China Trade Information

China Telecom continues to make active preparations for the acquisition of Unicom’s CDMA business, despite the lack of any formal advice on industry reorganization.

The carrier’s recently-established CDMA network office is recruiting mobile industry talent, Sohu IT reported. A source said technical and sales staff from handset manufacturers are now sending in their resumés.

The office, headed by a marketing vice-president, has also heard from China Unicom employees making discreet inquiries about terms of employment.

China Telecom has had close contact with vendors and CDMA service partners on how to integrate the CDMA network and business lines with its existing fixed-line and xiaolingtong operations.

According to Telecom’s own timetable, it expects to close the deal over the next five months, in anticipation of the mergers going taking place in September. A Lehman Brothers report last Friday predicted the merger would not be completed until early 2009.

Tags: CDMA, China-Telecom, China-Unicom

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