Articles tagged with: China Netcom and China Telecom
China to Allocate Additional Spectrum to 3G Networks
It has been reported that China is planning to allocate additional radio spectrum to the homegrown 3G service, by taking it from the low-cost XiaoLingTong local area wireless service. Xie Feipo, from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the ministry had asked fixed-line operators to return the PHS radio spectrum so it could be reassigned to the TD-SCDMA network. more
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China Telecom Completes Purchase of Unicom CDMA Network
China Telecom says that it has completed the $6.4 billion purchase of China Unicom's CDMA network. China Unicom is now free to complete its own purchase of landline operator, China Netcom - as part of the government mandated restructuring of the industry. more
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China Unicom is reported to have started a trial WCDMA based network in Baoding City in northern China's Hebei Province. Industry sources told the Interfax news agency that the trials have already commenced. more
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China Unicom Holders Approve Merger With China Netcom
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Unicom said Tuesday its minority shareholders approved its merger with fixed-line carrier China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd. as part of the restructuring of China's telecommunications industry. more
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China Unicom: No Impact on CDMA Operations Sale from Lehman Crisis
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Unicom said Tuesday it doesn't expect the sale of its Code Division Multiple Access operations to China Telecom Corp. to be affected by the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings, which is advising on the sale. more
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China Unicom Doubles First Half Profits
China Unicom has reported a doubling of its first half profits as the company nears the completion of its merger with landline operator, China Netcom. The company said that earnings for the six months through June 30 were RMB4.42 billion ($642 million), up from the RMB2.2 billion in the same period last year, and beating the average forecast of RMB4.18 billion from seven analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires. Revenues rose by 4% to RMB35.1 billion ($5.1 billion). more
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PREVIEW:China Mobile,Unicom To Beat Rivals With Strong 1st Half Profit
TAKING THE PULSE: China Mobile and China Unicom will likely report strong first-half results as they continued to snatch away customers from fixed-line operators China Telecom and China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong). more
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Influence of Telecom Restructuring in China's Telecom Market
On May 24, 2008, a telecom-restructuring plan was decided, triggering a new round of discussions in a telecom industry that had been quiet for some time. In accordance with the restructuring plan, China Telecom would purchase the CDMA network (both assets and subscribers) of China Unicom; China Unicom would be merged with China Netcom; the fundamental telecom service of China Satcom would be merged into the business of China Telecom; and China Railcom would be merged into China Mobile. After the restructuring, three major operators, namely China Unicom, China Mobile and China Telecom, would come into being, and this will influence China's telecom market as follows: more
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China Telecom Pays $15.9 Billion For Unicom's CDMA Assets
HONG KONG (Dow Jones) -- China Telecom Corp., China's largest fixed-line operator, said Monday it will pay 110 billion yuan ($15.9 billion) to acquire the wireless business of China Unicom Group. more
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The Devil's in The Details for China Mobile and Telecom Revamp
HONG KONG (Dow Jones) -- The real story of how China Mobile lost $25 billion in market capitalization doesn't lie with the regulatory revamp the Chinese government announced last weekend, analysts say. more
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