Comments on: China announces telecom industry restructuring plan – from 6 to 3

By: TM Forum Community - Blogs

TM Forum Community - Blogs — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:50:02 +0000

[...] The great Chinese 3G story is at an end. After years of speculation, MII — that’s the Ministry of the Information Industry if you’ve not been keeping up — has spoken. China’s essentially going to end up with three huge converged telcos, in a sort of ‘Son of RBOC’ arrangement mimicing the USA: as China Unicom merges with China Netcom, China Mobile buys China Tietong, China Telecom buys Unicom’s mobile assets, and China Satellite becomes a China Mobile division. (Yes, there will be a test afterwards to check you’ve remembered it all.) [...]

By: MobileMonday Asia » Beijing MoMo Asia News Feed » Mobile Monday Beijing #20 | The Long March to 3G | May 26 @ Block8

Tue, 27 May 2008 01:54:35 +0000

[...] Update: the Chinese government just announced its guidelines for telecom sector restructuring and the 3G licenses issuance to follow. Find out more on +8* and during the panel tonight!. [...]

By: At Last, Telecoms Reorganization Plan Announced

At Last, Telecoms Reorganization Plan Announced — Mon, 26 May 2008 07:29:40 +0000

[...] By now most of you have probably read or heard the broad outlines of the long-expected reorganization of the Chinese telecoms sector. After years of the rumor mill churning out every mathematically conceivable permutation by which China’s four major and two minor operators could be reduced to a more manageable number, the MII, the NDRC, and the MOF have made official the what’s been more or less common knowledge within the industry since late 2007. The best summary of it that I’ve seen in English is at Plus8Star, and I suggest that you head over there to read Benjamin Joffe’s take on this. [...]

By: Mobile Monday Beijing #20 | The Long March to 3G | May 26 @ Block8 at Mobile Monday Beijing

Mon, 26 May 2008 03:00:12 +0000

[...] Update: the Chinese government just announced its guidelines for telecom sector restructuring and the 3G licenses issuance to follow. Find out more on +8* and during the panel tonight!. [...]