The Finnish-based telecoms equipment maker Nokia has won two contracts to expand GSM (global system for mobile communications) networks in China. The first is with Beijing Mobile and is worth US$100m. It covers the supply of network equipment that will allow the operator to reach a customer base of 10m subscribers. The second, worth US$20m […]
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China’s first national CDMA (code division multiple access) mobile phone network was completed by China Unicom at the end of October 2001 and construction of the second phase of the network is due to begin early in 2002, China Daily said. The first phase, with a capacity of 15m subscribers, will go into operation in […]
Samsung Electronics of South Korea has set up a joint venture with Shanghai Bell to develop and produce CDMA systems for the Chinese market. Samsung has 49 per cent ownership and total investment in the project will be US$29m. Samsung hopes the joint venture will be able to win orders related to the second phase […]
A survey by ACNielsen on advertising expenditure in the first nine months of 2001 showed an overall 18 per cent increase in spending on television and newspapers and magazines. However, agencies active in the China market said that the survey did not include discounts and that if these were included, spending would be flat in […]
The Ministry of Information Industry has pledged to leave local phone rates unchanged over the next few years. South China Morning Post said that the move was designed to sweeten the initial public offering of China Telecom Corporation. Its parent company China Telecom derives about 70% of its sales from services whose prices are fixed […]