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