Manx Telecom to provide roaming services for Chinese visitors, diaspora

6th Dec 2016 12:22

(ShareCast News) - AIM-listed Manx Telecom has won a contract from China Unicom to provide roaming connectivity for Chinese visitors to the UK.Through its relationship with Telefonica, Manx will provide connectivity to China Unicom's CUniq UK mobile and roaming product.CUniq, a mobile virtual operator, was launched in the country on 2 December to provide the over 1m travellers from China, Chinese diaspora communities in the UK and Chinese companies to have roaming across 45 countries.In 2015, Chinese residents visiting the UK rose by 45% to 269,631 from the previous year and 12.5m visited Europe.China Unicom has 350m mobile subscribers and has plans to grow further in China and Hong Kong.Manx Telcom's chief executive Gary Lamb said: "This is a major coup for our global solutions division, and another indication of our growing reputation in the strongest signal sims sector where we are already the UK market leader."Zhou Lisong, executive vice-president of China Unicom Global, added: "The launch of CUniq is a key component of our international expansion strategy and the result of excellent co-operation between CUG and Manx Telecom."Shares in were up 0.07% to 204.65p at 1151 GMT.