Morningstar - China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (00762) China Unicom Loses Its Narrow Moat; Fair Value Estimate Reduced to HKD 11.20

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Dan Baker

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China Unicom Loses Its Narrow Moat; Fair Value Estimate Reduced to HKD 11.20

We have moved China Unicom to no-moat and stable trend ratings from narrow moat and negative trend ratings previously. The main reason for the move to no-moat is persistent returns below its cost of capital. The negative trend was previously based on the loss of a technology advantage as the industry moved from 3G to 4G technology. This has now largely played out as most traffic is now on the 4G network, so we move to stable trend. The change in moat rating and slight decrease in the value of th...

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China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited

China Unicom (Hong Kong) is an investment holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a telecommunications operator in China. Co. is engaged in providing mobile voice, fixed-line voice, fixed-line broadband, data communications and other telecommunications services to its customers.Co. is engaged in the provision of cellular and fixed-line voice and related value-added services, broadband and other Internet-related services, information communications technology services, and business and data communications services. The GSM cellular voice, WCDMA cellular voice, TD-LTE cellular voice, LTE FDD cellular voice and related value-added services are referred to as the .mobile business.

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Dan Baker

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