According to a report published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on its official website, from January to July 2011, China had achieved telecom revenue of CNY668.77 billion, an increase of 16% compared with the same period of 2010. Statistics showed that revenue from main telecom businesses increased by 10.1% year-on-year [...]
China Telecom's Net Profit On The Rise
30 August 2011
Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has published its financial report for the first half of 2011, stating that its operating revenue reached CNY120.208 billion and its net profit reached CNY9.808 billion during the first six months of the year. From January to June 2011, China Telecom gained 17.85 million new CDMA 3G users, reaching a [...]
China Unicom Gained 1.855 Million New 3G Users Last Month
21 July 2011
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has published its operating statistics for June 2011, stating that the number of its 2G mobile phone users increased by 417,000 and its 3G users increased by 1.855 million during the reporting period. China Unicom said that during June 2011, it gained 417,000 new 2G mobile phone users, but it [...]
Hong Kong Promotes Broadband Access Networks
20 December 2010
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced a new initiative to promote the installation of fiber-based broadband access networks in residential buildings through the introduction of a voluntary building registration scheme. "Hong Kong has the most advanced communications network infrastructure in the world. A recent study conducted by the University of Oxford reveals that [...]
Hong Kong Provides Most Economical Local Broadband In Asia
29 June 2010
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority reports that a study released by the Asia Pacific Carriers' Coalition shows Hong Kong provides the most economical local broadband access services in the Asia Pacific region.
The prices of broadband leased lines in Hong Kong at transmission speed of 1.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 45 Mbps and 155 Mbps [...]
MIIT: China Added 8.497 Million Phone Users In April 2010
27 May 2010
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published the performance statistics of China's communication industry for April 2010 on its official website, stating that the number of phone users showed a net increase of 8.497 million, reaching a total number of 1.094 billion.
MIIT said that from January to April 2010, China's telecom industry realized [...]
China Unicom Beijing Launches Free Trial Of Broadband Green Accounts
22 March 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom's Beijing branch has recently launched a promotion by providing free trials of broadband "green" accounts to help protect Chinese youth from harmful information.
The broadband green accounts are based on China Unicom Beijing's family broadband accounts. Users of the company's family broadband service will gain an additional account with the suffix [...]
Chinese Telecom Operators Core Business Revenue Up 5% In January 2010
12 March 2010
According to the report on the performance of China's communications industry for January 2010 published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on its official website, the country's telecom operators completed total business volume of CNY231.25 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21.6%; while their revenue from core businesses increased by 5% year-on-year to CNY66.97 [...]
MIIT: China's Telecom Revenue Up 4.1% In 2009
22 January 2010
According to latest statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2009, [...]
China Mobile Shanghai Launches Broadband, Fixed Line Services
23 September 2009
Cooperating with China Tietong Shanghai, China Mobile Shanghai has launched broadband and fixed line services to become a full-service telecom operator.
At present, China Mobile Shanghai has opened these services in 200 communities in Shanghai and received applications from over 1,000 families.
According to a representative from China Mobile Shanghai, the company launched a comprehensive family package, [...]
China Unicom Inks Broad Investment Deal With Telefonica
07 September 2009
China Unicom and Telefonica have agreed both to cooperate in various business areas such as joint acquisitions and to push forward a share swap.
Both parties have entered into a subscription agreement in which China Unicom and Telefonica agreed to invest the equivalent of USD1 billion in the other party through the acquisition of each party's [...]
China Telecom Will Upgrade Yangtze River Delta Backbone Network With Ericsson
14 August 2009
Ericsson has gained a contract from China Telecom to upgrade the operator's backbone network in the Yangtze River Delta area with its 40 Gbps DWDM optical transmission solution.
Under the contract, Ericsson will use its 40 Gbps DWDM solution, the MHL 3000 series, to upgrade China Telecom's 10G DWDM network connecting Yangtze River Delta cities such [...]
China Telecom Shanghai To Improve Internet Bandwidth
08 July 2009
China Telecom Shanghai branch has launched a plan to improve its Internet bandwidth to 100 megabytes for its three million broadband users.
According to the plan, this will increase the Internet speed of its family users by tens of times by 2012. About 750,000 newly-built communities and business buildings will realize the bandwidth of "100 megabytes [...]
AsiaInfo To Set Up New Charging System For China Mobile Beijing
25 June 2009
AsiaInfo Holdings, a provider of high-quality telecom software solutions and IT security products and services in China, has won a bid to set up a new charge system for China Mobile Beijing's pre-paid services.
According to Steve Zhang, president and CEO of AsiaInfo, with the ever-intense competition in China's telecom industry, operators need a modern charging [...]
China Mobile, China Telecom Publish Operating Statistics For May 2009
23 June 2009
Two major Chinese telecommunications operators, China Mobile and China Telecom, have published their operating statistics for May 2009.
China Mobile said the number of its new users increased by 5.12 million in May, which was a slight slowdown compared with the 5.82 million newly-added users in April. By the end of May 2009, the total number [...]
China Unicom Will Invest CNY3.6 Billion To Build Wireless System In Hainan
18 June 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom has signed a cooperative framework agreement with the municipal government of Hainan to build the province into a broadband wireless information island.
Under the agreement, China Unicom will invest about CNY3.6 billion in Hainan in the next five years to enhance the province's information infrastructure construction and to realize a full [...]
China Unicom To Invest CNY40 Billion In Henan
12 June 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom has signed an investment plan with the government of Henan to invest CNY40 billion in 3G and broadband network construction in the province in the next five years.
Under the agreement, China Unicom will invest CNY40 billion in information communication infrastructure construction in Henan, including 3G network construction, broadband network coverage [...]
China Telecom Beijing Opens Flagship Store On Taobao.com
10 June 2009
China Telecom Beijing branch has opened a flagship store on the Internet e-commerce website Taobao.com, providing 3G terminal products such as 3G network interface cards, 3G mobile phones, and 3G netbooks as well as communications services such as wireless broadband service, 3G wireless packages, and voice service packages.
Compared with products sold in China Telecom's business [...]
China Mobile To Invest CNY80 Billion In Guangdong Over Next Five Years
15 May 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has signed a framework agreement with the Guangdong government to invest CNY80 billion in the province in the next five years to support its network construction and business development in Guangdong.
According to the agreement, China Mobile and the Guangdong government will jointly implement ten projects, including the leading information network [...]
China Unicom Seeks 3G Equipment In Europe
03 March 2009
Chinese telecommunication operator China Unicom has confirmed that the company has sent a group to Europe to purchase 3G communications equipment and has signed contracts with European companies, including the Germany-based Nokia Siemens Networks.
Zuo Xunsheng, vice general manager for China Unicom, reportedly arrived in Germany last week with China's trade and investment delegation sent by [...]


