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Visitors interact with Lenovo Group’s robot at the opening of the MWC Shanghai trade show on June 26, 2024. Photo: AFP

Artificial intelligence

China’s telecoms operators and gear makers tout AI ambitions at MWC Shanghai

China’s telecoms industry players are betting on the growth potential from increased demand for artificial intelligence by enterprises and consumers.

27 Jun 2024 - 2:43PM

US-China tech war

US probing China Telecom, China Mobile over internet, cloud risks

25 Jun 2024 - 11:05AM

The Philippines

Online rumours of Philippines civil war tied to China’s covert agenda

17 Jun 2024 - 7:22PMvideocam

Lychee farmers reap the benefits of China’s rural 5G push

Enhanced 5G coverage is helping farmers reach more customers through live streaming, as unpredictable weather threatens their livelihood.

16 Jun 2024 - 2:00PM

Lychees on display at a farm in Zengcheng district in Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province. Photo: Handout

Huawei

US to bar China’s Huawei lab from certifying wireless equipment

Huawei’s recognition as an accredited lab expired on Tuesday and its request for an extension of its recognition was denied by US authorities.

2 May 2024 - 10:39AM

US-China relations

US agency bars Chinese telecoms carriers from offering broadband services

The FCC has cited national security concerns in revoking or denying Chinese companies’ rights to provide US telecoms services.

26 Apr 2024 - 9:35AM

Hong Kong stock market

Hang Seng Index compiler leaves blue chip benchmark unchanged in latest review

No new companies will be added to the Hang Seng Index in March, leaving the total number of constituents unchanged at 82, according to the latest quarterly review by Hang Seng Indexes Company.

16 Feb 2024 - 8:10PM

A giant electronic monitor shows the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong. Photo: Edmond So

Tencent

Tencent ties up with Big Telcos in latest breach of ‘walled garden’

Users of digital wallets from China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom can now make payments by scanning WeChat QR codes, in Tencent’s latest effort to improve interoperability of tech services under Beijing’s directive.

11 Nov 2023 - 6:30PM

China digital currency

Beijing forum promotes SIM-based ‘e-CNY hard wallet’ for digital payments

Promoters say the ‘e-CNY hard wallet’ has several advantages as a payment mechanism, including safety, reliability and convenience.

13 Oct 2023 - 8:00AM

Huawei

Huawei bolsters push for 5.5G networks with operators from China, Middle East

Huawei says 5.5G can offer a tenfold increase in speed over existing networks, providing more efficient power consumption for consumer and industrial uses.

12 Oct 2023 - 12:35AM

Huawei says 5.5G offers a tenfold increase in speed over existing networks.
Photo: AP

Huawei, Chinese telecoms firms tout 5G as life-changing tech at MWC Shanghai

Industry executives say 5G has changed the lives of its users, enabling new capabilities such as live-streaming e-commerce from rural farmland.

27 Jun 2023 - 11:00PMvideocam

A staff member installing equipment on a 5G base station in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. Photo: Xinhua

China technology

MWC Shanghai returns as in-person event after 2-year pandemic hiatus

MWC Shanghai, the regional edition of the world’s largest mobile communications industry trade show, marks its first decade in China this year.

25 Jun 2023 - 8:19PM

Artificial intelligence

China Telecom plans huge computing centre in Shanghai’s hi-tech zone

Investment comes as development of AI technology, especially evident in the recent frenzy around ChatGPT-like services, is fuelling demand for computational power.

2 Jun 2023 - 9:00PM

China to launch early 6G applications by 2025 ahead of 2030 commercial roll-out

China Unicom, the country’s third-largest wireless network operator, expects to complete technical research and launch early ‘application scenarios’ for 6G mobile technology by 2025.

25 Mar 2023 - 6:49PM

The mainland’s three major telecommunications network operators – China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom – are expected to start commercial 6G mobile services from 2030. Photo: Shutterstock

China stock market

World’s largest phone network challenges distiller as China’s most valued stock

China Mobile’s market capitalisation is 2.1 trillion yuan (US$304.8 billion), second only to Kweichow Moutai’s 2.2 trillion yuan, as traders bet the mobile-network operator will benefit from Beijing’s plan to digitise the economy.

15 Mar 2023 - 6:09PM

People pass a China Mobile booth at the 2023 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on March 1, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Two Sessions 2023

China’s Hainan eyes international data hub status in ‘two sessions’ proposal

China’s island province of Hainan wants to become an international data hub, according to a proposal presented by local officials at China’s annual top political meetings this week.

7 Mar 2023 - 6:40PM

China stock market

China’s telcos turn world beaters in rare stock re-rating amid tech ambitions

China’s three telecom operators, panned as value destroyers in stock markets, are no longer market laggards. Stock returns this year are among the best in the world. Here’s why.

6 Mar 2023 - 7:00AMvideocam

Shenzhen

Shenzhen aims for fastest internet speed in China with 5G network expansion

The southern tech hub’s digital infrastructure action plan involves the buildout of 10,000 new 5G base stations this year.

13 Feb 2023 - 7:00PMvideocam

With 10,000 more 5G base stations, Shenzhen expects its average internet download speeds to reach 500 megabits per second by the end of this year. Photo: Shutterstock

Tencent

Tencent and China Unicom get Beijing’s nod for public-private JV

The joint venture will focus on content delivery networks and technologies such as edge computing.

2 Nov 2022 - 9:56PM

US-China relations

US agency adds Chinese telecoms firms to national security threat list

Pacific Networks Corp, its subsidiary ComNet (USA) and China Unicom (Americas) were put on the ‘Covered List’ by the FCC, joining companies like Huawei, ZTE and Hikvision.

21 Sep 2022 - 2:11AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Short video platform Kuaishou launches AI system that creates virtual idols

StreamLake is the first enterprise-facing product from Kuaishou, which hopes to break even this year after facing mounting regulatory pressure and a plummeting stock price.

10 Aug 2022 - 10:58PMvideocam

Huawei

Sanctions-hit Huawei loses ground in global telecoms equipment market

Nokia and Ericsson led telecoms equipment sales outside China in 2021, as Huawei struggled with US sanctions and barred from other major 5G markets.

15 Mar 2022 - 6:12PM

Huawei Technologies Co struggles to stay afloat and remain relevant in its industry in the face of US trade sanctions and Washington’s pressure on its economic allies to bar use of the Chinese firm’s 5G equipment. Photo: Shutterstock

China to step up 5G mobile network roll-out as 6G preparations push ahead

While China’s 5G mobile network is already the world’s biggest, MIIT head Xiao Yaqing said the existing number of base stations ‘is not enough’.

9 Mar 2022 - 8:15PM

Beijing Winter Paralympics 2022

China’s hi-tech advances remain vital fixtures of Beijing Winter Paralympics

Advances in 5G mobile communications, China’s digital currency and cloud infrastructure services help anchor Beijing’s latest Olympic hosting duties.

4 Mar 2022 - 6:23PMvideocam

US-China tech war

China Unicom’s authorisation to operate in US revoked by regulator

The 4-0 vote marks the latest move by the Federal Communications Commission to bar Chinese telecoms firms from the country over security concerns.

28 Jan 2022 - 3:52AM

The FCC began making efforts in March to revoke the authorisation for China Unicom Americas, Pacific Networks and its wholly owned subsidiary ComNet. Photo: Reuters

NetEase

CEO says NetEase is poised to lead the metaverse race

NetEase founder William Ding Lei says the company is readying the technologies needed to build the metaverse, as Tencent, Baidu and others also express interest in the buzzy new concept.

17 Nov 2021 - 9:41PM

Metaverse, a buzzword in the tech world, refers to a shared interactive virtual world that has been touted as the next evolution of the internet. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

China’s mobile carriers to launch new 5G messaging service

China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom are expected to roll out their new 5G messaging service, with electronic payment function, this month.

5 Oct 2021 - 8:00AMvideocam

China Mobile

China Mobile aims for US$8.6 billion in mainland’s biggest IPO for a decade

The world’s largest wireless network operator, which listed in Hong Kong in 1997, is returning home to list in Shanghai after it was banished from the New York Stock Exchange in May under the orders of Donald Trump.

19 Aug 2021 - 9:49PMvideocam

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China Unicom

China Unicom is a state-owned telecommunications operator in China and the third-largest mobile provider in the country by subscriber base. Together with China Telecom and China Mobile, the company helped roll out the country's 5G network, and it is involved in the development of 6G for launch by 2025. Outside China, the company has opened more than 30 branches, but it was banned from operating in the US in 2022 over national security and spying concerns.

Chairman / President

Liu Liehong

CEO / Managing Director

Wang Xiaochu

CFO / Finance Director

Zhu Kebing

Industry

Telecommunications

Website

eng.chinaunicom.com

Headquarters address

Beijing, China

Stock Code

SEHK:0762
NYSE:CHU

Year founded

1994

last updated:

30 September, 2024