Jack So, who left his chairman position at Hong Kong subway operator MTR Corporation Limited, took up the job of group managing director at PCCW on 25 July 2003.

Li is chairman of PCCW and chairman of PCCW's executive committee.

While former PCCW deputy chairman Linus Cheung Wing-lam becomes executive chairman.

PCCW was formed by Richard Li, the younger son of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka Shing.

On 30 December, majority shareholders Pacific Century Regional Developments, controlled by Richard Li, and China Unicom Group raised their joint offer for PCCW from HK $ 4. 20 a share, minutes before shareholders were due to vote on the original buyout plan.

Richard Li and PCCW also donated $ 1 million to the Business Community Relief Fund for Victims of SARS.

It was reported that, as early as 10 January, 2006, the Lam's family was in negotiation with Richard Li ( head of Hong Kong-based telecommunication giant PCCW ) and another local mass-media company for the sale of the newspaper.

With the support of the loan from Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and Bank of China ( Hong Kong ), PCCW, chaired by Richard Li, the younger son of tycoon Li Ka-shing, entered the scene and managed to outbid the Singaporean rival.

Li told the Sunday Times newspaper that PCCW would not launch a hostile bid for C & W but that the two companies could work together to enhance shareholders ' value.

The Securities and Futures Commission found that Francis Yuen, a Li associate and member of the buyout group, had instructed a senior executive at Fortis to distribute PCCW shares to about 500 Fortis agents.

In early 2009, Li attempted to take PCCW private again, offering to buy out existing public shareholders at HK $ 4. 50 per share, a premium of nearly 55 % to the HK $ 2. 90 price before the offer was announced.

Li is also a director at several Hong Kong listed companies including fixed line phone carrier PCCW, SCMP Group and Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels.

The Group under the PCCW mobile brand has also invested significantly in expanding its 3G network since its return to the mobile market in 2005 – since then its 3G customer number has grown more than 10 times.

PCCW / HKT has more than 8, 000 PCCW Wi-Fi hotspots cover various busy locations such as food outlets, shopping malls, universities, and public transport, and the number is growing continuously.

PCCW has been a member of the Environmental Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce since the early 90s.

PCCW has also been a Board member of Business Environment Council ( BEC ) since the early 90s and was one of the founding members of Private Sector Committee on the Environment ( PSCE ).

The PCCW foundation has provided sponsorship for local data network service for the Internet2 project initiated by the Joint Universities Computer Center ( JUCC ).

PCCW has been the object of much scorn in Hong Kong as a result of the HKT purchase.

In turn, Francis Leung Pak-to has agreed to sell an 8 % stake in PCCW to Telefónica for 323 million euros.

His Canadian citizenship has proven valuable to him in his financial dealings, allowing him to make bids for PCCW to purchase stakes in companies such as Air Canada and Bell Canada Enterprises without running afoul of restrictions on foreign ownership.

In June 2011, Hong Kong's stock exchange approved the carve-out of the telecommunications and mobile assets by PCCW, which also has broadband television, consulting and property businesses.

However, PCCW has experienced great loss for years.

He has consulted with global corporations including PCCW and Intel and has written on the multimedia industry, micro-content publishing and social networking.

But this brought PCCW to take high debt and sell assets to return the debt.

In a heated shareholders meeting held on 4 February 2009 which lasted seven and a half hours, the shareholders approved the PCCW plan allowing its majority shareholders to force out all minority shareholders of the company amidst allegations of vote-buying.

* PCCW Netvigator, with a 95 % coverage area and providing internet access to 1. 9 million users.

Some of Telstra's overseas ventures had proved unsuccessful, with withdrawal from some South East Asian markets and major writedowns of joint venture investments such as the $ 2. 7bn Reach undersea cable with Hong Kong-based PCCW.

PCCW Limited () is the holding company of HKT Group Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong based Information and Communications Technologies ( ICT ) company.

PCCW also holds a majority interest in Pacific Century Premium Developments Limited.

PCCW is headquartered in Hong Kong and maintains a presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, mainland China and other parts of Asia.

PCCW Shop in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.

HKT Group Holdings Limited ( HKT ) was formed in 2008 to hold the telecommunications services, media and IT solutions businesses of the PCCW Group in a reorganization designed to improve the Group's operational efficiencies.

PCCW / HKT was the first provider of Hong Kong's quadruple-play experience, and offers a range of media content and services across four platforms – fixed-line, broadband Internet, TV and mobile.

PCCW / HKT is the only operator in Hong Kong-and one of the few in the world-to offer genuine quadruple-play experience to customers.

The flexibility of the Group's quadruple-play capability allows customers to watch now TV programming not only on a TV set, but also on a mobile phone, an online PC, or its eye Multimedia Service and PCCW eye2.

( where friends and families can share photos and videos stored digitally on the PCCW / HKT network and view them via the quadruple-play platforms ), Yellow Pages directories, etc.

The PCCW Commercial Group is providing integrated ICT solutions to small, medium and large enterprises.

PCCW Solutions is the Group's IT and business process outsourcing flagship.

PCCW Teleservices operates a contact center outsourcing business and boasts one of the region's largest contact management networks and a significant operation in the U. S. It handles inbound and outbound calls, emails and other transactions for customers, and serves many multinational companies.

PCCW Global provides integrated global communications solutions, runs a fully meshed IP, fiber and satellite network and serves the voice, data and multimedia needs of multinational enterprises, as well as the operational requirements of service providers.

With centers in Hong Kong, Herndon, Virginia in the US, London in the UK, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, plus teams covering the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas, PCCW Global supply the voice and data needs of multinational enterprises, as well as the operational requirements of service providers.

PTCL engineers accidentally leaked a " black hole " announcement to PCCW.

PCCW had recently provided temporary access to PTCL in order to restore the nation's loss of internet access due to a previous major submarine cable break event.