Sun Mobile
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New World Mobility Limited and New World Mobility was a subsidiary and a brand of New World PCS respectively; New World PCS itself was a subsidiary of New World Development. However, New World Development sold the shares of its successor CSL New World Mobility in 2013. The brand New World Mobility was active until 2014, which was changed to SUN Mobile in the same year; but the legal person New World Mobility Limited was once dormant until re-active again in 2008[1] as a joint venture of CSL New World Mobility and Telecom Digital.[2]Template:RpScript error: No such module "Unsubst". During the period of dormant, the brand was operated by sister company of New World Mobility Limited.
History
New World Mobility
New World Mobility Limited was launched in 1998[1] and previously parented by New World PCS Limited,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". which the latter was incorporated in 1995.[1] New World Mobility, as a brand, was launched in 1997.[3]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". New World Mobility Limited later became dormant in 2003,[1] which the brand was operated by New World PCS directly. New World PCS was also the licence holder of personal communication services since 1996.[4]
New World PCS became a public company indirectly, via a backdoor listing. A listed company Asia Logistics Technologies acquired New World PCS Holdings (parent of New World PCS) from New World Development and renamed itself into New World Mobile Holdings in 2004.[5]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[6]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In March 2006, New World PCS Limited merged with Hong Kong CSL Limited to form a new intermediate holding company called CSL New World Mobility,[7]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". whose shareholders are Australian telecommunications company Telstra (76.4%)Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and New World Mobile Holdings (23.6%).[7] New World Mobility became one of the brands of the holding company's mobile services. In October 2006, New World Mobile Holdings sold its 23.6% stakes of the intermediate holding company to New World Mobile Holdings' parent company New World Development.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
New World PCS Limited was also renamed to CSL Limited, as a subsidiary of the new holding company in 2008.[1] New World Mobility Limited was back from dormant also in 2008,[1] which CSL Limited owned 60% stake since 2008–09 financial year.[8]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[9]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The rest of the stake of New World Mobility Limited, was acquired by Template:Ill also in 2008;[2]Template:RpScript error: No such module "Unsubst". the latter was a mobile virtual network operator of brands such as "Rabbit", which bought the network usage from other companies.[2]Template:RpScript error: No such module "Unsubst". New World Mobility Limited operated the brand New World Mobility[10]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". since circa 2008.
New World Development and Telstra sold the stake of CSL New World Mobility to HKT in December 2013.[11][12][9][13] After the transaction, HKT owned New World Mobility, CSL, PCCW Mobile and other brands.[9]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
SUN Mobile
On 25 September 2014, New World Mobility Limited ceased to exist as HKT revamped the subsidiary under the name SUN Mobile Limited,[14] the company was jointly-owned by HKT (instead of CSL Limited) and Telecom Digital.[15]Script error: No such module "Unsubst". However, the pronunciation of Sun was similar to the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese character Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Zh) of the old brand; the new brand in Chinese, was also dropped the world "World" (Template:Zh) and replacing the suffix to "Mobile Communications" (Template:Zh) only, instead of "Mobility Network" (Template:Zh).
See also
- CSL Mobile, a mobile network operator that is also owned by HKT
- Sunday Communications, a defunct parent company of SUNDAY, a mobile network operator that was privatised by PCCW in 2005
- PCCW Mobile, formerly doing business as SUNDAY, a mobile network operator that was owned by PCCW and formerly Sunday Communications
References
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