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China Telecom expects 100 million CDMA users by 2011

By Wang Xing (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-02-13 16:27

China Telecom expects the number of CDMA users will increase to 100 million in the next three years, said Shang Bing, president of China Telecom, in a company close-door forum. He said China Telecom aimed to sign up 35 million CDMA users in 2009.

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Since the Chinese government issued the long-awaited license for the third generation (3G) mobile phone telephony in January, China Telecom has been accelerating the development pace of the CDMA network and services to challenge market leader China Mobile.

Last week, China Telecom announced it would purchase 20 million 3G handsets from manufacturers this year.

China Telecom had 27.91 million CDMA users by the end of last year, down from 42 million when it acquired the business from China Unicom in June last year.