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China is the world’s largest mobile communications market. The number of mobile subscribers in China surpasses the number of fixed-line subscribers. Into 2005, China Mobile is the world’s largest mobile operator by number of subscribers. China Telecom and China Netcom pose a serious threat to China Mobile and China Unicom with their Little Smart PAS services and pending 3G licences. This report is an overview of the mobile market in China, mobile technologies (GSM, CDMA and PAS), the major mobile players and even the huge and unconventional mobile handset market. China is expected to manufacture around 260 million mobile handsets in 2005.
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China formally joined the WTO in December 2001. As part of this far-reaching trade liberalization agreement, China agreed to lower tariffs and abolish market impediments. Chinese and foreign businessmen, for example, gained the right to import and export on their own, and to sell their products without going through a government middleman. By 2005, average tariff rates on key U.S. agricultural exports dropped from 31% to 14% and on industrial products from 25% to 9%. The agreement ... opens up new opportunities for U.S. providers of services like banking, insurance, and telecommunications. China has made significant progress implementing its WTO commitments, but serious concerns remain, particularly in the realm of intellectual property rights protection.
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Verizon Business and China Telecom are ... founding partners and landing parties in a consortium building the first next-generation undersea optical cable system directly linking the U.S. mainland and China. The Trans-Pacific Express (TPE) system will use the latest optical technology to provide greater capacity and higher speeds to meet the dramatic increase in demand for IP. Subject to final U.S. regulatory approval, the cable system is planned for completion in the 3Q of 2008.
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China has been able to build a substantial national telecommunications infrastructure, with fibre optic cables criss-crossing the nation, though there is still much need for expansion and improvement. It is forecast that China will install more access lines than any other country over the years leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. China is building what will be the largest Next Generation Network (NGN) in the world, the IPv6-based ChinaNet Next Carrying Network (CN2). This report looks at China’s national and international telecom infrastructure, including Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH), NGNs and IP/VoIP developments. See Table of Contents
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This contract represents the continuation of a successful partnership between UTStarcom and one of China's largest fixed-line service providers, China Telecom. More than 20 million Chinese have subscribed for PAS service in China through China Telecom and China Netcom on networks powered by UTStarcom technology since 1998. Shipments on this contract will begin in the first quarter of 2004 to meet increased demand for high-quality voice and data services in twelve provinces throughout China, including Chongqing, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Sichuang.
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Analysys International is the leading Internet based provider of business information about technology, media and the telecom industry in China with the mission to help their clients make better business decisions. They provide data, information and advice to 50,000 clients worldwide, representing 1,500 distinct organizations, deliver over 150 consulting engagements a year, and hold more than 20 events that draw in over 8,000 attendees. Their clients include executives from companies like technology vendors, vertical information technology users, as well as professionals from professional service companies, the investment community and government agencies. For more information, please visit the web site at http://english.analysys.com.cn .
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