China Unicom’s net profit drops by 50%
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 50% decrease in the net profit has been expected by Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom because a one-off disposal gain boosted its 2008 results significantly.
An after-tax gain of 27.57 billion Yuan ($4 billion) for 2008 had been generated by China Unicom after selling its code division multiple access mobile operations to China Telecom Corp. in October 2008
High costs and expenses for its new third-generation mobile business have been cited as some of the reasons behind the poor performance of the company in 2009.
China Telecom partners Tinet on international Ethernet private line
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A contract for International Ethernet Private Line service has been signed by Tinet, formerly the carrier arm of Tiscali Group, and China Telecom Europe. Layer 2 carrier Ethernet platforms will be provided to the customers in the metropolitan cities across the world through this service.
The partnership can expand the service to more than 220+ PoPs in Mainland China, over 70 PoPs in Europe and more than fifteen global PoPs in other regions. Through standard Ethernet interface, China Telecom customers will be able to connect their offices in Europe and the rest of world on a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint International Ethernet connectivity with speeds ranging up to 1000 meters.
Connectivity is delivered down to the end users buildings Tinet’s Ethernet Extension service through Ethernet NNIs with local access providers around the globe.
China Telecom mobile users rose to 3.07m
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With an increase of 3.07 million in November 2009, China Telecom’s total mobile phone users’ number reached 52.99 million. In January, China Telecom’s newly-added mobile phone users reached 1.02 million, in October it topped 3 million, and in November it outpaced 3 million.
However, the number of local phone users, including fixed-line phone users and wireless local phone users decreased by 1.84 million to reach 191 million. The number of broadband users increased 690,000 in November and 8.57 million in total since 2009 to hit 52.84 million.
3G licenses were awarded to China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom at the beginning of this year by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Currently, China Telecom ranks first among the nation’s Big Three telecoms operators with a 3G user base of 4.81 million by October 31, 2009.
Customer experience enhanced by the new HP RealTime BSS solution
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: For better user experience, greater customer loyalty and higher revenues, service providers need to be extra vigilant and considerate of consumer demands, especially when the data traffic is rapidly growing. HP RealTime BSS solution meets all the requirements in order to enhance customer experience besides providing them with personalized, real-time services.
According to Nigel Upton, Director, Communications and Media Solutions, HP, because of the use of common foundation by HP RealTime BSS solutions, the operational cost and complexity is reduced while the service providers can also personalize and monetize.
HP Subscriber, a Network Application Policy (HP SNAP) is at the forefront of HP RealTime BSS portfolio as the application provides real-time policy management solution to wireless, wired and cable companies. The solution further controls network bandwidth, charging and customer usage.
According to Liu Yuelian, IT Director, Hubei Telecom, HP has played a very important role in the rapid growth of China Telecom in the 3G market. HP built China’s Telecom’s online charging system and with real-time capabilities, the operator can now offer and bill for the most innovative 3G services.
China Telecom joins ZTE to deploy green 3G network
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Unicom joined hands with ZTE Corporation for the deployment of a green 3G network utilizing only those commercial base station equipment that are eco-friendly and energy-saving.
The station is in the Great Meisha area of Shenzhen in China and provides flexible configurations to cater to the needs of various outdoor environments operators.The solar energy-based, integrated solution also provides high energy-conversion efficiency with stable and reliable power supply.
The green 3G base station of ZTE relies on wind and solar energy for operation and this green solution reaches 100 per cent energy-savings capabilities. It helps China Unicom save cost to further lower its TCO as the remote control features of the solution requires no on-site manpower support.
According to Xu Ming, vice president, ZTE, the company is committed to environmental protection and devote enormous resources to develop innovative green products and is pleased to work with China Telecom.
China Unicom to invest in Tibet’s telecom sector
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The third-largest Chinese wireless carrier, China Unicom, signed five-year pact with the government of Tibet to build telecommunication infrastructure in Tibet. The company will spend about RMB1.8 billion (US$264 million) to develop telecom infrastructure, E-government business, information infrastructure of small businesses and rural areas.
Besides, China Unicom’s peers China Mobile and China Telecom have already launched their respective 3G network in the Tibet Autonomous Region in May 2009. Both the companies earlier announced to allocate US$740 million and US$366 million, respectively, to support Tibet’s economic and communication infrastructure development.
Tibet is undergoing a rapid growth in its telecommunication sector. The sector recorded an 18 percent growth in the first nine months of year 2009. The broadband penetration in Tibet of all administrative villages is 40% and efforts are underway to cover 60% of the total villages in the region by 2011. However, the telecom infrastructure and coverage is still said to be below average in Tibet.
China Mobile, Larger Than Vodafone, May Say Net Rose (Update2)
Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) — China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest cellular operator by market value, may report a 23 percent gain in second-quarter profit after adding a record number of subscribers.
The Beijing-based company, which overtook Vodafone Group Plc as the world’s largest mobile company by market capitalization last month, will report net income rose to 15.7 billion yuan ($2 billion) from 12.8 billion yuan a year earlier, according to the median estimate of six analysts in a Bloomberg survey. China Mobile is scheduled to report earnings tomorrow after the 4 p.m.market close in
Hong Kong.
Chief Executive Wang Jianzhou raised revenue by offering a wider range of wireless phone services such as movie and video downloads and targeting the more than 900 million people living in
China’s rural areas. The mobile operator added 13.1 million users in the second quarter, gaining a record number for three straight months to June.
“With the continued growth of subscribers and strong growth of data revenue,” earnings will keep rising, said Mandy Chan, who helps manage $1 billion at ABN Amro Asset Management Ltd. in Hong Kong, including China Mobile shares.
China Mobile attracted users after it received approval from the telecommunication regulator to cut rates and offer cheaper monthly packages for cell-phone users in
Beijingstarting May. The operator also reduced international roaming charges in the provinces of
Sichuanand
Zhejiang.
The phone operator is expected to report half-year profit rose to 30.2 billion yuan from 24 billion yuan a year earlier, analysts said.
Share Price China Mobile’s market capitalization on July 11 was $132 billion, compared with Newbury, England-based Vodafone’s $110 billion. The Chinese company’s shares have risen 38 percent this year, compared with a 23 percent decline in Vodafone stock.
“The share price reflects the market’s view of the prospects of the companies in the future,” Francis Cheung, an analyst at CLSA Ltd., said. “There’s more growth potential in
Chinathan in
Europe, where the market is more mature.” China Mobile, which lags behind Vodafone and
Japan’s NTT Docomo Inc. in sales, may say second-quarter revenue rose to 69.4 billion from 59.6 billion yuan a year earlier.
The company, which offers global system for mobile communications, or GSM, services, gained 25.8 million subscribers in the first six months of the year for a total of 273.8 million, about two-thirds of the nation’s mobile-phone users. That’s more than Vodafone’s 186.8 million users and Docomo’s 51.9 million combined by the end of July.
User Revenue China Unicom Ltd., the country’s second-largest mobile operator, offers services using both the GSM and code division multiple access standards. Unicom had a total of 135.1 million users at the end of June. China Mobile’s average revenue per customer, or ARPU, an industry measure of the size of a phone bill, probably remained unchanged in the second quarter from a year earlier, and up from the previous quarter, analysts said.
We expect China Mobile’s ARPU to be driven by higher usage and wireless data contribution,” Kelvin Ho, an analyst at Nomura International (
Hong Kong) Ltd. said. Ho estimates China Mobile’s ARPU will be about 90 yuan in the second quarter, unchanged from a year earlier, and up from 86 yuan in the previous quarter. Usage per subscriber probably rose 10.8 percent from a year earlier to 363 minutes per month. Chief Executive Wang, 57, is boosting revenue from new businesses such as short message services, ringtone downloads and wireless services such as emails and games.
Data Services New businesses from such wireless data services may account for 23 percent of revenue in the first six months, compared with 19.7 percent a year earlier, Ho said. Competition also eased as fixed-line phone network operators China Telecom Corp. and China Network Communications Group Corp., slowed promotions of a city-wide cordless service called Little Smart, which has cheaper rates than for cellular calls, as they prepare for the government’s issuing of high-speed wireless licenses.
Chinahasn’t set a timetable for granting licenses for 3G services, which allow subscribers to video conference and download movies faster on their handsets. The Ministry of Information Industry on Jan. 20 said it has adopted the locally developed time division synchronous code division multiple access standard as one of the so-called third- generation services. “A 3G license could be further delayed into second half 2007, which implies the 2007 could be another safe year for China Mobile, and the company could still deliver stellar results until the beginning of 2008,” Wang Jinjin, an analyst at UBS Securities Co. said in a report. China Mobile shares rose 1.5 percent to HK$52.10 as of middayin
Hong Kong, after gaining as much as 1.7 percent earlier.
Source- http://www.bloomberg.com
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