China Telecom

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Mirapoint announced China Telecom purchased the company’s messaging products and will offer the services to customers in the Guangxi province. The announcement comes just weeks after Mirapoint released new …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Mirapoint announced China Telecom purchased the company’s messaging products and will offer the services to customers in the Guangxi province. The announcement comes just weeks after Mirapoint released new …

BEIJING—U.K.-based Vodafone opened a representative office in Beijing on 9 November. Foreign operators must have a representative office for three years before they can set up a joint venture with …

BEIJING—UTStarcom has signed a contract worth US$11 million with fixed-line operator China Telecom to expand a local wireless network in Henan province. China Telecom does not have a wireless operator …

BEIJING—After months of prevarication, the Chinese government has decided to split the quasi-monopoly fixed-line operator China Telecom in two parts following geographical lines. Both the northern and southern split-offs of …

BEIJING—China is set to establish a new high-level commission to formulate long-term development plans for the telecommunications sector. The commission would include Vice President Hu Jintao, Vice Premier Li Lanqing …

In the United States, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 freed telephone companies to deliver video programming and cable companies to provide phone service. But even though the 1996 telecom act …

INDONESIA Lucent Technologies Inc. has signed two contracts with PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk to build its nationwide intelligent network and multimedia access infrastructure valued at $17.5 million. “We are pleased …

Alcatel Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800 network in the area from Piau

BEIJING-The complaint center of China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) last year received 6,588 complaints about phone services. Of the 1,025 cases it investigated, fixed-line operator China Telecom accounted for …

HONG KONG-“This time it’s for real,” stated Robert Mao, president of Nortel Networks China. But Irwin Jacobs, chairman of Qualcomm, was rather more sanguine. “I’ve gone from being cautiously optimistic,” …

BEIJING-China’s mobile communications market made big strides forward during 2000. The number of GSM subscribers leapt to more than 70 million, with a penetration rate of 5.5 percent. China Unicom …

BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong) is negotiating with China Telecom to cut the leased-line fees it pays by one-half. About 90 percent of China Mobile (Hong Kong)’s transmission lines are leased …

China Mobile began charging for wireless Internet services beginning 21 October after twice delaying the date due to slack demand for the services, particularly by many industry professionals. However, Frost …

Alcatel Europe. With Orange as a strategic supplier for its third-generation networks throughout Europe. Value: Undisclosed Italy. With Wind Telecomunicazioni as a preferred third-generation network supplier. Value: Undisclosed Ericsson China. …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector was awarded a $5.8 million contract by China Telecom to provide seven Global System for Mobile communications dual-band Rapid Deployment Vehicle units. The …

HONG KONG-China Unicom Ltd., China’s second-largest telecommunications provider, is planning an initial public offering in June on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges. China Unicom is expected to …

BEIJING-China agreed in its negotiations with the United States for entry to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that foreign operators would be allowed a maximum 49-percent stake in mobile telephone …

NEW YORK-Despite problems the written Chinese language poses for Internet communications, China may nevertheless become the largest wireless data market in the world. China Telecom Hong Kong, which had 38 …

BEIJING-China Unicom and Qualcomm signed a landmark agreement in February, paving the way for Chinese manufacturers to get CDMA production licenses. Unicom wants to build a 10 million-line CDMA network …

BEIJING-China’s two telecom operators-big brother China Telecom and little brother China Unicom-soon will face the competitive onslaught of foreign heavyweights such as AT&T, Deutsche Telekom and WorldCom. After China joins …

China’s on-again, off-again plan to allow commercial deployments of Code Division Multiple Access networks looks like it’s on again. The recent World Trade Organization pact between the United States and …

HONG KONG – China Telecom Hong Kong (CTHK) announced it plans to acquire three mobile networks in the Fujian, Henan and Hainan provinces of China for US$6.4 billion. The acquisition …

HONG KONG-Even though the Chinese paging market is teeming with around 1,700 operators, the market remains heavily regulated. Even paging operators in the well-heeled southern and southeastern Chinese provinces of …

Alcatel Argentina. With Telecom Argentina for a fixed wireless access network. Value: US$99.6 million Ericsson Argentina. With Unif