Private company

China Mobile Hong Kong

Telecommunications company in Hong Kong

China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited or CMHK (Chinese: 中國移動香港有限公司), is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Mobile. The company was incepted in January 1997 and was the first PCS operator to launch such services in Hong Kong. CMHK is currently the largest telecommunications operator in Hong Kong.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1997Founded1
  • Industrymobile phone industry, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersHong Kong1
  • Websitewww.hk.chinamobile.com
  • Legal formprivately held company1
HK 荃灣 Tsuen Wan 南豐中心 新之城 Nan Fung Centre shop China Mobile July 2018 IX2
Photo: Ywoel Hu8ejeal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited or CMHK (Chinese: 中國移動香港有限公司), is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Mobile. The company was incepted in January 1997 and was the first PCS operator to launch such services in Hong Kong. CMHK is currently the largest telecommunications operator in Hong Kong.2

Corporate structure

China Mobile Hong Kong is part of a group headed by State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. 278 entities, 20 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In June 1994, the company was first launched and established as PEOPLES Telephone Company Limited in Hong Kong and was awarded a PCS license in 1996 September. In May 2000, it was the first operator in Hong Kong to launch an open portal WAP service.

On 25 February 2004, it changed its name to China Resources Peoples Telephone Company Limited (華潤萬眾香港有限公司), named by its parent company at that time, China Resources.

In October 2005, it acquired China Mobile and changed its name to China Mobile Peoples Telephone Company Limited (中國移動萬眾電話有限公司) in April 2006. In March 2006, it was delisted and became a fully subsidiary of China Mobile.

In December 2008, it changed its name to China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited but kept its brand name "Peoples".

In December 2012, China Mobile Hong Kong launched the world's first network TD-LTE/LTE FDD fusion (4G) for roaming.

In December 2013, CMHK launched its new corporate brand, plus its commercial brand "and!".

From Wikipedia’s article on CMHK, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Mobile network

As of June 2017, CMHK has 8.274 million subscribers, making them the largest mobile network operator in Hong Kong. As of May 2018, CMHK provided network service 4.5G, 4G LTE (LTE FDD and TD-LTE), 3GHSPA, GPRS and EDGE.

As a subsidiary of China Mobile, CMHK has launched a series of cross-border mobile services for customers traveling between Hong Kong, Mainland China and around the world.

From June 2025, 3G network service of CMHK was ceased operation.

Effective from 12:00 am on 23 June 2026, CMHK was ceased 2G mobile network to focus resources on advancing leading network technologies such as 4G and 5G.

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Home broadband

In 2017, CMHK launched their home broadband services with 3 plans of internet speed selection.

From Wikipedia’s article on CMHK, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

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