China Telecom to Unveil CDMA Bidding Result Next Week

China Telecom is about to release the bidding result for CDMA equipment procurement this week. By now it has completed technology evaluation of CDMA equipment from manufacturers. It is the first round of CDMA procurement after China Telecom is encouraged to take over CDMA networks from China Unicom.

Led by China Telecom, several telecom makers such as Huawei, ZTE, Nortel, Motorola, and Samsung have carried out a series of CDMA equipment tests.

China Telecom's future strategy shows that it will invest as much as CNY 80 billion building CDMA networks in the coming three years. Initially, the number will be CNY 27.9 billion.

By June 30, China Unicom saw 43.17 million CDMA users. And the number is expected to be 100 million in the coming two to three years, accounting for 15% of the total telecom subscriber pool. Value-added CMDA services will take up 35% of the market.