China Telecom has formed a strategic partnership with Qualcomm to use the latter’s CDMA technology for the mobile network it is acquiring from China Unicom, the South China Morning Post reported. Qualcomm, which was the developer of the CDMA mobile standard, will charge China Telecom royalty fees for its use of the technology, though neither party has disclosed how much. As part of nationwide telecom industry restructuring plans, China Telecom’s parent company will pay an estimated US$12.9-14.9 billion for China Unicom’s CDMA network assets, subscriber base and business operations. China Telecom has not said whether it will continue China Unicom’s CDMA partnership with Korea-based SK Telecom.