China - Major Telecom Operators - Overview & Statistics
Synopsis In mid-2008, the biggest announcement regarding China's telecommunications industry in almost a decade was made. After several years of debate the Chinese government announced that China Unicom would be split, with its CDMA business to be acquired by China Telecom. The government's reforms created three integrated operators, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, reducing the number of main operators from six to three. The newly converged operators are to boost the China telecommunications market, particularly with the growth foreseen after the 3G licences were finally awarded later in 2008. Up to 2007, the four major Chinese telecom players, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Mobile and China Unicom, were facing declining growth rates in the maturing high-end user market, as well as from the reduction or end of network acquisition opportunities from their parent companies. This report provides an overview of the big operators in China's telecommunications market, including analyses on the industry restructuring.

 Table of Contents 1. Synopsis 2. Overview of major players 2.1 2002 industry restructure 2.2 Drivers for further business restructuring in China 2.3 2008 industry restructure 2.4 Newly Formed Entities 3. China Mobile Ltd (CML) 3.1 Company overview 3.2 Financial and operating highlights - Annual Report 2008 3.3 Recent developments 3.4 China Tietong (merged into China Mobile) 4. China Telecom 4.1 Company overview 4.2 Financial and operating highlights - Annual Report 2008 4.3 Recent developments 4.4 China Satcom (merged into China Telecom) 5. China Unicom 5.1 Company overview 5.2 Financial and operating highlights - Annual Report 2008 5.3 Recent developments 5.4 China Netcom (merged into China Telecom) 5.4.1 Financial and operating highlights - Interim Report 2008 5.4.2 Recent developments 6. Related reports
Table 1 - China Mobile subscribers, annual change, ARPU and market share - 1997 - 2009
Table 2 - China Mobile voice usage - 2006 - 2008
Table 3 - China Mobile selected value added revenue - 2007 - 2008
Table 4 - China Mobile revenue composition of value added business - 2006 - 2008
Table 5 - China Mobile Advanced services usage - 2007 - 2008
Table 6 - China Mobile financial information - 2000 - 2008
Table 7 - China Telecom key operating statistics - 2004 - 2008
Table 8 - China Telecom (China Unicom) CDMA mobile subscribers (millions) - 2002 - 2008
Table 9 - China Telecom financial data - 2001 - 2008
Table 10 - China Telecom revenue breakdown - 2007 - 2008
Table 11 - China Telecom wireline revenue breakdown - 2007 - 2008
Table 12 - China Telecom wireline VAS revenue growth and mix - 2007 - 2008
Table 13 - China Telecom CAPEX - 2007 - 2008
Table 14 - China Unicom GSM mobile subscribers (millions) - 2002 - 2008
Table 15 - China Unicom key operating metrics - 2007 - 2008
Table 16 - China Unicom financial data - 2001 - 2008
Table 17 - China Unicom CAPEX breakdown - 2007 - 2008
Table 18 - China Netcom subscribers by service - 2003 - 2008
Table 19 - China Netcom ARPU by sector - 2003 - 2008
Table 20 - China Netcom revenue percentages - 2003 - 2008
Table 21 - China Netcom financial data - 2003 - 2008
Table 22 - China Netcom traditional and innovative revenue ratios - 2005 - 2008
Exhibit 1 - Restructuring Scenario 1
Exhibit 2 - Restructuring Scenario 2
Exhibit 3 - Restructuring Scenario 3
Exhibit 4 - China Mobile Limited at a glance - 2008
Exhibit 5 - China Telecom Corporation Ltd* at a glance - 2008
Exhibit 6 - China Unicom Ltd at a glance - 2008
Exhibit 7 - China Network Communications Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited at a glance - 1H 2008

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