China mobile operators plan infrastructure joint venture

News Wireless China 1 MEI 2014
China mobile operators plan infrastructure joint venture
China's three biggest telecom operators confirmed they are in talks about possibly sharing mobile infrastructure. China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom said they are considering setting up a joint venture company to develop base station infrastructure. The aim is to share resources in order to lower operating costs and speed up development. No definitive agreement has been reached yet. 

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Mobile

Companies:

China Unicom,  China Mobile,  China Telecom

Countries:

China

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Cooperations & alliances, Network equipment, Wireless, Wholesale

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