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Development of Telecommunications in Macao

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

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Last Modified Date: 19/03/2010