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State-owned China Tower trades flat on Hong Kong debut
By Elaine YU, Yan ZHAO
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 8, 2018

State-owned China Tower -- the world's largest operator of telecoms towers -- ended its trading debut unchanged in Hong Kong on Wednesday, having chalked up the world's biggest initial public offering for two years.

The Beijing-based firm's $6.9 billion IPO was at the lower end of its expected range, making it the second to fall short of its main target with investor confidence hit by uncertainty linked to the China-US trade row.

China Tower is the world's largest IPO since Postal Savings Bank of China's $7.6 billion offering in 2016, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Last month Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi raised less than half its $10 billion initial target.

Some observers say investors may see China Tower as a safe bet on the country's mobile market because of its government backing.

But others argue the state-backed monopoly could face limited growth because of a lack of competition.

Shares in the firm edged up and down through the day before end at their HK$1.26 IPO price.

The muted trading price was "reasonable" given market conditions, said Jackson Wong of Huarong International Securities.

China Tower would enjoy favourable policies as a strategic asset, particularly given China's push for next-generation 5G wireless internet technology, and that would benefit investors in the future, Wong added.

And while he described the stock as "old-economy and not really sexy", he said it could still be profitable to investors.

"It's a pretty simple business model and China is trying to push 5G so we should see dividend-paying very soon," he said.

Chinese telecoms companies Huawei and ZTE are poised to become global leaders in the 5G rollout, which is beginning this year in several countries.

- New player -

However, they are likely to face severely tightened access to the US market over data security.

The technology is heavily cloud-based, potentially leaving sensitive data accessible by the service provider.

Mo Jia, a Shanghai-based research analyst at Canalys, said China Tower is a relatively new player in this field and will need to deepen its technology and patent pool.

In its listing document, China Tower said it would "research and develop new technologies and products of telecommunications tower infrastructure in response to the development needs from new technologies including 5G".

The company was established by China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom in 2014. They agreed to combine their tower assets by selling them to China Tower in 2015.

Speaking at Wednesday's launch in Hong Kong, chief executive Tong Jilu noted that the company had just celebrated its fourth birthday.

"Today is our new milestone," he said of the stock debut.

Hillhouse Capital, affiliates of China National Petroleum Corp and Taobao -- a subsidiary of Alibaba -- are reported to be among the 10 cornerstone investors.

The company said at its IPO launch event in Hong Kong in July that "international companies and giant domestic companies" were among the cornerstone investors.

Hong Kong is seeking to become a destination for major IPOs after being snubbed by Alibaba's overseas listing in 2014.

Since then, listing rules have been overhauled to allow weighted voting rights for different sets of shareholders.


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TRADE WARS
State-owned China Tower trades flat on Hong Kong debut
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 8, 2018
State-owned China Tower - the world's largest operator of telecommunications towers - made its trading debut in Hong Kong Wednesday in the latest high-profile listing in the city. Shares were trading at HK$1.28 ($0.16) in the morning, only slightly up on their IPO price of HK$1.26. They remained flat in afternoon trading at HK$1.27. China Tower is the world's largest IPO since Postal Savings Bank of China's $7.6 billion offering in 2016, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. But althou ... read more

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