China Unicom will bid farewell to the CDMA era in an all-round way and transform the C network with 80 billion telecom.

　　Although China Telecom has announced the acquisition of C network in a high-profile way before, to be precise, at 8 o’clock today, when China Telecom completely completed the delivery of the C network system with the local Unicom company, it really meant that the handover of C network was finally completed, and it also meant that the connection between China Unicom and the C network that had been cultivated for 7 years ended.

　　Unicom stopped handling C network business.

　　After the reorganization of telecom, China Telecom took over the front-end marketing operation of C network from October 1st.

　　However, as a transitional measure, China Unicom business hall can continue to handle C-network business and recharge. With the completion of the delivery of network system equipment of C network, the historical mission of China Unicom has come to an end.

　　The reporter learned that from 0: 00 on December 6, the C-network prepaid card issued by China Unicom has stopped using, and Unicom’s "full-service prepaid card" and "C-network one-way prepaid card" will no longer be able to recharge CDMA mobile phone numbers.

　　However, the reporter asked China Telecom’s 10000 hotline yesterday, and the staff said, "If Unicom’s recharge card is within the validity period and the password has not been scraped, users can take their cards and ID cards to the telecom business hall and exchange them for equivalent telecom recharge cards." It is understood that the card replacement period will last until the end of March next year.

　　Beijing Unicom said that in the future, CDMA users will not be able to handle C-network business in Unicom’s online business hall. If you call 10010 customer service, you will also transfer C-network users to 10000 customer service of Telecom to handle business. However, Unicom’s business hall will still keep the counter for CDMA business, which will be specifically responsible by the telecom stationed personnel. Unicom’s business hall will continue to handle C network business until the end of February next year.

　　80 billion yuan for the new owner to transform the C network.

　　After the news of telecom reorganization was released, CDMA users once lost quickly. By the end of September, there were only over 40 million households left. How the new owner views C network largely determines the future of CDMA.

　　"China Telecom plans to invest 80 billion yuan to transform the CDMA network in the next three years, and actively solve the coverage of cities, counties and townships below the county level." Leng Rongquan, vice president of China Telecom, said. He revealed that from the end of this year to the first half of next year, China Telecom will complete the expansion and reconstruction of the C network in more than 340 cities across the country.

　　This undoubtedly gave C network users a reassurance. However, China Telecom seems to have higher expectations for C network.

　　The reporter learned that China Telecom is stepping up the formulation and research of the international roaming scheme for C network. At present, it is organizing chip, terminal and system manufacturers to implement the roaming scheme from C network to G network. In other words, if there is no CDMA network in a certain country, as long as the G network operator of that country and China Telecom sign the roaming services of C network and G network, the users of China Telecom’s C network can realize the smooth transition from C network to G network, and realize all the seamless roaming in the world just like G network.

　　Unicom expects 3G to win.

　　China Unicom opened the C network in November 2001, and it has been 7 years since then. Although people have different opinions on China Unicom’s operation of C network, China Unicom, which is a non-dominant operator, undertakes the operation of two networks, and its achievements cannot be denied.

　　After China Unicom stripped off the C network, it also faced the problem of adjusting its development direction. Chang Xiaobing, CEO of China Unicom, said, "Now the three major telecom operators have completed the basic restructuring. I believe that the central government will speed up the issuance of 3G licenses and expect to be issued 3G licenses by the end of the year." This shows the eagerness.

　　The reporter learned that Unicom’s 3G network, the first WCDMA trial network, plans to launch the trial on December 31st this year. At present, Unicom users in Wuxi have been able to apply to participate in WCDMA technical trials by sending short messages; China Unicom also plans to complete the deployment of WCDMA network in big cities in the first half of next year.

　　Just at the end of last month, Xi Guohua, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, made it clear that the telecom restructuring was basically ready, and the time for issuing 3G licenses in China was "basically ripe". Xi Guohua’s statement once again confirmed the speculation that 3G licensing has entered the countdown stage.

　　Experts in the industry believe that the date of 3G business development is the beginning of a new reshuffle in the telecommunications industry. (Meng Wei)

Editor: Liu Li