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  CNN.com - China Mobile's net profit jumps - Mar. 18, 2003
China Mobile, with nearly 120 million subscribers at the end of January, met expectations with a 2002 net profit of 32.7 billion yuan (US$3.95 billion) or 1.71 yuan per share, compared with 28.02 billion yuan or 1.51 yuan per share a year earlier.
China Mobile and its rival China Unicom Ltd spent much of 2002 locked in a war for market share, sacrificing profits by offering subsidies and other promotions to build business in the world's most populous market.
China Mobile (Hong Kong) has been gradually buying networks from its unlisted parent company, with a goal of eventually having the entire national network in the publicly traded unit.
www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/03/18/china.mobile.reut   (676 words)

  
  China Mobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
China Mobile Communications Corporation (中国移动通信 Zhongguo Yidong Tongxin) SEHK: 0941NYSE: CHL), also known as China Mobile or CMCC, is the People's Republic of China's largest mobile phone operator.
It is the world's largest mobile phone operator ranked by number of subscribers, with over 200 million customers.
A state-owned enterprise, it was spun off from former monopoly China Telecom in 2000, and now has a 37.4% share of the highly competitive Chinese mobile market.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/China_Mobile   (194 words)

  
 China telephone numbering plan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In mainland China, mobile phone numbers have 11 digits in the format 13x-xxxx-xxxx.
The first three digits of mobile phone numbers (13x) designate the mobile phone service provider and the next four digits is a regional code and the last four digits are assigned by the mobile service provider as part of the customer ID.
These are area codes for the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, and the provinces in Northeast China (Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/China_telephone_numbering_plan   (650 words)

  
 China Mobile Broadband Technology Market Research - Business Intelligence
China is in the midst of a genuine economic transformation that is spreading prosperity to millions and generating real demand for telecommunications and technology.
China's Mobile Subscribers are expected to hit 403 million by the end of 2005.
Mobile content providers and mobile operators in China are adopting new business strategies, technologies and new methods of partnering to enable VAS ervices that customers want and are willing to pay for.
www.aprg.com /asp/china.asp   (363 words)

  
 Bharti versus China Mobile
China Mobile is the largest mobile telecom services provider in its country, while Bharti Tele is the largest in India.
China Mobile's operating margins are substantially higher than that of Bharti Tele.
China Mobile is a showcase of what a telecom company can do in a fast growing market.
www.rediff.com /money/2004/oct/01bharti.htm   (736 words)

  
 Zhang Ligui - EXPANDING CHINA'S MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, PRESIDENT OF CHINA MOBILE
China Mobile Communications became China Telecommunications Corporation, and Zhang became president of the megacompany.
The introduction of the Exoteric Mobile Architecture Plan was announced in 2001, and China Mobile joined the plan in 2002.
In 2003 China Mobile announced it was reshuffling managers in the upper echelons of the company.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/S-Z/Zhang-Ligui.html   (1071 words)

  
 TIME Asia Magazine: Hard Cell -- Dec. 02, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
China's 1.3 billion population helped the country to rocket from backwater to the world's biggest mobile phone market, with nearly 200 million subscribers, in just a few years.
China Mobile's average revenue per user in September was $14.25, less than half the level of 1999 and far lower than the $60 to $80 users pay in the U.S. and Japan.
China Mobile, which controls 70% of the market, is cutting capital spending this year by almost 20% to $6.5 billion.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501021202-393812,00.html   (1006 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
China Mobile had a preponderant market share of 66.4 percent at the end of the first quarter of 2006, leaving the remaining third of the market to competitor China Unicom.
Clark said that China Mobile’s investment in Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television, in which it took a 19.9 percent stake for a reported $128 million earlier this month, should be seen as part of the same diversification strategy.
China Mobile executives would not comment on specifics of the pending deal, but said that an announcement would be made at an unspecified date.
www.redherring.com /article.aspx?a=17390   (951 words)

  
 China Mobile (HK) sees slow profit growth
China Mobile (HK) Ltd, the world's biggest mobile-phone company by users, reported its slowest pace of profit growth in more than four years as the carrier cut rates to keep customers and new users spent less.
China Mobile's revenue grew at an average of 50 percent a year in the past four years as the company spent US$50 billion acquiring cellular networks from its parent.
China Mobile's shares are down 71 percent from their peak in 2000, losing more than US$40 billion in value.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2003-10/21/content_274109.htm   (428 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - China makes ultimate punishment mobile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
China's critics contend that the transition from firing squads to injections in death vans facilitates an illegal trade in prisoners' organs.
China's refusal to give outsiders access to the bodies of executed prisoners has added to suspicions about what happens afterward: Corpses are typically driven to a crematorium and burned before relatives or independent witnesses can view them.
There is no such debate in China, which uses the same three-drug cocktail as the U.S. federal government and most U.S. states: sodium thiopental to make the condemned unconscious, pancuronium bromide to stop breathing, potassium chloride to stop the heart.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-06-14-death-van_x.htm   (1292 words)

  
 China Mobile Sparks 3GSM Talk - 2/14/2006 10:43:00 AM - Wireless Week - CA6307557   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Wang Jianzhou, speaking for the first time at the conference, said China Mobile in 2005 added 42 million subscribers, a number that is more than most operators in the world have for total subscribers.
China Mobile's growth came at a rate of 3.9 million new subscribers per month in the last three months of 2005.
A single song was downloaded 15 million times over China Mobile's network in the last six months, a rate 15 times higher than a typical best-selling music CD, he said.
www.wirelessweek.com /article/CA6307557.html   (498 words)

  
 Sina sanctions cast cloud on Chinese Internet market - Sep. 9, 2004
China Mobile, the state-controlled wireless phone company that allows Internet companies access to their subscribers, slapped a six-month freeze on new multimedia message services and products designed to be sent to cell phones, Beijing-based Sina said in a statement.
China Mobile has barred some 27 Internet service providers from providing content to its customers over the past month -- a big issue, because text messages are crucial revenue sources for the ISPs.
China's 87 million Internet users -- about a third of the total U.S. population -- are both a source of pride and worry for Communist Party leaders in a country where the average per capita income is just under $1,000 a year.
money.cnn.com /2004/09/09/news/international/china_internet   (1050 words)

  
 Telecom Report - Rapid growth makes China a mobile dragon
Even if people in China are sensitive to price, they have still been willing to pay for their mobiles.
One large population group in China, however, cannot afford mobile phones regardless of how cheap they are: the difference in wealth between the cities and the countryside is still large.
China's thumb navigators sent 217.76 billion messages in 2004, an increase of 58.8 percent on the year before.
www.ericsson.com /ericsson/corpinfo/publications/telecomreport/archive/2005/july/rapid_growth.shtml   (656 words)

  
 China | MocoNews.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
China Mobile has bought a 19.9% stake in Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings, a unit of STAR Group, itself a unit of News Corp. The deal is part of a strategic alliance between China Mobile and Phoenix (and by extension STAR and News Corp) around mobile content.
China Mobile and Google are in talks about mobile search (nothing definite yet)…Google has recieved criticism for offering a censored search engine in China, but if the mobile search engine is aimed at delivering mobile content it shouldn’t be a problem — presumably it’s already passed the government’s filters.
China Mobile said in March its ringback revenues were one of the fastest-growing segments, quadrupling to 3.42 billion yuan ($427 million) in 2005 from just 848 million yuan the previous year.
www.moconews.net /index.php?cat=67   (4759 words)

  
 The Economist: India is far behind China in mobile telecoms race
China fostered competition by creating a second state-owned operator, China Unicom, to fight the incumbent, China Mobile.
China Unicom was, for example, allowed to undercut China Mobile by 10% in 1999.
But the uncertainty remains, the battle between the fixed and mobile firms is far from over, and the contrast with China remains as striking as ever.
www.ebusinessforum.com /index.asp?layout=rich_story&channelid=2&categoryid=12&doc_id=6325   (671 words)

  
 CHINA MOBILE LIMITED
China Mobile Limited entered into a memorandum of understanding with News Corporation and STAR Group Limited to build a long-term wireless media strategic alliance.
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Guangdong Mobile Communication Company Limited, issued an aggregate of RMB5 billion of corporate bonds in China, which were successfully listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 23 October 2001.
China Telecom (Hong Kong) Limited was incorporated in Hong Kong and later changed its name to China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited and its name was subsequently changed to China Mobile Limited.
www.chinamobileltd.com /about.php?menu=6   (584 words)

  
 China Mobile: Making Money From China’s Emerging Middle Class - Seeking Alpha
My firm, the China Market Research Group CMR (www.researchcmr.com), conducted interviews among Chinese youth in Shanghai and Beijing and found for more than 60% their single, most expensive purchase in the last year was for a mobile phone.
Mobile picture sharing reached $90 million USD in 2005, CAGR of 190% between ’03 and ‘05.
I now do not have any exposure to China Mobile except through the iShares FXI (FXI), which is heavily tilted towards China Mobile.
china.seekingalpha.com /article/18190   (1327 words)

  
 Portal: China Mobile Selects Portal Software to Support Interconnect Billing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Upon completion, China Mobile’s settlement centre will be capable of handling tens of million events per hour and deliver necessary flexibility, availability, and scalability to support next-generation wireless services for China Mobile’s large customer base.
Additionally, China Mobile is one of the members of the international computer network and is authorized to provide international networking services.
The corporation is the largest GSM mobile communications provider in the world whose mobile network covers all the cities and over 96 percent of the rural towns in China.
www.portal.com /news_events/press_releases/release_2001/china_mobile.htm   (644 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | China Mobile steps up the pace
China Mobile has continued its sizzling pace of growth, becoming the world's biggest mobile phone firm and again posting profits ahead of expectations.
Over the past three months, China Mobile earned average revenue per user of 123 yuan; two years ago, the firm was bringing in 247 yuan per subscriber.
State incumbent China Telecom is to be split into two, and the resulting pair are to compete across all markets with China Mobile and China Unicom.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/2192357.stm   (318 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Virgin plans China mobile service
The expansion plans for Virgin's mobile services tend to take advantage of high brand awareness in countries where the firm operates, or is planning to operate, flights.
Mobile virtual network operators like Virgin Mobile are expected to multiply in the 3G world.
Mobile operators, which have spent billions of euros on 3G licences will be keen to recoup costs by selling large chunks of airtime.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4074933.stm   (648 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
China Mobile said capital spending last year rose to 71.5 billion yuan from 64.7 billion in 2004.
China Mobile plans to pay a dividend for 2005 of HK$1.02 per share, compared with HK$0.66 a year earlier, and proposed a final dividend of HK$0.57 per share, up from HK$0.46 in 2004.
China Mobile's monthly average revenue per customer, or ARPU, an industry measure of the size of a phone bill, fell to 90 yuan last year, from 92 yuan in the same period a year earlier.
www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000080&refer=asia&sid=aF.oD3qWh8ag   (1064 words)

  
 CNN.com - China in massive mobile tech challenge - Jan. 23, 2003
Seeking to increase their share in the world's biggest mobile phone market, Chinese cell-phone operators in China are coming to grips with a massive technological undertaking.
But China Unicom has ordered about $1.2 billion in telecom equipment to set up CDMA cell sites and base stations all over China for the network which should be finished by year's end.
China Unicom has had to create a market for the technology, using incentives like free phones and service discounts to raise subscriptions to 7 million so far, the company claims.
cnn.com /2003/TECH/01/23/china.mobiles/index.html   (643 words)

  
 China Mobile - eMarketer
Mobile users in China get their service mainly from a duopoly, one of which has focused on urban dwellers with heavy usage, and the other on lower-end users and smaller townships.
With attractive demographics - 25% of mobile users in China are between the ages of 20-24 - and a subscriber base set to reach a half billion within two years, the market demands recognition on its own terms.
The China Mobile report aggregates the latest data from worldwide marketing and communications researchers with eMarketer numbers, projections and analysis to provide the information you need to make smart business, marketing and advertising decisions for the future.
www.emarketer.com /Reports/All/Mobile_china_jul06.aspx   (304 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: CHINA: Mobile game service released with blockbuster movie
China's mobile market will grow from 250 million subscribers in 2003 to 402 million subscribers by 2007.
In 2002 alone, China Mobile's customers sent over 78.3 billion messages, and it is estimated that this year, the number of messages sent will soar aggressively.
China Mobile is the largest provider of mobile phone services in China with nationwide operations in China.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=5901   (649 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
China Mobile jockeys for the dominant position in the run-up to 3G licensing.
China Mobile has been particularly aggressive: The world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers is hoping to build 3G trial networks on the WCDMA standard—the dominant flavor in Europe—license or not.
China Telecom and Netcom, which have seen revenue growth from Little Smart falling off in the last year, will be happy to take what they can get—as long as it’s wireless.
www.redherring.com /article.aspx?a=16016   (489 words)

  
 Mobile 365 | 365 News | Mobile 365 Adds India and China to Its Global Footprint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Mobile 365 India is located in Gurgaon, a satellite town of New Delhi that plays home to numerous Indian telecoms and services industry bigwigs.
In China, Mobile 365 has set up its third operation in the southern city of Guangzhou, following its successful foray into the cities of Beijing and Shanghai, where the mobile phone is deemed as both a status symbol and a fashion statement.
China is the largest mobile market in the world, with more than 363 million mobile subscribers, surpassing fixed-line subscribers at 337 million.
www.mobile365.com /365_news/index.php?release=52   (756 words)

  
 Computers and Networking -- U.S. Commercial Service China
China’s semiconductor production has experienced an annual growth rate of 25 percent since 2000, which is more than three times the GDP growth rate during the same time period.
As China’s 2nd generation of mobile communications equipment market is dominated by European and North American companies and because of the unique characteristics of mobile communications, most of China’s mobile communications equipment demands are filled by imports.
China’s two mobile operators, China Mobile and China Unicom, will continue to expand their mobile networks in 2005 in a way that not only increases network coverage but also gives flexibility to offer more data services to their customers.
www.buyusa.gov /china/en/computers.html   (1735 words)

  
 Mobile downloads hearten loss-making China portals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Downloads of mobile phone ring tones and screen designs, as well as news reports and jokes have enticed mobile phone-owning Web users in China to open their wallets.
BEIJING: China's top Web portals are capitalizing on the country's taste for cellphones, signalling the wireless Internet may hold promise in the world's biggest mobile market, as on-line advertising growth slows to a halt.
Downloads of mobile phone ring tones and screen designs, as well as news reports and jokes -- which cost from 0.1-2.0 yuan (one to 25 cents) -- have enticed mobile phone-owning Web users in China to open their wallets.
www.ciol.com /content/news/trends/102042902.asp   (837 words)

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