SST Honored as Shanghai Digital Trade Innovation Enterprise: Driving a New Future for Communications Through Innovation
Founded in December 2000, SST is one of China’s first Sino-foreign joint ventures for value-added telecom operation, jointly invested by China Telecom Co., Ltd. (CTC), American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) and Shanghai Information Investment Inc. (SII). Leveraging the resources and technologies of its shareholders as well as supportive industrial policies, the company has been dedicated to communications services for over two decades. Guided by its core values of “customer first, flexible, cooperative, and trustworthy,” it has established an integrated information network service platform across geographical boundaries and cultural differences.
Driven by the philosophy of “creating value through excellence,” SST delivers customized solutions to more than 600 leading enterprises in finance, manufacturing and many other sectors. Through its comprehensive “Domestic Service + Cross-border Support” framework, the company serves as a trusted communications partner for foreign-invested enterprises in China, as well as a strong enabler for Chinese enterprises expanding globally – establishing itself as a pillar of digital trade communications services.
Technology-Led Innovation: Building Core Competitiveness in Digital Trade
SST continues to break new ground in digital technology innovation, empowering the development of digital trade through ongoing technical upgrades. With a strategic focus on core areas such as SD-WAN and SASE, it endeavors to enhance network efficiency and cost performance. In 2024, its SASE business achieved rapid growth and emerged as a new revenue engine. Upholding its guiding principle of “details and beyond,” the company aims to provide clients with bespoke solutions.
Global Expansion: Empowering Digital Trade Growth
SST maintains a global vision while rooted in Shanghai. It has established a global service network with its Hong Kong subsidiary, Symphony Flash-Link (Hong Kong) Telecommunications Co., Limited, serving as a hub. Spanning sectors such as logistics and shipping, finance, and manufacturing, the network delivers digital technology services to both Chinese enterprises going global and multinationals operating in China. SST is committed to becoming a digital partner throughout clients’ globalization journey – helping them seize opportunities in the digital era. Moving forward, the company will further explore growth opportunities catalyzed by AI-related technologies, injecting new momentum into the digital trade sector.
Industry Recognition: Fostering a New Digital Trade Ecosystem
Hosted by the Shanghai Digital Trade Association, the Shanghai Digital Trade Innovation Enterprise selection aligns with the Implementation Plan for Promoting High-Quality Development of Digital Trade and Trade in Services in Shanghai. The purpose is to foster new drivers and competitive advantages in digital trade, promote high-quality growth across the industry, and drive innovation in digital technologies, digital products, and application scenarios. Focusing on innovation achievements in digital trade, the selection process involves multi-dimensional evaluation and ultimately recognizes outstanding enterprises in fields such as cloud services, digital services, digital content, and cross-border e-commerce. The program not only highlights Shanghai’s digital trade capabilities and international competitiveness but also nurtures a robust digital trade innovation ecosystem.
This award affirms SST’s comprehensive strength and aligns closely with its development strategy. Going forward, the company will take this recognition as a new starting point to strengthen its brand pillars of innovation and service, increase investment in cutting-edge technologies including AI, cloud-network convergence, and edge computing, and enhance the stability and security of its cross-border communications services. Leveraging the advantages of its shareholders, SST will continue to expand its product portfolio and business channels, strengthen service delivery both at home and abroad, and expand its brand presence in the market.
Standing at a new milestone, SST remains committed to its vision – to lead industry development through constant innovation. By driving service upgrades through technological innovation and supporting cross-border trade with sound network technologies, the company will secure efficient and safe communications for customers’ digital transformation, contribute to the development of Shanghai as an international digital trade hub, and deliver greater value to high-quality industry growth.