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27/33 27/32 27/36 26/34 Beijing Changchun Changsha Chongqing Dalian Fuzhou Guangzhou Guilin Guiyang Haikou Hangzhou Harbin Hefei Hohhot Hongkong Jinan Kunming Lanzhou Lhasa Lijiang Macao Nanchang Nanjing Nanning Qingdao Sanya 22/29 20/26 26/34 23/37 13/17 24/36 26/34 25/31 20/29 26/35 26/37 16/20 25/34 16/30 27/33 21/29 14/26 16/29 7/20 14/24 25/32 27/35 26/34 25/34 16/20 25/34 C T S S T C C Sh C C C T C C C Sh S C O C C S T C T C Editor’s Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up policy.
On May 16, 2005, China Telecom and China Netcom were both officially re-established after restructuring to promote competition and innovation in the telecommunications sector, as seen in the item from China Daily (right).
After decades of reform, 21/25 13/24 27/35 24/32 13/20 23/36 26/33 25/32 21/28 26/35 26/36 9/24 23/33 16/26 27/32 21/25 14/27 15/28 6/21 14/24 26/32 27/34 25/31 25/34 17/21 27/33 T C S C T C C C C C C C D O T Sh S Sh D S C S R C T C Shanghai Shenyang Shenzhen Shijiazhuang Suzhou Taipei Taiyuan Tianjin Urumqi Wuhan Xi'an Xiamen Xining Yantai Yinchuan Zhengzhou Zhuhai Athens Berlin Brussels Geneva Istanbul London Madrid Moscow Paris Rome Vienna 25/36 20/28 26/32 21/29 21/28 24/30 16/34 19/28 10/18 25/33 20/35 23/33 11/25 18/30 19/29 21/32 26/32 19/31 17/18 17/17 13/13 18/27 10/11 7/20 10/25 15/20 16/17 12/12 the telecom industry has been dominated by China Mobile Communications Corp, China United Network Communications Group Co and China Telecommunications Corp since 2008 when reforms created the three operators, reducing the number of main telecom carriers from six to three.
The newly converged operators boosted the domestic telecommunications market, particularly with massive growth after 3G licenses were finally awarded in later 2008.
In 2014, China Tower Corp was established to handle C T C O D C S O S D S S T T C O C C D O D O D S D D D D 25/34 17/23 26/32 22/24 21/30 24/30 18/29 19/27 11/22 25/34 21/34 23/34 8/24 15/23 16/30 23/34 26/32 20/30 16/19 14/14 12/16 19/26 8/10 7/21 12/24 13/16 16/17 11/12 C Sh T D C C S D S C O S Sh T O C C D O O D C D C D C D D the tower assets of the three operators and reduce duplicate construction and expenditure, as the country rolled out faster networks.
China Tower marshaled existing telecom tower assets worth 204 billion yuan ($32 billion) from its clients and shareholders China Telecom, China Unicom and China WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Abu Dhabi 27/37 Bangkok 28/36 Colombo 26/30 Dubai 28/37 Hanoi 25/35 Islamabad 18/34 Jakarta 25/31 Karachi 28/36 Kuala Lumpur 25/32 Manila 27/36 Mumbai 27/34 New Delhi 27/41 Pyongyang 20/24 Riyadh 20/32 Seoul 20/24 Singapore 26/32 Sydney 12/18 Teheran 16/22 Tokyo 19/28 Wellington 15/17 Yangon 24/36 S D R S D S D S R D S C D C R D D D O R D 25/37 27/36 26/31 29/37 24/35 20/34 25/32 27/39 24/32 26/34 27/35 28/41 20/25 22/33 18/27 26/32 12/19 15/22 20/28 13/15 24/36 C D R S S D D S D D S S D C D D D D D D C Mobile in 2015.
The big three telecom companies own 94 percent of China Tower (China Mobile 38 percent, China Unicom 28.1 percent, China Telecom 27.9 percent), with China Reform Holdings Corp, a government-backed investment firm, holding the remaining 6 percent. BuenosAires 13/13 Caracas 26/28 Chicago 15/19 Houston 23/30 Las Vegas 21/31 Los Angeles 15/17 Mexico city 18/20 New York 19/20 Ottawa 13/14 Rio De Janeiro 24/27 San Francisco 13/15 Sao Paulo 15/22 Vancouver 18/24 Washington 21/24 Cairo 19/36 CapeTown 11/23 Johannesburg 4/13 Lagos 24/26 Nairobi 17/22 C D S S S S D R S S D D S D S S C D D 8/10 C 25/26 D 14/19 O 25/28 D 22/26 S 15/17 S 19/19 D 17/27 R 10/18 S 23/24 D 14/15 S 14/18 D 15/20 C 23/24 D 22/36 S 11/22 S 5/15 D 24/27 D 17/23 D