News Release

SmarTone expands services to & stored-value SIM card customers
enabling them to discover and enjoy multimedia messaging services

(4 June 2003, Hong Kong) - SmarTone Mobile Communications Limited today announced the expansion of services to both and stored-value SIM card customers, so that they can access to and enjoy multimedia messaging services.

“Our ‘Get Closer’ customer-oriented strategy calls for our continuous strengthening of services to all customer segments. With the service enhancement, and stored-value SIM card customers can discover the many interest-oriented channels of , SmarTone’s mobile multimedia portal, and communicate more effectively with multimedia messenging services like and ,” said Douglas Li, Chief Executive Officer of SmarTone.

is the only monthly tariff plan guaranteeing the best offer in town for customers who are more value-driven. presently offers the lowest pay-as-you-go charge at HK$0.3 per SMS sent to SmarTone customers and the current per minute rate for the first 300 minutes is HK$0.25, covering both inter- and intra-network airtime charges.

is the only flexi monthly plan in town that allows customers to deduct all service charges from it - such services covering the wide spectrum of voice service; messaging services (eg. SMS, , ); data services (eg. , Java games, ringtone/logo/picture message download); and value-added services (eg. voice mail, call forwarding). Customers can make IDD calls to more than 240 countries in the world and roam to China or Macau at competitive rates.

The GPRS rate that is applicable to all SmarTone’s customers stands at HK$0.02/kb for browsing and HK$0.10/kb for other WAP sites.

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About SmarTone

Established in 1992, SmarTone is a leading provider of mobile communications services in Hong Kong. It is a customer-oriented Company and aims to bring its customers closer to the people, the information and the entertainment that is important to them and, through this, to generate greater shareholders' value.

With our strong technological heritage and deep commitment to quality service, we intend to bring our customers into the new world of 2.5G/3G mobile infotainment and media. With a clear focus on customer needs, we have marketed numerous compelling services which deliver substantial benefits to our customers — recent branded offerings include , , , , and .

Our commitment to quality service is well recognised in Hong Kong, validated by recent retail and service industry awards.

We were the first operator to launch GSM mobile services in Asia in 1993 and the first in Hong Kong to introduce automatic international roaming. We were the first in the world to implement Enhanced Full Rate technology in our network in 1997, greatly improving voice quality for our customers. We were the first in Hong Kong to pilot launch GPRS in 1999.

SmarTone (SEHK: 0315) has been publicly listed in Hong Kong since 1996. The Company's major shareholder is Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (holding about 51%).

Website address: www.smartone.com.hk

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