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MIIT: 192m Mobile Internet Users By Sept.

By September, China had 192 million mobile internet users, up 62.7% year-on-year, reported by the Minister of Industry and Information Technology. The market last year was worth RMB 11.7 billion, an increase of 54.4% year-on-year.

 

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Unicom Announces Q3 Earnings

China Unicom announced October 30 that it booked net profit of RMB 9.34 billion in the first nine months of 2009. The company's net profit was RMB 6.62 billion in the first six months of 2009.

Total revenues reached RMB 114.93 billion in the first three months, up from RMB 76.32 billion one quarter ago. Telecommunications services generated revenue of RMB 112.22 billion, with Unicom's mobile business contributing RMB 51.79 billion and fixed-line services accounting for RMB 59.83 billion.

Monthly average revenue per user (ARPU) among the company's mobile subscribers was RMB 41.6, compared to RMB 41.7 one month ago, while broadband ARPU fell to RMB 59.5 from RMB 60.2 in the first half.

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Datang Telecom: 18% Growth in 9 Mth Profit

Equipment provider Datang Telecom booked net profit of RMB 24.25 million in the third quarter of this year, bringing the company's profits for the first three quarters to RMB 38.96 million, up 17.94% year-on-year, the company announced October 29. Total business revenue reached RMB 7.02 in the third quarter, compared with RMB 5.27 billion in the same period of last year, while the company's revenues for the first nine months of the year hit RMB 2.18 trillion, compared with RMB 1.73 trillion in the year-ago period.

 

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China Mobile, Telecom to Aid Gov't Initiatives

China Mobile and China Telecom signed framework agreements with China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-rural Development on October 23 to cooperate on information infrastructure.

Under the agreement, China Telecom will assist with e-government, urban-rural information infrastructure, local network standardization, carbon emission reduction and environmental protection over the next five years.

China Mobile plans to support the ministry with e-government, information infrastructure, housing programs, public funds and environment protection.

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ZTE in global recruitment drive

Chinese vendor ZTE has launched a global recruitment drive for telecom talent as part of its international expansion plans.

 

The Shenzhen-based vendor plans to launch an international campus recruitment program in late 2009 which will include universities in the US, France, Mexico, Colombia and Ethiopia.

 

ZTE said that the initiative would “help inject fresh thinking and talent into ZTE from major regions in the world, accelerating its internationalization process to meet growing market demand.”


 

The vendor recently held a ceremony at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China to launch a drive to tap talent from more than 40 Chinese campuses. ZTE claims that it is the first Chinese vendor endeavor to actively recruit university students globally. In 2008, local employees accounted for 65% of ZTE’s overseas workforce.


 

Earlier in the year, ZTE conducted a pilot overseas recruitment campaign, hiring university graduates in India, Indonesia and other countries.

 

ZTE operates in over 140 countries and has 107 branches worldwide. Last year overseas business provided 60% of sales.

 

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China Mobile 9-Month Revs Climb 9% YoY

China Mobile recorded net profit of RMB 83.94 billion in the first three quarters of 2009, up 1.8% year-on-year, turnover reached RMB 326.98 billion, up 8.9% on an annual basis,. The company had a total of 508.37 million customers by the end of the nine-month period, up from 493.12 million by June 30, according to a company announcement released October 20.

Average revenue per user per month was RMB 75 during the reporting period, the same as for the first half of 2009.

 

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China Telecom 9 Mth Profit Slides 33%

China Telecom reported a net profit of RMB 11.39 billion in the first three quarters of 2009, down 33.9% year-on-year, in an announcement released October 20. Turnover reached RMB 154.75 million in the period, up 15.3% on an annual basis.

However, the operator saw its mobile user base increase 2.97 million in September to 46.78 million.

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MIIT Announces September Telecom Statistics

China's telecom industry generated revenues of RMB 1.88 trillion in the first nine months of 2009, up 13.4% year-on-year and including RMB 76.97 billion in September.

China added 9.33 million mobile phone users to reach a total of 719.83 million in September, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on October 19.

The number of Chinese fixed-line subscribers fell by 2.23 million in September to 323.75 million, while broadband subscribers rose by 2.1 million to total 99.33 million in September.

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Unicom: iPhone Sold Solo from RMB 4,999

China Unicom announced Tuesday that it has set prices for the Apple iPhone handset, excluding service packages, at RMB 4,999 for the 8GB model, RMB 5,880 for the 16GB iPhone and RMB 6,999 for the 32GB model. The iPhone will be sold independent of service packages in Unicom business halls, Apple specialty stores, online malls, and other traditional retail channels.

Pre-sales of the iPhone began on the Unicom website on October 1, and Unicom Vice President Zhu Lijun said September 22 that the iPhone will be officially released in late October.

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MIIT: '09 IT Sales Hit RMB 3t

IT product sales totaled RMB 3.07 trillion in China in the first eight months of 2009, down 2% year-on-year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced October 10. IT product exports fell 11.3% year-on-year to RMB 1.76 trillion during the first eight months, while China's software industry grew 21% year-on-year to RMB 589.1 billion in the same period, the MIIT said.

 

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