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CHINA UNICOM (HONG KONG) LIMITED

中國聯合網絡通信(香港)股份有限公司

(incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

(Stock Code: 0762) Announcement Expansion of TD-LTE/LTE FDD Hybrid Network Trial

This announcement is made pursuant to Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571).
On 17 November 2014, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (the "Company") was notified by its ultimate parent company, China United Network Communications Group Company
Limited (中國聯合網絡通信集團有限公司) ("Unicom Group"), that, on the basis that Unicom
Group has obtained the approval to conduct TD-LTE/LTE FDD hybrid network trial in a
total of 40 cities on 27 June 2014 and 28 August 2014, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China has approved Unicom Group to expand the TD-LTE/LTE FDD hybrid network trial to 41 cities. The additional city is
Jiaxing. China United Network Communications Corporation Limited (中國聯合網絡通信有

限公司 ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, will continue to be responsible for

the hybrid network trial.
Hong Kong, 17 November 2014
By Order of the Board

CHINA UNICOM (HONG KONG) LIMITED CHU KA YEE

Company Secretary

As of the date of this announcement, the board of directors of the Company comprises:
Executive directors : Chang Xiaobing, Lu Yimin, Li Fushen and Zhang Junan
Non-executive director : Cesareo Alierta Izuel
Independent non-executive directors
: Cheung Wing Lam Linus, Wong Wai Ming,
John Lawson Thornton, Chung Shui Ming Timpson, Cai Hongbin and Law Fan Chiu Fun Fanny

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