Hong Kong Telecom
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Not to be confused with Communications in Hong Kong.
HKT Limited (Chinese: 香港電訊有限公司; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng dihnseun yáuhhaahngūngsī), also known as Hong Kong Telecom (Chinese: 香港電訊; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng dihnseun), is one of the largest telecommunications companies in Hong Kong. It has a dominant position in fixed-line, mobile, IDD and broadband services in Hong Kong. HKT Group is a subsidiary of PCCW since 2000, after it was acquired from Cable & Wireless plc.
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Company type | Public |
SEHK: 6823 | |
Industry | Telecommunications |
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Founded | 1925; 99 years ago (1925) (as Hongkong Telephone) 1987; 37 years ago (1987) (as Hong Kong Telecom) |
Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Key people | Richard Li |
Brands | Netvigator |
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Revenue | HK$33.3 billion (2017) |
HK$5.1 billion (2017) | |
Total assets | HK$95.4 billion (2017) |
Total equity | HK$39 billion (2017) |
Number of employees | over 15,900[1] (2020) |
Parent | PCCW |
Subsidiaries | |
Website | hkt.com |
Footnotes / references in consolidated financial statement[2] |
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The company, along with HKT Trust (Chinese: 香港電訊信託), is a pair of listed corporations on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which the two corporations were bundled as one single stapled security.