What is China Unicom?
China Unicom is a premier telecommunication corporation based in china which is completely renowned as China United Network Communications Group Co., Limited. The company came into existence as a wireless paging and GSM Mobile operator in China in 1994. The company has been offering CDMA network in Macau since 2006.
The company provides a wide range of services like Fixed line Telephony and Mobile Telephony Services, domestic and international communication service, 3G network, satellite IPLC service, Internet Access Services, value-added telecom services (VAS) and many other services related to information and communications sectors. Its additional services include Digital Television, Mobile Music, Mobile TV, Basic Fixed Telephone Service, Caller ID Display, Fixed-line Payment Service, ADSL etc. China Unicom provides its services to residential customers, small- and medium sizes business, as well as international customers.
The company has established over 31 sub-companies in many major regions throughout the world. As of last 2008, the company has total revenues of 500.09 billion yuan and workforce of over 463,000. At that time, China Unicom had over 30.16 million broadband subscribers, 133 million GSM subscribers and 109 million fixed-line subscribers. On January 7, 2009, China Unicom obtained WCDMA license and started 3G telecommunication services.