The company presently owns a 7.2% stake in fixed-line operator China Netcom, which will be diluted to about 3% once China Unicom acquires China Netcom for $24bn. Fixed-line operator China Telecom will acquire Unicom’s mobile-phone assets based on CDMA technology for more than $15bn.
China has recently announced a telecom restructuring plan which will result in three groups based around China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Netcom in the world’s largest telecom market.
