Chang Xiaobing

China Unicom anticipates 3G licensing to speed up, says Chang (China)

Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008

China Unicom’s, Chairman Chang Xiaobing said, they expect the government to accelerate the process of awarding licenses for high-speed wireless services. The faster wireless services will help the economy, said Chang. The government- led reorganization of the telecommunications industry is “largely completed,” he added. According to a report, the government may delay awarding 3G...

China Unicom Plans 3G Launch by Year-End

cellular-news (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008

China Unicom expects to start a trial WCDMA network in seven cities by the end of this year - said Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of the mobile network operator.

China Unicom To Construct 3G Trial Networks In Seven Chinese Cities

ChinaTechNews.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

In addition, China Unicom has published a notice, which says that the company is engaged in deciding the detailed arrangement of its new 11-person leadership team and the result is expected to be announced in January 2009 when China Unicom and China Netcom complete merge in group level. Of these 11 people, four are former senior managers from China Unicom, including Chang Xiaobing, who...

China Unicom to launch 3G trials by 2008-end (China)

Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008

China Unicom, China’s second leading mobile operator, announces a launch of its W-CDMA networks trial in seven cities of China. Around 100 W-CDMA base stations will be built in each of these cities and the trial networks will start once the company receives the 3G license from the Chinese government, said Chang Xiaobing, chairman and [...]

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China Unicom plans to spend $1.5Bn on 3G network in next two years (China)

Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

China Unicom plans an expenditure of $1.5Bn in next two years to build and develop the 3G network. Chairman Chang Xiaobing, China Unicom, expects the roll out of 3G services will offer new opportunities for growth by helping Chinese operators expand their service portfolio. Though the Beijing 3G licence is on cards, the Chairman expects the [...]

China Unicom to spend $1.5 billion on 3G next two years

The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008

China Unicom plans to spend 10 billion RMB (US$1.5 billion) over next two years on building and developing its 3G network and business, chairman Chang Xiaobing said Tuesday. Chang said at Mobile Asia Congress in Macau that the expected launch of 3G services will offer new opportunities for growth by helping Chinese operators expand their service portfolio. While Beijing has yet...

Judging by Macau, telecom may be spared fair amount of gloom

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008

... full at the keynote sessions Tuesday, the first day of the Congress, when China Unicom Chairman Chang Xiaobing, NTT DoCoMo Chief Executive Ryoji Yamada, Bharti Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli and China Mobile Chairman Wang Jiangzhou addressed the audience. The top executives at the two Chinese mobile giants expressed concern that the financial crisis and its impact on the global economy may...