CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited is a
telecommunication
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vendor
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to provide telecom services in the
Asia Pacific
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including
voice
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service, mobile
SMS
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and other value-added services, data service and telecom solutions to telecom operators and
ISP
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.
It was established in Hong Kong in 1999 and was listed on the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 3 April 2007 with stock code 1883. It is
parented by
CITIC Pacific
CITIC Limited () is a conglomerate headquartered in Hong Kong. Its shares are listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and it is a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. 58% of its issued shares are owned by the Chinese state-own ...
, a Hong Kong-based
conglomerate company, since 2000.
The group's services cover international telecommunications services (including mobile, Internet, voice, data services), integrated telecoms services (in Macau), and through its wholly owned subsidiary, CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (“CPC”), has established numerous PoPs around the world (especially in the Asia-Pacific region) to provide data and telecoms services (including VPN, Cloud, network security, co-location, Internet access, etc.) to multinational corporations. The Group holds 99% equity interest in
Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau, S.A.R.L. (“CTM”).
Pacific Internet was purchased by Citic Telecom International Holdings Limited on 12 October 2016. Pacific Internet serves the Southeast Asia market, mainly Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
See also
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Pacific Internet
Pacnet was a global telecommunications service provider between 2008 and 2015. It was formed from the operational merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet on 8 January 2008. It was owned by a private investor group comprising Ashmore Investm ...
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Internet in Singapore
In Singapore, there are 11,512,900 broadband Internet subscribers (as of February 2015). There are three major Internet service providers in Singapore, namely, Singtel, StarHub, and M1 and other growing providers like MyRepublic and ViewQwes ...
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CITIC Group
Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Telecommunications companies established in 1999
Telecommunications equipment vendors
Telecommunications companies of Hong Kong
Privately held companies of China
1999 establishments in Hong Kong