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India's BSNL Excludes China's Huawei, ZTE From GSM Bidding

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:00:55 +0000

According to reports in foreign media, BSNL, the state-owned telecom operator in India, has banned the Chinese telecom equipment makers Huawei and ZTE from the bidding for the GSM projects in the northern and eastern zones in India. Kuldeep Goyal, chairman of BSNL, said that compared with Chinese-made equipment, those made by Western European manufacturers are [...]

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell's Subsidiary Changes Name

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:01:57 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell has announced that with the approvals of its board of directors and the relevant government departments, the company's wholly-owned subsidiary Shanghai Bell Alcatel Business Systems Company Ltd. has changed its name to Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Enterprise Communications Company Ltd. Qiu Ronghong, president for Alcatel-Lucent East Asia and chairperson for Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Enterprise [...]

China Mobile To Double Number Of Base Stations In Pakistan

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:16:03 +0000

According to reports in Pakistani local media, China Mobile plans to double the number of its base stations in Pakistan from the current 4,500 to 9,000 before the end of this year. Previously this year, China Mobile announced that it would invest USD500 million in CMPak, China Mobile's subsidiary in Pakistan, in 2009 to expand the [...]

China Mobile, China Telecom Sign 3G Servicing Pacts With Alcatel-Lucent

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:26:48 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent is aiming for more Chinese 3G wireless growth with the signing of two framework agreements valued at a total of USD1.7 billion with China Mobile and China Telecom. The deals will have Alcatel-Lucent provide network upgrades, integration and maintenance services in 2009. The agreements were secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese flagship company, and [...]

China's Huawei Net Profit Up 20% In 2008

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:02:38 +0000

Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies has published its annual financial report for 2008 and states that its global sales increased by 42.7% year-on-year to USD18.33 billion, which equals about CNY125 billion, while its net profit increased by 20% year-on-year to USD1.15 billion, about CNY7.9 billion. Of the total USD18.33 billion revenue, 75% was from the [...]

Alcatel-Lucent Gains WCDMA Contract In China

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:17:24 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent will soon deploy 3G WCDMA networks in 14 Chinese provinces and municipalities. China Unicom granted Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese subsidiary, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, this contract in which Alcatel-Lucent will provide about 11000 Node B base stations in Hebei, Fujian Guangxi, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Guangdong, Hunan, Shandong and Xinjiang. The financial terms of [...]

China Unicom WCDMA Tender Result Revealed

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:36:50 +0000

According to an insider quoted by local Chinese media, the result for China Unicom's WCDMA tender has been revealed, though the detailed statistics are currently not available.

The insider says that companies that use Huawei's equipment, including Huawei and Motorola, won the largest share in the tender that covers 30 Chinese ... Read More>>

China Unicom Pushes WCDMA Tender For Commercial Launch On May 17

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:01:28 +0000

According to an insider from China Unicom, the company has required its branches in major Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, to finish construction of WCDMA networks before April 17, 2009, and then to start a one-month internal operation and system test to make preparations for the official launch ... Read More>>

Huawei Sales Up 46% In 2008

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:02:19 +0000

Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies increased its sales by 46% year-on-year to USD23.3 billion in 2008.

Sun Yafang, president of Huawei, said in an email to employees that the current global economic situation is still very complicated and Huawei will seize opportunities and face more challenges in 2009. The company ... Read More>>

Alcatel-Lucent Gains USD230 Million CDMA Contract From China Telecom

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:02:51 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent announced that the company has signed a USD230 million mobile communications network equipment and service contract with China Telecom to provide end-to-end communications solution for the Chinese telecom operator to upgrade the capacity and coverage of its CDMA voice and data networks.

On this contract, Alcatel Shanghai Bell, the Chinese ... Read More>>

ZTE Gains CDMA Contracts From China Telecom

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:00:40 +0000

Chinese telecom manufacturer ZTE has published a report saying the company has signed two CDMA network construction contracts with China Telecom (CHA).

The two contracts, which cover wireless network and business network, have a total value of CNY1.33 billion. Through these contracts, ZTE will provide China Telecom with CNY1.27 billion CDMA ... Read More>>

China Unicom Will Unveil WCDMA Tender Tomorrow

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:00:52 +0000

An insider at China Unicom (CHU) has revealed that the company will start its WCDMA equipment tender on September 26, 2008.

According to local media reports, the insider says the tender will reportedly cover more than 200 Chinese cities and include 70,000 base stations. China Unicom has already implemented tests of ... Read More>>

China Telecom's CDMA Tender Results Unveiled

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:03:18 +0000

The results of China Telecom's (CHA) CNY27.9 billion CDMA network tender has been disclosed and the major parts of the contract have been gained by Huawei, ZTE and Alcatel-Lucent, which received about 40%, 40% and 20%, respectively.

Apart from these three major companies, Fujian Fujitsu Communication Software Co., Ltd. gained the ... Read More>>

Alcatel-Lucent's Video Telephony Services Head To Beijing

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:33:45 +0000

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has been selected by Beijing Netcom for a next-generation network service transformation in Beijing to provide a wide range of advanced services to its customers, such as point-to-point video telephony services.

"We will use our comprehensive network transformation solution, including our significant network experience, to enable Beijing Netcom to ... Read More>>