Macau Telecommunication Operators and History - 澳門電訊營運商 / 電訊歷史 (澳门电讯营运商 / 电讯历史)

2G & 3G Mobile Telephone Services
Macau CTM
3(Macau)
China Unicom

2G Mobile Telephone Services
SmarTone

Pager Services
Kong Seng Paging

2G & 3G 移動電話服務
澳門電訊
3 (澳門)
中國聯通

2G 移動電話服務
數碼通

傳呼服務
廣星傳訊



Development of Telecommunications in Macau
Source : DSRT

05/1977
Granting the provisional licences for the provision of paging services

08/1981
Granting the 20-year public telecommunications Services Concession Contract to CTM

08/1982
Introduction of IDD Service to Hong Kong

07/1983
Connection of the first Optical Fibre Cable in Macao

09/1983
Operation of the first Digital Local Telephone Exchange

05/1984
Inauguration of the first Satellite Antenna – Intelsat Standard B

07/1988
Inauguration of the first Macau-Zhuhai Optical Fibre Cable

11/1988
Launch of Analogue Mobile Telephone Service- TACS

10/1991
Total digitalisation of telecommunications network in Macao

09/1992
Operation of the first Digital Telephone Exchange dedicated to International Services

12/1992
Inauguration of the second Satellite Antenna – Intelsat Standard A

05/1995
Launch of Internet services

12/1995
Official Launch of GSM Digital Mobile Telephone Service in Macao

01/1997
Joining the investment in SEA-ME-WE-3 Cable (CTM)

01/1998
Publication of the decree law for the provision of Satellite TV broadcasting services

04/1999
Granting the 15-year terrestrial subscription TV services contract (CATV) to TV Cabo Macau, SARL

12/1999
Launch of GSM900/1800 Dual Band Network

12/1999
Revision of CTM’s public telecommunications Services Concession Contract, with an extension until 31.12.2011

06/2000
Establishment of the Office for the Development of Information and Technology (GDTTI)

07/2000
Receiving applications for the provision of public mobile telecommunications services

07/2000
Launch of Internet Broadband Services

10/2000
Normalization of the application procedures for applying the provisional licences of Internet Services

03/2001
Granting two new provisional licences for the provision of public mobile telecommunications services and the first Internet provisional licence

08/2001
Promulgation of “Telecommunications Basic Law”

08/2001
Network Interconnection Agreement among mobile operators and official launch of public mobile telecommunications services by the two new operators

12/2001
Implementation of mobile number portability service

04/2002
Announcement of the administrative regulation on “The operation of public telecommunications networks and the provision of public mobile telecommunications services”

06/2002
Launch of cross network Short Message Services among three mobile operators

06/2002
Granting three definitive licences to the three public mobile telecommunications operators

08/2002
Publication of administrative regulations “Management and Allocation of Telecommunications Numbering Resource” and “External Telecommunications Infrastructures” (provision of external network services/capacity)

10/2002
Granting one mobile virtual network operator licence

10/2002
Publication of the administrative regulation “Provision of Internet Services”

10/2003
Following the Mainland and Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) and its annexes, Macao Telecom service providers are allowed to set up joint venture enterprises in the Mainland to provide five types of value-added telecommunications services