China to announce telecom industry personnel changes today
China is expected to announce personnel changes at the four main telecom operators today, likely signalling further action on a long-awaited industry restructuring, portals Sina.com and Sohu.com both reported.
According to the reports, Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile’s chairman and president, will remain in place while Zhang Chunjiang, general manager of China Netcom, will be named vice president of China Mobile.
Meanwhile, Wang Xiaochu, the chairman of China Telecom, will retain his position while Chang Xiaobing, chairman of China Unicom, will be placed in charge of the working committee organizing the new China Unicom.
The reports reiterated that the restructuring will involve China Telecom buying China Unicom’s CDMA business and China Unicom’s GSM business merging with China Netcom.
China Mobile will merge with China Tietong Telecom, a railway-based telecom operator.
Tags: China-Mobile, China-Netcom, China-Telecom, China-Tietong, China-Unicom, GSM