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i-CABLE Communications Limited
Cable TV Tower, 9 Hoi Shing Rd., Tsuen Wan
Hong Kong
Tel. +852-2112-6868
Fax +852-2112-7878

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.i-cablecomm.com
 Employees: 54
Employee growth: (98.1%)

i-CABLE Communications provides digital cable television service in Hong Kong and mainland China. With a basic cable service that includes more than 60 channels, the company also offers premium and pay-per-view programming. i-Cable produces its own programming and repackages licensed programming to suit local preferences. In addition to cable television, it provides access to satellite television systems. Other services provided by i-Cable include residential broadband Internet access, and it works with Wharf T&T to provide local voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) service. The Wharf (Holdings) owns about 73% of the company.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $268.3M
One year growth: (9.1%)
Net income: ($14.3)M

Officers:
Chairman, President, and CEO: Stephen T. H. Ng
CFO and Director: Media

Competitors:
Asia Television
PCCW Limited
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i-CABLE Communications Limited (a Hong Kong Cable Television Limited holding company) (SEHK: 1097,OTCBB: ICABY), i-Cable in short, is an internet Service Provider in Hong Kong. In 1999, the company began to develop advanced applications for its fibre coaxial network (already used for the paid-TV service) and to capitalise on the rapidly growing number of Internet users in Hong Kong. It provides

  1. dial-up internet access service
  2. high speed broadband internet access service (January 2000)
  3. residential fixed-line telephone service (January 2006)

The broadband internet access service deploying cable modem based technology via the TCP/IP which is differed from the PPPoE technology provided by conventional carrier.

i-CABLE is also the holding company that runs one of Hong Kong's pay television providers. Established as Wharf Cable, the current 12-year licence will expire on 31 December 2017. It is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Wharf Holdings Limited owns 73 per cent of the cable provider and the rest amongst public shareholders.

Hong Kong Cable is also commonly referred to as "Cable Television", and is branded as "CABLE TV".

Directors

  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer : Stephen T. H. Ng
  • Director & Chief Financial Officer : William Kwan
  • Director: T. K. Ho
  • Director: Patrick Wu
  • Director: Anthony K. K. Yeung, (JP)

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