Asia Pacific

China United Network Communications Group Co.Ltd (China Unicom) was officially established on 6 January 2009 on the basis of the merger of former China Netcom and former China Unicom. It has subsidiaries in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across China and many countries and regions around the world. It is the only Chinese telecom operator listed on the stock exchanges in New York Hong Kong and Shanghai. As of the end of 2008 the total assets of the Company reached 500.09 billion yuan and the number of employees stood at 463000. With a modern communications network characterized by nationwide coverage and global reach China Unicom mainly operates fixed and mobile communications service domestic and international communications facilities satellite IPLC service data communications service network access service value-added telecom services and system integration service related to information and communications services. On 7 January 2009 China Unicom was granted a WCDMA license. By the end of 2008 China Unicom had 273 million subscribers among which the broadband subscribers totaled 30.16 million GSM subscribers 133 million and fixed-line (including PHS) subscribers 109 million. China Unicom was among the Top 500 in the world in terms of its revenue and ranked in the top of the world leading telecom operators in terms of its customer base and market capitalization of its listed company. Aiming at providing comprehensive and high-quality broadband communications and information services for customers China Unicom has been speeding up the construction of mobile communications network strengthening the development of fixed broadband network and promoting broadband-based fixed and mobile networks. Committed to raising its overall competitiveness and sustainable development capacity and becoming a world leading provider of broadband communications and information services China Unicom will further enhance the development of its services expand its business scope and improve the quality of service while adhering to the market-oriented and customer-focused principle and emphasizing the development of mobile broadband Internet services.