China United Network Communications Group Limited (China Unicom, abbreviated as "China Unicom", "Unicom") was formed on January 6, 2009 on the basis of the merger of the former China Netcom and the former China Unicom. China Unicom, or "Unicom" for short, was formed on January 6, 2009 through the merger of China Netcom and China Unicom, and has branches in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and in many countries and regions outside China. It is the only telecom operator listed in New York, Hong Kong, and Shanghai at the same time, and has been listed in the "World's Top 500 Enterprises" for many consecutive years.
China Unicom is mainly engaged in GSM, WCDMA and FDD-LTE mobile network business, fixed communication business, domestic and international communication facility service business, satellite international leased line business, data communication business, network access business and all kinds of value-added telecommunication services, and system integration business related to communication and information business, etc. On January 6, 2009, the former China Unicom Co. On January 6, 2009, the former China Unicom was reorganized and merged with the former China Network Communications Group Corporation, and the new company was renamed as China United Network Communications Group Corporation. The new company was renamed China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. and is often referred to in the industry as "New Unicom" to distinguish it from the pre-merger China Unicom.
China Unicom has a nationwide and worldwide communications network, and actively promotes the broadbandization of fixed and mobile networks to provide comprehensive and high-quality information and communications services for its customers. in January 2009, China Unicom obtained a 3G license for the WCDMA system, which is the world's most mature technology, the most widely used, and the most complete industry chain, and has the "Wo 3G/Wo 3G/Wo 3G" license. In January 2009, China Unicom obtained the 3G license of WCDMA, which is the most mature technology with the widest application and the most complete industrial chain in the world, and owns famous customer brands such as "Wo3G/Wo4G", "WoPai" and "WoFamily".
In June 2021, China Unicom was granted a license to produce and operate radio and television programs [71].On December 07, 2021, China Unicom's 5G messaging ecological alliance was formally established.
2008
On May 23, 2008, China Unicom spun off its dual-network, in which the CDMA network and the 133 and 153 number segments were formally merged into China Telecom, and Unicom ceased its CDMA business, retaining its GSM network to form a new Unicom Group with China Netcom. On October 1 of the same year, the split officially began and on the same day the CDMA network was transferred to China Telecom operations.
China Unicom Logo
China Unicom Logo
On July 27, Unicom Red Chip, Unicom Operating Company and Telecom H-share Company signed the Agreement on the Transfer of CDMA Business. Ltd. to Telecom H-share Company, the transfer of 99.5% equity interest in Unicom Huasheng Communication Technology Company Limited by Unicom Operating Company to Telecom H-share Company and the transfer of 100% equity interest in China Unicom (Macau) Limited by Unicom Red Chip Company and its subsidiaries to Telecom H-share Company and its subsidiaries, for a consideration of RMB43.8 billion in respect of the sale transaction of the CDMA business. The consideration for the CDMA Business Disposal Transaction amounted to RMB43.8 billion. In tandem with the CDMA Business Sale Transaction, Unicom Group, Unicom New Times and Telecom Group signed the "Agreement on the Transfer of CDMA Assets" on the same day, which provides for the transfer of the relevant CDMA assets by Unicom Group and Unicom New Times to Telecom Group respectively for a consideration of RMB66.2 billion for the CDMA Assets Sale Transaction.
On October 15, China Netcom Red Chip and China Unicom Red Chip were formally merged into China United Network Communications Limited, and China Unicom's Hong Kong listing was changed from "China Unicom Limited" to "China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited". The listed company of China Unicom in Hong Kong was also changed from "China Unicom Limited" to "China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited".
2009
January 6, 2009
According to the consent of the State Council, China Unicom Limited was reorganized and merged with China Network Communications Group Corporation, and the new company name was China United Network Communications Group Corporation, with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) fulfilling the responsibilities of an investor of China United Network Communications Group Corporation on behalf of the State Council.
On January 7, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued three third-generation mobile communication (3G) licenses, marking China's official entry into the 3G era. China Unicom added 3G license based on WCDMA technology system.
On September 28, China Unicom held a press conference on the official commercialization of its Wo3G service with the theme of "3G Wonderful, Wonderful in Wo," announcing that the official commercialization of its Wo3G service would be realized in 285 cities nationwide from October 1 onwards.
China Unicom's Beijing Branch Building
China Unicom's Beijing Branch Building
On Oct. 30, China Unicom and Apple jointly held a ceremony to launch the iPhone at the World Trade Center in Beijing.
In December, 50 cities in 7 provinces (autonomous regions) of Guizhou, Yunnan, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Jiangxi, Gansu and Qinghai officially opened 3G services, so China Unicom has opened 3G networks in 335 large and medium-sized cities. Except for 5 remote cities in Tibet, China Unicom's 3G network basically covers cities above prefecture and city level, major transportation routes and tourist spots above 4A level.
2010
On March 20, the "Ten Provinces and Thousand Counties" Women's Federation 12338 Women's Rights Public Service Hotline was opened. The hotline is maintained by China Unicom and China Telecom***. The "ten provinces" include Jilin, Changchun, Heilongjiang, Fujian, Hainan, Sichuan, Henan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Chongqing.
On June 21, China Unicom, China Telecom, China Mobile and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom signed a memorandum of understanding on the Xiamen-Jinmen submarine cable.
In July, China Unicom significantly reduced roaming rates for international and outbound roaming to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. China Unicom has opened voice roaming services with 398 carriers in 220 countries or regions, and GPRS/WCDMA data roaming services with 269 carriers in 143 of those countries and regions.
In August, China Unicom signed bilateral preferential roaming cooperation agreements with major operators in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. China Unicom has launched roaming cooperation with 153 mobile operators in the Asia-Pacific region, including 24 3G operators.
On Sept. 20, China Unicom's Singapore subsidiary was officially opened, the first operating company of China Unicom in Southeast Asia. [
In November, China Unicom's "Wo Shop" was launched in Shanghai and put into use nationwide, and in December, China Unicom became the world's first and only telecom operator in China to offer international roaming services in Myanmar. By the end of the year, China Unicom had opened GPRS international roaming services with 333 operators in 170 countries and regions, and GPRS international roaming services with 294 operators in 155 countries and regions.
In 2012
China Unicom, in order to implement the "Broadband Speed Up Project" of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), launched the fiber-to-the-home project and accelerated the construction of broadband networks, contributing to the implementation of the national broadband strategy, the improvement of the Internet experience of the majority of Internet users, and the promotion of triple-play integration. [3]
2013
On December 4, 2013, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued a fourth-generation mobile communications (4G) business license based on the TD-LTE system to China Unicom.
2014
On March 18, China Unicom announced the official commercialization of Wo 4G. [4]
On June 27, MIIT approved China Telecom and China Unicom to carry out mixed FDD-LTE and TD-LTE network trials in 16 cities respectively, and on August 28 the scope of the mixed network trial was expanded to 40 cities, and on December 18 it was increased to 56 cities. While supporting state-led TD-LTE, China Telecom and China Unicom are also actively deploying mixed networking, and the future trend of FDD/TDD converged networking has been recognized by the industry. Global support for FDD-LTE operators more than 300, while only 30 support TD-LTE. [5]
FDD-LTE has become the most widely adopted 4G standard in the world, with the richest variety of terminals.
2015
On February 4, the Central Eighth Inspection Group gave feedback to China Unicom on its special inspection, and the group pointed out that the main problems of Unicom are: the company's party group is not in place to implement the responsibility system for the construction of honest and ethical party governance, focusing on business rather than party building, and the disciplinary inspection and supervisory bodies are ineffective in fulfilling their supervisory responsibilities. Some leaders and key position holders use their authority to collude with contractors and suppliers internally and externally, and engage in power and money, power and color transactions; some condone and support relatives, hometowns, or other relations in their own jurisdictions to undertake projects or set up affiliated enterprises for profit; some accept the transfer of benefits from suppliers in the children's study abroad, employment and other aspects.
2016
January 13, 2016
China Telecom Corporation and China Unicom held a signing ceremony in Beijing for a strategic cooperation agreement on "Resource ****building ****sharing, customer service improvement." [6]
The agreement was signed in Beijing, China. [6]
2017
April 10, 2017
China Unicom plans to raise at least 30 billion yuan through the issuance of A-shares, and intends to introduce Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and other state-owned enterprises as shareholders, and new shareholders accounted for the proportion of A-share capital may reach about 20%, the plan may be finalized in June-July. [7]
On July 27, China Unicom said it would eliminate domestic roaming charges for cell phones starting Sept. 1 of the same year. [8]
August, China Unicom nearly 80 billion mixed reform program came out, the introduction of private strategic investors, Tencent invested 11 billion yuan, accounting for 5.21%; Baidu 7 billion yuan, accounting for 3.31%; Alibaba 4.33 billion yuan, accounting for 2.05%; Jingdong 5 billion yuan, accounting for 2.36%; Suning 4 billion yuan, accounting for 1.88%; Lightsun Interconnection Technology 4 billion yuan, accounting for 1.88%; Huaihai Ark Information Fund 4 billion yuan, accounting for 1.88%; Xinquan Fund 700 million yuan, accounting for 0.33%. The state-owned portion of the two, China Life 21.7 billion yuan, or 10.22%; accepting the old shares of China State-owned Enterprises Structural Adjustment Fund 12.975 billion yuan, accounting for 6.11%. [9]
On the evening of December 26, 2017, the signing ceremony between China Unicom and the Organizing Committee of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games was held inside the China Unicom Building. This signing marks China Unicom officially becoming the official communications service partner of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, and among the highest level sponsors of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee's market development program. [10]
2018
On February 8, China Unicom announced that the company's extraordinary shareholders' general meeting considered and passed the "motion on the change of the company's board of directors and the election of directors of the sixth board of directors" *** 14 sub-motions. The Company's Board of Directors was renewed in advance, and Wang Xiaochu, Lu Yimin, Li Fushen, Yin Zhaojun, Lu Shan, Li Yanhong, Liao Jianwen, and Hu Xiaoming were elected as non-independent directors of the Company's Sixth Board of Directors; and Feng Shidong, Wu Xiaogan, Lv Tingjie, Chen Jianxin, and Xiong Xiaogou were elected as independent directors of the Company's Sixth Board of Directors. In addition, the motion on the renewal of the Supervisory Committee of the Company and the election of Supervisors of the Sixth Supervisory Committee of the Company was also passed, and the Supervisory Committee was renewed in advance. [11]
On February 11, 2018, China Unicom released a series of relevant announcements regarding the Restricted Stock Incentive Plan (Draft Revision) and the First Phase Grant Proposal (Draft Revision). The first phase is proposed to grant not more than 847.88 million restricted shares to the incentive recipients, accounting for approximately 2.8% of the current total share capital of the company. [12]
In April, a provincial company of China Unicom was conducting a 2G base station frequency reduction and service retirement and exchange activity, and proposed to shut down 101 low voice service base stations. [13]
On June 22, China Unicom announced that in order to further implement the requirements of the State Council to speed up and reduce fees, since July 1, 2018, China Unicom canceled the traffic "roaming" fees. [14]
In July 2018, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued operating licenses to the first batch of 15 enterprises that had signed contracts with China United Network Communications Group Corporation, approving them to operate mobile communications resale businesses.The list of the 15 mobile communications resale enterprises: Suzhou Snail Digital Technology Company Limited, Shenzhen Youyou Interconnection Company Limited, Hongdou Group Company Limited, Yuante (Beijing) Communication Technology Co. Ltd., Alibaba Cloud Computing (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Minsheng Communication (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Tianyin Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing Dixit Communication Service Co, Hainan HNA Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Phone World Communications Group Co. [15]
On August 6, 2018, China Unicom's 5G Innovation Center was inaugurated.The establishment of the 5G Innovation Center was tentatively set at 253 people. [16]
On August 10, 2018, China Unicom announced a significant reduction in international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan roaming tariffs from the 10th. The tariff reduction covers both voice and data services, with tariff reductions averaging more than 40%, with the maximum reduction as high as 97%. [17]
On September 29, 2018, China Unicom joined hands with Huawei to perform the first domestic 5G off-site ensemble concert. [18] In October, China United Network Communications Co. and Kingdee International Software Group Co. signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing. [19] On October 19, China Unicom established an operating company in Hanoi, Vietnam, its 12th branch in the "Belt and Road" region. The company's name is China Unicom (Vietnam) Operations Co. [20] On October 31, China Unicom and Shougang Group held a strategic partnership signing ceremony at Shougang Park, where the two sides will work together to make Shougang Park the first 5G demonstration park in China. [21] In December, China Unicom France officially opened its doors in Paris, France [22] .
2019
On June 6, 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) officially issued a 5G commercial license to China Unicom. [23] In August, China Unicom signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Gree Electric. [24] In October, at the 2019 Industrial Internet Global Summit, China Unicom announced that its Cloud Dysprosium Industrial Internet Platform officially launched online operations. [25]
2020
On February 27, 2020, China Unicom presented 520 yuan in phone bills and provided downtime-free services to Unicom users among the medical personnel who went to Hubei. Branches around the country actively implemented downtime-free services for frontline medical personnel in the fight against the epidemic and gave phone bill reductions, which has benefited 6,576 medical personnel, of which 2,796 supported medical personnel in Hubei. [26] In April 2020, the company was selected by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council as a "model enterprise for scientific reform". [27]
2021
On the evening of May 7, 2021, China Unicom announced its decision to delist from the New York Stock Exchange [69] In June, the State Administration of Radio and Television (SAR&T) issued a Radio and Television Program Production and Operation License to China Unicom [71].
On July 16, 2021, China Unicom and Guotai Junan signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing. [73]
On November 2, 2021, China Yangtze River Three Gorges Group Corporation signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China United Network Communications Co. [81]
On November 8, 2021, CULinux (China Unicom Linux), an independent intellectual property operating system designed and developed by China Unicom's operating system development team, was released in Beijing. [82]
In 2021, China United Network Communications Co. underwent an industrial and commercial change, with the legal representative changing from Wang Xiaochu to Liu Liehong. [88]
In 2021, China Unicom reached RMB 327.854 billion, 7.9% for the full year; revenue reached RMB 296.153 billion, 7.4% year-on-year, with the growth rate increasing by 3.1 percentage points compared to the full year of 2020. Attributable to the parent company reached RMB6,310.0 million, representing a year-on-year growth of 14.2% and a growth rate of 3.4 percentage points higher than that for the full year of 2020. The board of directors recommended a final dividend of RMB0.096 per share for the year, which together with the interim dividend of RMB0.120 per share already paid, totaled RMB0.216 per share for the full year, a year-on-year improvement of 31.7%.
In 2021, China Unicom's mobile service revenue reached RMB164.1 billion, a year-on-year improvement of 4.8%, and the net increase in mobile outgoing subscribers reached 11.3 million, significantly outperforming the net decrease of 12.66 million in 2020. 5G business accelerated, with the company's 5G package subscribers reaching 155 million, and the penetration rate of 5G package subscribers outperforming the industry average, reaching 48.9 percent The 5G service is accelerating. By the end of 2021, available 5G base stations reached 690,000 stations, 4G base stations reached 1.56 million stations, 4G population coverage reached 95%, and 4G administrative village coverage reached 91%. [96]
2022
In February 2022, according to the website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), China Unicom clarified its new strategy to fully undertake the national project of "East Counts, West Counts," and formulated an Action Plan for the Construction of a New Type of Digital Information Infrastructure and an Action Plan for the Convergence of Computing and Networking Development. [93]
In March 2022, during the Mobile World Congress 2022, China Unicom held a conference on the results of the PLUS series of 5G private networks. At the conference, China Unicom, together with GSMA, Huawei, Midea, Changan Automobile, Haikang Robotics, Shanxi Xiangning Coking Coal Group and other industry partners*** released a series of results of the "5G private network PLUS", to promote the 5G application of the "sailing" voyage.