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Telefonica to Raise Stake in China Unicom

Spain's telefonica has expressed a desire to increase its holding in China Unicom from the current 8.37% that it holds. The Spanish telco has often expressed an interest in increasing its holding to 10%, but that was before the revamping of the Chinese telecoms market a year ago.  more

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Telefonica Increases its Stake in China Unicom

Spain's telefonica and China's Unicom are to invest US$1 billion in each other and have signed an agreement to cooperate in various business areas. After the completion of the transaction, China Unicom's shareholding in telefonica will be approximately 0.88% and telefonica's shareholding in China Unicom will increase to approximately 8% from 5.38%.  more

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Telefonica to Boost Holding in China Unicom

Spain's telefonica is to invest around EUR 800 million (US$1.16 billion) to maintain its holding in China Unicom. The Chinese operator is merging with landline operator, China Netcom in a government mandated program, and telefonica will end up with 5.5% of the merged company.  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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UPDATE:Telefonica Gains Ground in China on Unicom Stake

MADRID -(Dow Jones)- telefonica said Thursday it will invest some EUR800 million to build its ownership in China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd. and China Unicom, gaining a greater foothold in the world's largest mobile market. telefonica said in a filing with Spanish regulators Thursday that it plans to own 5.5% of the new, merged company following the restructuring of China's state-controlled telecommunications industry.  more

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Telefonica Seeks to Become Key Holder in China Unicom

MADRID -(Dow Jones)- Telecommunications giant telefonica said Thursday it's seeking to become the leading private shareholder of the new company resulting from the merger of China Unicom and China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong).  more

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Telefonica to Strengthen Alliance With China Unicom

SANTANDER, Spain -(Dow Jones)- telefonica is very confident it will be able to strengthen its alliance with China Unicom following the restructuring of China's state controlled telecommunications industry, telefonica's Chief Operating Officer Julio Linares told reporters late Monday.  more

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Telefonica Looking to Increase Chinese Investment

telefonica has not ruled out increasing its investment in China Netcom Group in order to boost its holding in the future China Unicom network operator. Spain's telefonica currently owns 5 percent of China Netcom Group, which has been ordered by the government to merge with China Unicom. The agreement would dilute telefonica's stake in the enlarged group so the company plans to increase its investment to maintain a 10 percent holding in the group, chairman Cesar Alierta told the Financial Times.  more

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Asia-Pacific represents exciting growth for all Contact Center Vendors

Dynamic growth is being predicted for both the number of contact centers and customer service agent positions in Asia Pacific. Market analysis firm Datamonitor puts this down to a combination of a growing middle class in China and India, the expansion in demand for products and services and the increase in offshoring. According to the report, which covers India, China, Australia, Japan and South Korea, this will lead to the creation of four times as many new contact center agent positions (APs) in developing markets over the next four years as in developed markets.  more

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China Unicom Chairman: No Plans to Distribute Special Dividend

HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China Unicom Ltd. said Monday it has no plans to distribute a special dividend following its merger with China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd.  more

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