The third-generation (3G) era is just around the corner, with the telecom restructuring nearing completion. As the world’s major provider of code division multiple access (CDMA), Qualcomm Inc has gained a lot from the rise of Chinese telecom manufacturers like ZTE and Huawei. Last year, 21 percent of Qualcomm’s revenue came from China.
The telecom provider [...]
Plans for China Unicom to plug holes in its GSM coverage by using some of China Mobile’s base stations have been approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), a source from China Mobile’s Shanghai subsidiary confirmed on Oct. 6.
In a move sure to put a dent in China Mobile’s subscriber-base, the Chinese [...]
Huawei has been chosen by AXIS, Indonesia’s newest GSM and 3G operator, as a key partner in rolling out its full service national network. Under the agreement, Huawei will design, build, deploy and manage AXIS’ 2G/3G network within the island of Java, Bali, Lombok, Kalimantan and Sulawesi for a period of three years to 2010. [...]
China Telecom (CHA) has reportedly finished its five million CDMA terminals tender and more than ten handset manufacturers are included in the successful bidder list that is topped by Samsung and ZTE.
Over 30 manufacturers participated in the bidding while traditional major manufacturers, including Samsung, ZTE, Hisense, Coolpad and Huawei gained the major part of the [...]
China, India, Pakistan, Japan and South Korea are amongst the largest markets in Asia and The Mobile World holds monthly data for all five. At the end of July, the five markets had a combined total of 1.122bn mobile customers, approximately 30% of the global total. Between them they added 140.6m new connections in the [...]
China Unicom saw negative growth in pre-paid and post-paid CDMA cell phone subscribers in this July, reducing 413,000 from the previous month. The reduction is within expectation as China Unicom is delivering its CDMA networks to China Telecom.
By the end of July, the number of CDMA cell phone users of China Unicom declined to 42.756 [...]
