MIIT, 10/06/08
In order to decrease superfluous telecom construction, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) have resolved to promote joint construction and joint use of telecom infrastructure, and have issued a notice requiring all telecom infrastructure enterprises – the post-restructuring China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK), China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK), and China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) – to implement sharing and joint construction for all towers and pole lines, as well as sharing and joint construction for base station equipment and transmission lines meeting the requirements. Read More...
Market News, 10/06/08
Senior executives at China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) have revealed that at a recent internal meeting the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) discussed the possibility of supporting China Unicom's (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) one-way inter-network roaming. Read More...
China Business News, 10/06/08
The president of China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK), Wang Jianzhou, recently revealed that the company will implement a "Three Nos" policy in the second phase of commercial trials for its TD-SCDMA network. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 10/05/08
In a telephone interview with Marbridge, one of 7 mobile network equipment vendors participating in China Unicom's (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) technical tender for WCDMA equipment revealed that all bids must be submitted by October 7. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 9/27/08
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its August 2008 telecom industry statistics. Read More...
Baidu, 10/06/08
Chinese online search firm Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU) has announced the appointment of Li Yinan as chief technology officer (CTO), effective October 6. Read More...
