Chief Executive (CE) Sam Hou Fai announced in an executive order published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday that telecom operator SmarTone – Mobile Communications (Macau) Limited will officially cease the provision of mobile communication services in Macau on June 5.
According to the Post and Telecommunications Bureau (CTT), SmarTone has cooperated with rival telecom operator CTM, allowing SmarTone customers to join service plans offered by CTM, ensuring that customers’ SIM card-based information and communication technology services are not affected.
No complaints or feedback have been received from members of the public, according to CTT.
Listed in Hong Kong in 1996, SmarTone is a subsidiary of Sun Hung Kai Properties. It began its pursuit of 5G development in Hong Kong in May 2020, but never launched 5G service in Macau.
After SmarTone’s exit from the local telecom market, there will be only three telecom operators running 4G services, namely CTM, and China Telecom (Macau) Company Limited and 3 Macau, with the former two running 5G services as well.
This is the SmartTone logo downloaded from the telecom operator’s FaceBook account last night.
