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China Unicom subscribers top 100m

2004/05/15

Mobile subscribers with China United Telecommunications Corp (China Unicom) exceeded the 100-million mark on May 5, according to the company's chairman. In the same briefing he stressed China Unicom would now focus more on servicing current subscribers instead of solely pursuing increases in user numbers.    

"It is much more a new start for us rather than simply a breakthrough," said Wang Jianzhou, chairman and president of China Unicom, the second-largest mobile operator in China. The company said its GSM users reached 77.47 million, while the number of CDMA subscribers stood at 22.56 million by May 5. The numbers make China Unicom the second-largest CDMA operator and the third-largest GSM operator in the world.   

China Unicom has decided to order GSM1X mobile phones from South Korean firms Samsung and LG, as well as the US company Motorola, to supply the market. It is believed that there will be high demand for the service as many GSM subscribers also want to enjoy a fast Internet connection and a rich variety of applications, and CDMA users can also avoid the interconnection problem when roaming in some GSM-dominated markets.    

China Unicom plans its CDMA1X network will have a capacity of 70 million lines and cover all cities and 97 percent of towns in China.



 
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