CHINA UNICOM SAW NET PROFIT UP 9% IN 2005

AsiaInfo Services, March, 2006

AsiaInfo Services 03-24-2006 China Unicom Saw Net Profit up 9% in 2005 BEIJING, Mar 24, 2006 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- China Unicom, one of the major mobile carriers in the country, is expected to earn CNY 4.83 billion net profit in 2005, up 9% year on year, missing market consensus due to added business costs in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a report by Nomura International. There is no a certain integration program for China's telecom operators in a short term.

so China Unicom needs to run both GSM and CDMA networks. The CDMA mobile business turned to be upbeat in the second half of last year, and interest, tax and gross profit margin of EBITDA have been keeping stable. The ARPU of the carrier's GSM and CDMA handset users would reach CNY 48.3...

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