China Telecom Targets 35 Mln New CDMA Users in 2009
Communications Weekly, 2/13/09
At today's China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) Mobile Handset Industry Cooperation High-Level Forum in Beijing, the company's communist party secretary, Shang Bing, stated that China Telecom would aim to add 35 mln new CDMA users in 2009 and reach a total user base of approximately 100 mln users within three years time.
Editor's Note: Up to December 2008, China Telecom reported it had 27.9 mln CDMA users. For more information on recent statistics related to China's telecom operators, please see "Operators Announce December 2008 Subscriber Totals", MD 1/20/09 issue.
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