pccw-global-logoHKT (SEHK:6823) – HONG KONG, November 15, 2016 – PCCW Global is delighted that our continued focus on delivering innovative and highly reliable services has been recognized yet again on an international level on two recent occasions.

These innovations are part of an ongoing programme of strategic developments which continues to demonstrate PCCW Global’s ability to deliver digital solutions globally whilst maintaining our all-important passion for service excellence.

Chosen from over 200 entries, PCCW Global won the Best Unified Communications Innovation Award at the Global Carrier Awards held on November 8 in Paris. We were recognized for innovation for the provision of an international UCaaS platform which enables full automation of all elements from “lead to cash”, affording service providers and their enterprise customers complete transparency and control over their unified communications services. These services are designed to enable service providers to extend their offerings into new markets and to build new and profitable revenue streams.

The winners were decided by a panel of more than 20 judges, which included leading analysts and industry experts, aided by a new scoring system which ensured that decisions regarding both the shortlists and the winners remained both objective and transparent.

Also, for the second consecutive year, PCCW Global has been awarded with the Best Global Wholesale Service Provider at the 2016 MEF Excellence Awards held in Baltimore, Maryland. The Awards recognize service, application, technology, and professional excellence and innovation in the global Third Network community. The MEF awards program is the largest in the world, focused on advanced Carrier Ethernet services and emerging Third Network services powered by CE2.0, LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration), NFV, and SDN networking technologies.

PCCW Global’s network has recently been certified to offer all CE2.0 services and has now achieved historical milestones such as being the first CE2.0 certified network to offer services across continental boundaries and to offer 100Gbps services.

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About PCCW Global

PCCW Global is the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, which is majority-owned by PCCW Limited. Covering more than 3,000 cities and 150 countries, the PCCW Global network supports a portfolio of integrated global communications solutions which include Ethernet, IP, fiber and satellite transmission solutions, international voice and VoIPX services, managed network & security services and our expanding “as-a-service” solutions including OTT video and Unified Communications.

PCCW Global is headquartered in Hong Kong, and maintains regional centres in Belgium, China, France, Greece, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. To learn more about PCCW Global, please visit www.pccwglobal.com.

About HKT

HKT (SEHK: 6823) is Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider and leading operator in fixed-line, broadband and mobile communication services. It meets the needs of the Hong Kong public and local and international businesses with a wide range of services including local telephony, local data and broadband, international telecommunications, mobile, and other telecommunications businesses such as customer premises equipment sales, outsourcing, consulting, and contact centers.

HKT offers a unique quadruple-play experience in Hong Kong delivering media content on its fixed-line, broadband Internet access and mobile platforms jointly with its parent company, PCCW Limited.

HKT also provides a range of innovative and smart living services beyond connectivity to make the daily lives of customers more convenient, whether they are at home, in the workplace, or on the go.

For further information, please contact:

Ivan Ho
PCCW Group
Tel:     +852 2883 8747
Email: ivan.wy.ho@pccw.com