China’s 5G market is not as big as it seems
China’s telecoms operators are reporting impressive growth in 5G customer additions, but they are not all true 5G users.
China’s telecoms operators are reporting impressive growth in 5G customer additions, but they are not all true 5G users.
Much has been made of Nokia’s apparent exclusion from the Chinese 5G market, but a new deal with China Unicom indicates such reports may have been an exaggeration.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson is writing-down the value of its Chinese inventory by around a billion krona in Q2 2020.
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
Chinese kit vendor ZTE has decided now is a good time to announce it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement on 6G with operator China Unicom.
Apparently seeking to demonstrate even greater patriotism than their larger contemporary, the other two Chinese MNOs went big on domestic vendors for their 5G rollout.
Nokia China CEO Markus Borchert has written an open letter to apologise for missing out on a significant chunk of 5G business, as well as a mysterious letter which appeared in the press.
The total recent decline in mobile subscriptions reported by China’s mobile operators totaled 20 million and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic isn’t the only reason.
All three of the big Chinese mobile operators are reporting significant declines in their subscriber numbers, presumably due to the current exceptional circumstances.
Last week, the GSMA announced an initiative to standardise the edge, with Telefónica, KT, China Unicom and Telstra the first to step up to lead the way.
Nokia is so keen for everyone to know how well it’s doing in China that is it makes an announcement every time it wins some business.
China Unicom has released its financials for 2017 and it is looking like a money making machine again. Revenues were up marginally, profit tripled and free cash flow grew 1628% compared to the previous 12 months.
Dutch telco KPN has cosied up to China Unicom to improve its access to the Chinese IoT market and will return the favour in Europe.
China’s third-largest mobile operator has unveiled the details of its ‘mixed ownership reform’, involving a bunch of new ‘strategic investment’.
Chinese government owned telco China Unicom is about to undertake quite a fundamental change after filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange unveiled plans to attract more private investment.
The concept of machines wirelessly talking to each other is no longer just a metaphor as the first instances of voice being carried over an IoT technology are announced.
Huawei and China Unicom have completed field verifications of FDD-based Massive MIMO technology – a totally huge event, the biggest ever in the whole world. Ever.
China Unicom has announced the launch of CUniq in London, it’s MVNO offering that allows multiple numbers on one SIM card, if you’re into that sort of thing.
China Unicom has reported a mixed back of results for the first six months of 2016, with strong performances relating to 4G, data centres and ICT, however profit declined by 79% year-on-year.
Networking giant Ericsson has continued its next generation technology collaboration drive by signing an agreement with China Unicom covering R&D of 5G, IoT and cloud.
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