New World PCS
{{short description|Mobile network operator (MNO) of Hong Kong}}
{{primary source|date=February 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = New World PCS
| logo = File:Newworldmobility.png
| logo_caption = New World Mobility logo
| type = subsidiary
| foundation = {{start date|1995|2|16|df=yes}} in British Hong KongData in Hong Kong Companies Registry
| native_name = 新世界流動電話有限公司
| native_name_lang = zh-hk
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| location_city = Hong Kong SAR
| location_country = China
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| defunct = 2008
| fate = merged with sister company
| successor = CSL Limited
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| area_served = Hong Kong
| industry = Mobile communication
| brands =New World Mobility
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| parent = CSL New World Mobility
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| homepage = {{ubl|http://www.nwmobility.com}}
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New World PCS Limited (abb. NWPCS) was a mobile network operator (MNO) of Hong Kong.
History
{{chart top|group structure in 2005 (some intermediate holding companies were omitted)}}
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{{chart|"1"|"1"=New World Development}}
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{{chart|"2"|"2"=New World Mobile Holdings}}
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{{chart|"3"|"3"=New World PCS}}
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{{chart|"4"|"4"=New World Mobility}}
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New World PCS Limited was a subsidiary of New World Development that was incorporated on 16 February 1995. In 1997 the brand New World Mobility was launched.{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2005/1026/00862/F103.pdf|chapter=Corporate Profile|url=http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2005/1026/LTN20051026097.htm|title=2004–05 Annual Report|date=26 October 2005|publisher=New World Mobile Holdings|location=Hong Kong|via=Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website}}{{primary source inline|date=February 2018}}
In 2004 New World Development started to own the MNO via another listed intermediate holding company New World Mobile Holdings.{{Cite web |url=http://www1.nwmobility.com/html/main_page.jsp?LANG=C&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.nwmobility.com%2Fhtml%2Fchi%2Faboutus%2Faboutus_main_2.jsp |title=Company Background of New World Mobility |access-date=2019-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329094910/http://www1.nwmobility.com/html/main_page.jsp?LANG=C&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.nwmobility.com%2Fhtml%2Fchi%2Faboutus%2Faboutus_main_2.jsp |archive-date=2008-03-29 |url-status=dead }}{{primary source inline|date=February 2018}}{{cite press release|url=https://www.nwd.com.hk/sites/default/files/pr040401e1.pdf|title=Proposed Acquisition of New World PCS Holdings Limited by Asia Logistics Technologies Limited|date=1 April 2004|access-date=27 February 2018|publisher=New World Development|location=Hong Kong}}{{primary source inline|date=February 2018}} Previously, New World PCS Holdings, the direct parent company of New World PCS, as well as New World Telecommunications, were sister companies that under the same direct parent company New World Telephone Holdings, which in turn it was owned by New World Development.
In 2006, NWPCS merged with Hong Kong CSL to form CSL New World Mobility,{{cite news|url=https://hk.finance.appledaily.com/finance/daily/article/20051210/5473938|script-title=zh: CSL新移動組合營擬09年上市 |date=10 December 2005|access-date=28 February 2018|work=Apple Daily|publisher=Next Media|location=Hong Kong|language=zh-hk}} an intermediate holding company that was owned by Telstra (76.4%) and New World Development (23.6%).{{cite press release|url=https://www.nwd.com.hk/content/new-world-pcs-and-hong-kong-csl-mobile-merger-completed|title=New World PCS and Hong Kong CSL Mobile Merger Completed|date=31 March 2006|access-date=28 February 2018|publisher=New World Development|location=Hong Kong}} It is no longer the direct subsidiary of New World Mobile Holdings Limited and New World Development.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newworldmobile.com.hk/eng/pdf/PR20060331e.pdf |title=New World PCS and Hong Kong CSL Mobile Merger Completed |access-date=2008-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221204636/http://www.newworldmobile.com.hk/eng/pdf/PR20060331e.pdf |archive-date=2007-02-21 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.ofta.gov.hk/en/tele-lic/pcsc-nw.pdf |title=New World Mobility Customer Charter |access-date=2008-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415194005/http://www.ofta.gov.hk/en/tele-lic/pcsc-nw.pdf |archive-date=2007-04-15 |url-status=dead }}
In 2008 New World PCS Limited was renamed to CSL Limited, with the old CSL (Hong Kong CSL Limited) became its subsidiary.{{cite press release|url=http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2013/1220/LTN20131220043.pdf|title=Joint Announcement|date=20 December 2013|access-date=28 February 2018|publisher=PCCW Limited and HKT Trust c/o HKT Limited|via=Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing website}}{{primary source inline|date=February 2018}} However, the brand New World Mobility was still used by the group in the same year (used by New World Mobility Limited, a joint venture of CSL Limited), which eventually became Sun Mobile in 2014.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.nwmobility.com}}
Category:Telecommunications companies established in 1995
Category:Companies disestablished in 2008