Taiwan Mobile
#1646
Rank
$10.53B
Marketcap
Taiwan
Country
Mr. Zhichen Lin (Pres & Director)
Mr. George Chang C.F.A. (VP & Chief Financial Officer)
Yao Xun Shih (Chief Accounting Officer)
Summary
History
Taiwan Mobile started as part of a strategic divestment from the now defunct Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co. Ltd . PEWC started their telecom venture first by becoming a shareholder of Iridium LLC in 1994, and this investment place them in a high profile, and high risk, following a strategic win in Hong Kong PCS license in 1995 and later rolled out as P Plus Communications in Hong Kong. PEWC also made various business development efforts and tender bids in different wireless licenses in China, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and Philippines. The company finally returned to Taiwan to bid for the various licenses being liberalised in 1996 and 1997. Taiwan Mobile now also have acquired stakes in Taiwan Fixed Network.
Taiwan Mobile was previously named Pacific Cellular Corporation while the Hong Kong investment holding company was called PEWC Telecommunications Co. Ltd which holds the investment in P-Plus Communications Ltd. PEWC, PCC, Pacific Iridium were part of the overall telecom portfolio. The company had also invested into various telecom and internet businesses and had made a series of merger and acquisitions with retail distribution company, a CRM company and an engineering company that receives outsourcing contract from the combined cellular and phone companies.
Today's Taiwan Mobile's logo is more colorful but still has the look of the original satellite gateway station of Iridium with hexagonal shapes. The older logo used to be all red and had a legacy red from the now defunct Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd .
Mission
Vision
Key Team
Mr. Tom Koh (Sr. VP of Technology & CTO)
Mr. Rock Tsai (VP & Chief Information Officer)
Mr. Steve Chou (VP & Chief Enterprise Bus. Officer)
Mr. C. H. Wu (VP & Chief Enterprise Bus. Officer)
Mr. Eddie Chan (VP of Corp. Affairs & Chief Data Officer)
Mr. Tony Lin (VP & Chief Consumer Bus. Officer)
Tim Lee (VP & Acting Chief Strategy Officer)
Recognition and Awards
References
Mr. Zhichen Lin (Pres & Director)
Mr. George Chang C.F.A. (VP & Chief Financial Officer)
Yao Xun Shih (Chief Accounting Officer)