Beijing Newsstands to Sell Only Unicom SIMs with Real Name System

Legal Evening News, 8/31/10

Beijing's newspaper stand management company has issued a notice to all newsstands in the city to cease selling China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) and China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) SIM cards as of September 1. China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) SIM cards will still be available but newsstand operators will be responsible for collecting genuine photocopies of customers' national ID cards and registering them with the mobile real name system.

The newsstand management company is currently in discussions with the telecom operators on how to handle distribution and management of SIM cards in accordance with the new real name system.

Keywords: China Telecom China Mobile China Unicom distribution wireless CHL real name system 0728.HK 0762.HK 0941.HK 600050.SH CHA CHU SIM card

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