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Chinese Telecommunication Services, Jan 14, 2003 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --
China users have had serious complaints about services.

Chinese Telecommunication Services Market Shares - Chinese telecommunication
markets are dominated by China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom.

Total Chinese Telecommunication Services Market - Of the total, China Post
contributed 42.4 billion yuan and the rest comes from China's several
telecommunications operators, including 170.9 billion yuan ($20.65 billion) from
China Telecom, 111.6 billion yuan ($13.48 billion) from China Mobile, and 24.5
billion yuan ($2.96 billion) from China Unicom.

In 2001, mobile subscriber revenue markets become larger than fixed line
services.

KEY TOPICS:

Integration Drives Communications Industry Restructuring

CSP Market Strategies

CSP Market Positioning

CSP Market Growth Opportunities

End to End Solutions

Rules Engines Positioned As Primary Systems

CSP Market Forecasts

Worldwide Market Shares

Mission Critical Middleware Messaging

Rule Engines

Switches, Routers, Adapters, Routing Engines

Transformation Engines, Publish Subscribe

Integration Broker Markets Shares

CSP Cross Platform Market Shares

REPORT METHODOLOGY This is the Fiftieth report in a series of market research
reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the
internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take
direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have
significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on
primary research and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the
market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are
analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in
the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with marketing
directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to
develop measurable market share.

Over 200 in depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of
key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

Companies Profiled:

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

Bloomberg Television

Cable and Wireless

Channelnewasia.com

China Mobile

China NetCom

China Railway Telecom

China's State Power Corporation (SPC)

China Telecom

China Unicom

FibrLINK

Golden Bridge Network (ChinaGBN)

Hutchison Whampoa

IBasis

Jinzhou Port / Jitong

Jitong Corporation

Level 3 Communications

Ministry of Railways / China Unicom Merger

Optus

Partners Tech System Limited (TSL)

Photonic Bridges

SingTel

SpeedCast

Telecom Venture Group Limited

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Report Index:

CHINESE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Chinese Telecommunication Services Executive Summary 1

Chinese Telecommunication Services Market Shares 2

Total Chinese Telecommunication Services Market Summary 3

Need For Integration

Telecommunications Markets in China

1 Telecommunications Markets in China 1

1.1 Telecommunications in China 1

1.1.1 Emerging Carriers 1

1.2 VoIP Network Infrastructure Solutions for the Chinese Market 2

1.3 Break Up Monopolies in Telecommunication Sector 2

1.4 China Competitive Telecommunications System 3

1.5 Telecommunications Infrastructure Improvement 4

1.6 Establish An Efficient And Orderly Competitive Environment 4

1.7 Compliance with International Practices 5

1.8 More-Open Competition System 6

1.9 Telecommunication Regulation in China 8

1.10 Separation Between Telecom and Cable TV Companies 9

Chinese Telecommunication Services Market Forecasts

2. Chinese Telecommunication Services Market Forecasts 1

2.1 Impact of WTO on Chinese Telecommunications Market Dynamics 1

2.2 Profile of Chinese Market 4

2.3 Chinese Telecommunication Services Market Shares 6

2.3.1 Total Chinese Telecommunication Services Market Summary 8

2.4 Fixed Line Telephone Services 15

2.4.1 Fixed Line Services Market Shares 15

2.4.2 Fixed Line Services Market Forecasts 17

2.4.3 China Telecom 19

2.4.4 Beijing Telecommunications (BTC) 24

2.4.5 Shanghai Telecom 24

2.4.6 China Telecom's Switching Network 25

2.4.7 Hutchison Whampoa International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC) Services 26

2.4.8 Public Telephone Data Access 27

2.4.9 Submarine Connectivity 27

2.4.10 Fiber Optic Capacity 27

2.5 Mobile Phone Services 28

2.5.1 Mobile Services Market Shares 28

2.5.2 Lower Cost Cell Phones 31

2.5.3 China Mobile, End Second Quarter 2001 31

2.5.4 China Unicom, End Second Quarter 2001 32

2.5.5 China Unicom Expands Subscriber Base 33

2.5.6 Mobile Subscribers 34

2.5.7 Mobile Services Market Forecasts 36

2.5.8 Monthly Revenue Per Cellular Phone User 40

2.5.9 Text Messages 40

2.5.10 Cost of Mobile Calls 41

2.5.11 CDMA 42

2.5.12 GSM 43

2.5.13 Competition for Cell Phones 43

2.5.14 Ji`nan Mobile Communications 44

2.5.15 China Mobile Limited, Formerly China Telecom 45

2.6 Value Added Services 45

2.6.1 IBM Managed Network Services 46

2.6.2 Value-Added Networks (VANs) 48

2.6.3 Golden Card Project 49

2.6.4 Golden Customs Project 50

2.6.5 Golden Bridge Project 50

2.6.6 Broadband Access 51

2.6.7 Guangdong Province 52

2.7 Paging Services 53

2.7.1 Major Paging Operators 54

2.8 Internet Markets 56

2.8.1 Internet Subscribers 58

2.8.2 Internet Users 59

2.8.3 Major Backbone Internet Access Networks 64

2.8.4 Internet Via Satellite 70

2.8.5 Korea Telecom, China Netcom Link Up in Strategic Alliance 71

2.9 Video on Demand (VOD) 71

2.9.1 China Internet Market Growth 71

2.10 Data Storage Services 73

2.10.1 IDC Data Storage Services 73

2.11 Voice Over IP 73

2.12 Optical Networks 74

Telecommunications Service Provider Positioning in China

3. Telecommunications Service Provider Positioning in China 1

3.1 China Telecom 1

3.1.1 China Telecom / Alcatel 1

3.1.2 China Telecom / Ericsson 2

3.1.3 China Telecom Rate Adjustment 2

3.1.4 China Telecom / Marconi / Optical Network, Internet, and Cable Operators 3

3.1.5 China Telecom / Cisco / Internet 4

3.1.6 China Telecom / Internet / 2bSure.com 5

3.2 China Mobile Limited, Formerly China Telecom 6

3.2.1 China Mobile Limited 6

3.2.2 China Mobile in Hebei, Anhui, and Guizhou Provinces 6

3.2.3 China Mobile To Delay One-Way Billing System 7

3.2.4 China Mobile Analog To Digital Network 7

3.2.5 Guangdong Mobile / China Mobile 8

3.2.6 China Mobile Communications / Motorola GSM Contract 8

3.2.7 China Mobile / Vodafone 9

3.2.8 China Mobile Broadband Network in Jiangxi 9

3.2.9 China Mobile Interconnect Billing 10

3.2.10 China Mobile Communications Internet Protocol (IP) Charges 10

3.2.11 China Mobile 3G 11

3.2.12 China Mobile / Siemens 11

3.2.13 Jiangxi Mobile Communications / Nokia / GSM 12

3.2.14 China Mobile / Mobile Internet Positioning 12

3.2.15 China Mobile Interconnect Billing 13

3.3 China Unicom 13

3.3.1 China Unicom, Bell and Lucent To Build Shanghai CDMA Network 14

3.3.2 China Unicom (Shanghai) 15

3.3.3 China Unicom / Samsung 15

3.3.4 Shanghai Bell / China Unicom / CDMA 15

3.3.5 China Unicom / Motorola / GSM 16

3.3.6 China Unicom / Motorola 16

3.3.7 China Unicom Paging Division 17

3.3.8 China Unicom CDMA Network 18

3.3.9 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ICBC / China Unicom's CDMA Network
19

3.3.10 China Unicom / Motorola / CDMA 20

3.3.11 China Unicom Expands Subscriber Base 20

3.3.12 China Unicom CDMA Contracts / Qualcomm 21

3.3.13 China Unicom / ZTE CDMA Contracts 24

3.3.14 China Unicom IP Telephone Network in Guangdong 25

3.3.15 China Unicom / Nortel Networks / CDMA 25

3.3.16 China Unicom / Guangdong Nortel 27

3.3.17 China Unicom Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony License 27

3.3.18 Unicom Plans for China after 2000 27

3.3.19 China Unicom / Ericsson 28

3.3.20 China Unicom / Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communications Company 28

3.3.21 China Unicom / Ericsson / Migration To 3G 29

3.3.22 China Unicom / Corning LEAF Fiber 29

3.3.23 China Unicom Expands Subscriber Base 30

3.3.24 China Unicom / Shanghai Bell / CDMA 31

3.3.25 China Unicom / Nortel Networks / Optical Ethernet To Guangdong Province
31

3.4 China Netcom 33

3.4.1 Korea Telecom, China Netcom Link Up in Strategic Alliance 34

3.4.2 China Netcom / China Mobile 34

3.4.3 China Netcom / Marconi Communications / SDXC Cross-Connect 34

3.4.4 China Netcom / Hutchison Telephony 35

Business Process Integration Technology

4. Telecommunication Services Positioning in China 1

4.1 Local Area Networks 1

4.2 Mobile Communications 2

4.2.1 Nokia / Beijing Mobile Communications 2

4.2.2 GSM / Nokia / Hainan MCC 2

4.2.3 GSM / Nokia / Jiangxi MCC 2

4.2.4 GSM / Alcatel / China Mobile 3

4.2.5 CDMA: Samsung Electronics 3

4.2.6 CDMA: Nortel / Ericsson / China Unicom 4

4.2.7 CDMA: SK Telecom / Unicom Horizon Mobile Communications 5

4.2.8 CDMA: Lucent Technologies / China Unicom 6

4.2.9 CDMA: Positions China Unicom for Rapid Expansion of Its Wireless Service 6

4.2.10 CDMA: Network Total Capacity 6

4.2.11 Heilongjiang Unicom, Mobile To Regulate Telecom Fees, Rates 7

4.2.12 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Network 8

4.2.13 CDMA / SK Telecom / Unicom Horizon Mobile Communications 8

4.2.14 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's Fixed-Line Telecoms 9

4.3 Chinese Power Company Initiatives 9

4.3.1 DSL Solutions / Marconi / Copper Mountain / 7th Railway Project 10

4.3.2 Network Equipment / Beijing Telecommunications Authority (BTA) / Marconi
11

4.4 Optical Initiatives 11

4.5 Long Distance Network 12

4.5.1 Paging Penetration 13

4.6 Autonomous Roaming 14

4.6.1 Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony License 14

4.7 Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) 16

4.8 Satellite Communications 16

4.9 Directory Products 17

4.9.1 ChinaBiG.com 17

4.9.2 YellowPages.com.cn 17

4.9.3 Metawave GSM Smart Antenna Field Trial in Guangdong 18

4.9.4 Nortel Chinese GSM 18

4.10 Strategic Alliances with Companies in China 19

4.10.1 Samsung / Shanghai Bell 19

4.10.2 LG Electronics / Capitel Group 19

4.10.3 Mobile Data Services Based on SMS and WAP 20

4.10.4 Third Generation Mobile TD-SCDMA 21

4.10.5 Mobile Internet Positioning 22

4.10.6 Purchase of Mobile Equipment 23

4.11 Internet and Telecommunications Services 24

4.11.1 Bandwidth Competition in China 25

4.11.2 Major Backbone Internet Access Networks 26

4.12 Internet Telephony in China 28

4.12.1 Mobile TD-SCDMA Antenna Arrays 29

4.12.2 PBX 29

4.12.3 China Online Economic Data System 33

4.12.4 IBM, Shanghai Telecom Build Net Data Center 33

4.13 Content Delivery in China 34

4.13.1 Level 3 Communications Crossroads Internet Access Service 35

4.13.2 Level 3 North Asia Undersea Cable System 36

4.13.3 Fax Over Internet 37

4.14 Unified Messaging 38

4.14.1 Tornado Development Unified Messaging 39

4.14.2 Antenna-Based Wireless Communications 39

4.14.3 Nortel Networks 20 Contracts

Telecommunication Service Providers Active In China

5. Telecommunication Service Providers Active in China 1

5.1 Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. 1

5.2 Bloomberg Television 2

5.3 Cable and Wireless 3

5.4 Channelnewasia.com 3

5.5 China Mobile 3

5.5.1 China Mobile Communications / Guangdong Mobile 4

5.6 China NetCom 4

5.6.1 China NetCom Broadband Telecommunications 5

5.6.2 China NetCom Focus 6

5.6.3 Network Technology Strategy 7

5.7 China Railway Telecom 7

5.8 China's State Power Corporation (SPC) 10

5.9 China Telecom 11

5.9.1 China Telecom Rate Adjustment 11

5.9.2 China Telecom Responsibilities 12

5.9.3 China Telecom / Alcatel 16

5.9.4 China Telecom / Ericsson 16

5.9.5 China Telecom / Marconi / Optical Network, Internet, and Cable Operators
17

5.9.6 China Telecom / Cisco / Internet 18

5.9.7 China Telecom / Internet / 2bSure.com 19

5.10 China Unicom 20

5.10.1 China Unicom Integrated Telecommunication Services 21

5.10.2 Description of Investment 23

5.10.3 China Unicom Positioning 24

5.10.4 Business Summary 25

5.10.5 China Unicom Paging 26

5.10.6 China Unicom / MII 26

5.11 FibrLINK 29

5.12 Golden Bridge Network (ChinaGBN) 29

5.13 Hutchison Whampoa 32

5.14 iBasis 32

5.15 Jinzhou Port / Jitong 33

5.16 Jitong Corporation 34

5.17 Level 3 Communications 35

5.18 Ministry of Railways / China Unicom Merger 35

5.19 Optus 37

5.20 Partners Tech System Limited (TSL) 38

5.21 Photonic Bridges 38

5.22 SingTel 39

5.22.1 Financial Overview 40

5.22.2 Capital Expenditure 41

5.22.3 Outlook 41

5.22.4 APSTAR V 42

5.22.5 APT Satellite Holdings 43

5.22.6 SingTel Internet Exchange 43

5.23 SpeedCast 44

5.24 Telecom Venture Group Limited 44

Many of these Key Topics Have Phenomenal Subcategories

List of Tables and Figures

Market Forecasts 2001-2006 Market Shares 2000

Figure ES-1

CHINESE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET SHARES

Figure ES-2

CHINESE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET FORECASTS, DOLLARS, 2001-2006

Table ES-3

CHINESE TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS

SERVICES, DOLLARS, 2000-2006

Figure ES-4

Chinese Telecommunications Segment Market Shares, By Revenue, 2001

Figure ES-5

Chinese Telecommunications Segment Market Shares, By Revenue, 2006

Table 2-1 2

Benefits of Chinese Entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) 2

Table 2-1 (Continued) 3

Benefits of Chinese Entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) 3

Table 2-2 4

Statistical Profile Chinese Communications Market, 2001 4

Table 2-2 (Continued) 5

Statistical Profile Chinese Communications Market, 2001 5

Table 2-3 5

Statistical Profile Chinese Markets, 2001 5

Figure 2-4 6

Chinese Telecommunications Market Shares, 2000 6

Figure 2-5 7

Chinese Telecommunications Market Shares, First Half 2001 7

Table 2-6 7

Chinese Service Provider Market Shares, 2000 7

Table 2-7 8

Teledensity in China 8

Figure 2-8 10

Chinese Telecommunications Market Forecasts, 10

Dollars, 2001-2006 10

Table 2-9 11

Chinese Total Telecommunications Servers, 11

Dollars, 2000-20006 11

Figure 2-10 12

Chinese Telecommunications segments Market Shares, 12

By Revenue, 2001 12

Figure 2-11 13

Chinese Telecommunications Segments Market Shares, 13

By Revenue, 2006 13

Figure 2-12 14

Chinese Telecommunications Market Forecasts, 14

Subscribers. 2001-2006 14

Table 2-13 15

Chinese Total Telecommunications 15

Services, Subscribers, 2000-2006 15

Figure 2-14 16

Chinese Fixed Line Telecommunications Market 16

Shares, 2000 16

Table 2-15 16

Chinese Service Providers Fixed Telecommunications 16

Market Shares, 2000 16

Figure 2-16 17

Chinese Fixed Line Telecommunications Market Forecasts, 17

Dollars, 2001-2006 17

Table 2-17 18

Chinese Fixed Wire Telecommunications Services, 18

Dollars, 2000-2006 18

Table 2-18 18

Chinese Fixed Telecommunications Services, 18

Subscribers, 2000-2006 18

Table 2-19 21

China Telecom Split into Several Companies 21

Table 2-20 22

Key China Telecom Reforms 22

Table 2-20 (Continued) 23

Key China Telecom Reforms 23

Table 2-21 23

Key China Telecom Performance Measures 23

List of Tables and Figure

Market Forecasts 2001-2006 Market Shares 200

Figure 2-22 28

Chinese Telecommunications Market Shares, 28

2000 28

Table 2-23 29

Chinese Service Providers Mobile Telecommunications 29

Market Shares, 2000 And First Half of 2001 29

Table 2-24 35

Chinese Mobile Telecommunications Services, 35

Subscribers, 2000-2006 35

Figure 2-25 36

Chinese Mobile Telecommunications Market 36

Forecasts, Dollars, 2001-2006 36

Table 2-26 37

Chinese Mobile Telecommunications Services, 37

Dollars, 2000-2006 37

Table 2-27 39

Selected Wireless Subscribers by Province in China 39

Table 2-28 46

China Telecom Regional Subsidiary Anhui Province Value Added Services
Positioning 46

Table 2-29 48

Golden Projects Ministry of Electronics Industry Initiatives 48

Table 2-29 (Continued) 49

Golden Projects Ministry of Electronics Industry Initiatives 49

Table 2-30 57

Chinese Telecommunications Internet Services, 57

Dollars, 2000-2006 57

Table 2-31 57

Chinese Voice Over IP Telecommunications 57

Services, Dollars, 2000-2006 67

Table 2-32 58

Chinese Telecommunications Internet Services, 58

Subscribers, And Users, 2000-2006

Table 2-33 59

Cable TV Households, 1996-2000 59

Table 2-34 60

Internet Users in China, 1996-2000 60

Table 2-35 61

Internet Host Computers, 1993-2000 61

Table 2-36 64

Internet Use by Access Method, Mid-2001 64

Table 2-37 65

Major Backbone Internet Access Networks in China 65

Table 2-38 66

Internet Infrastructure Investment 66

Table 2-39 72

Barriers To Internet Development in China 72

Table 2-40 74

Selected Chinese Fiber Backbones 74

Table 4-1 26

Major Backbone Internet Access Networks in China 26

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