The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology yesterday required telecom carriers to issue 3G licenses to TD, WCDMA, and CDMA 2000 telecom networks operators within this year.
China’s telecom industry has slipped into recession as a result of the global financial crisis. The ministry originally planned to issue three 3G licenses to China Mobile, China Telecom [...]
Ericsson AB and ZTE Corp. are among phone-equipment makers that will be buffered against the global recession next year by expansion of wireless networks in India and China, according to industry executives.
“Every industry in the world is cutting, but here is one where you are seeing the commitment to see the spending continue,” said Craig [...]
ZTE Corp has won a contract worth 1.33 billion yuan (US$195.6 million) from China Telecom to expand the telco’s newly acquired mobile network, and with this deal it will become the leading player in the domestic CDMA (code division multiple access) network equipment market, the supplier said yesterday.
The deal will likely boost Shenzhen-based ZTE’s chances [...]
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the country’s second-biggest mobile-phone carrier, “hopes” to gain a license for faster wireless services by year-end, Chairman Chang Xiaobing said.
The government will accelerate the process of awarding the licenses as spending on the construction of third-generation mobile-phone networks will boost the economy, Chang said at the Mobile Asia Congress conference [...]
China’s top telecoms carriers displayed next-generation products and services during the China International Industry Fair yesterday. It was the first time telecoms firms have showcased their products since the industry reorganization announcement earlier this year.
Carriers, such as China Telecom and China Unicom, exhibited 3G and fixed-mobile convergence services, such as mobile video monitoring and family [...]
China Unicom, the country’s second-biggest provider of mobile-phone services, says it is studying plans to integrate its fixed-line business with similar assets held by shareholders.
The proposal is part of Unicom’s plan to set up a “unified national network” of fixed-line and wireless businesses, the Beijing-based company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock [...]
