development (23.6%). It provides GSM-900 , GSM-1800, UMTS-900 (3G) and UMTS-2100 (3G) services with the brands 1010, One2Free, New World Mobility.

CSL is an abbreviation for Communication Services Limited and their original branding of "Create a Simple Life".

Timeline

• 1984: CSL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Telecom, launches Hong Kong's first public mobile radiotelephone service using NEC's Advance Mobile Telephone System.
• July 1993: CSL launches its GSM service [1]
• June 1997: CSL launches its GSM 1800 network
• December 1997: CSL acquires Pacific Link Communications. The acquisition included the digital cellular phone services (D-Amps), PCS (GSM1800) and radio paging services.
• 2000 - PCCW Limited buys Cable & Wireless HKT, including subsidiary CSL (Hong Kong Telecom CSL Limited), for an estimated US$38 billion from Cable & Wireless. [2][3]
• Feb 2001: PCCW sells 60% of CSL to Telstra for $3.05 billion, in a joint venture called "Regional Wireless Company" (RWC) [4] [5]
• July 2002: Telstra purchases PCCW's 40% stake in RWC for A$1.1billion, giving Telstra 100% ownership of CSL [6] [7]
• March 2006: CSL & New World PCS Limited merge to become the CSL New World Mobility Group [8].
• January 2007: New World Mobile Holdings agrees to sell its quarter stake to its parent company New World Development, for US$321 million. [9]

See others

• CSL New World Mobility Group
• New World Mobility

External links

• Hong Kong CSL Limited