China's telecommunications decide C network purchases the scheme: 3 years and 100 million two times 80 billion
The scheme that China Telecom purchased CDMA relevant assets to CHINAUNICOM was decided at last.
According to the final agreement that both sides signed on July 27, the group of China Telecom of parent company of China Telecom will provide funds of 66,200 million yuan to purchase CDMA network assets to UNICOM parent company, and the middle telecommunication listed company provides funds in centripetal UNICOM listed company of 48,300 million yuan and purchases the business of CDMA, after the aforesaid is purchased and finished, lease CDMA network and launch the business to run from hitting the centripetal telecommunication parent company of listed company of telecommunications.
On July 28, also as hitting Wang Xiaochu of a Chairman and CEO two major important post of telecommunications, and connect " cross the shelf " Go to China Telecom to take the post as president and concurrently COO (chief operating officer) Bing Shang,appear together, yes, Hong Kong.
According to Wang Xiaochu's statement, " a main and responsible one of mine is the overall strategy of the company, and total personnel check on, but concrete management is taken charge of by still president, implement strategy to the tactics specifically, this is division of labour of my Buddhist monk's ice. "
While accepting the interview including staff reporter, Wang Xiaochu says frankly, according to the present situation, China Telecom " accepts C network and really faces a lot of challenges and pressures. "
The pressure comes from and purchases the required huge capital expenditure too. By the look of final result, China Telecom has continued to use the mode that UNICOM deals in CDMA before this, namely the parent company buys the assets, and the listed company leases the network.
"From the viewpoint of listed company, obtained China CDMA network usufruct in a manner to pay the rental expense, not only can save the expenses reduce the investment risk of the listed company on the initial stage of managing, but also can, look while being long-term, with fast development of mobile service, realize network and unity of business run under appropriate condition, help to control the cost, reduce the related trade, manage the handling cost optimally, accord with shareholder's long-term interests, " Wang Xiaochu claim but when listed company will purchase CDMA assets to the parent company on earth, it is decided that " to maximize the principle according to benefit and shareholder's interests " .
Wang Xiaochu introduces, China Telecom purchases UNICOM CDMA business and moves and serves the whole journey to take three steps together in an all-round way.
Both sides sign the purchase agreement as the first stage formally to July 27 after from announcing on June 2 that purchases the preliminary chassis, mainly prepare and develop on network, products, IT system and industry chain; And the formal delivery one from October 1 to November 30, China's telecommunications will begin to implement new movement service and customer to experience, and try commercially; By March 31 next year, 3G that China's telecommunications will begin to popularize one's own brand on a large scale will move and serve.
According to the data of the end of first quarter this year that UNICOM announce, UNICOM CDMA users are 42,810,000, account for 7.4% of the number of users of China Mobile, ARPU (the average telephone expenses income for each person every month) It is 53.3 yuan, the gross income of CDMA is 27,730 million yuan in 2007, accounts for 5.5% of China mobile communication market. EBITDA rate is 31.3%, pre-tax profit is 1,200 million yuan.
This is a figure not very optimistic. Especially key index ARPU, data display, ARPU value of CDMA, the high position of 172 yuan dropped year by year since 2002, have already fallen to 53 yuan by the end of first quarter of this year! And the number of users, 43,169,000 numbers of users of the first half of this year, only increase by 1,242,000 compared with the end of last year, accounts for 23% that increased 5,400,000 users newly last year.
By the look of the first half of this year, the operation figure of UNICOM CDMA is really not too goodlooking.
Whether will further worsen while completing a business transaction according to the purchase agreement in the future, Wang Xiaochu shows, " I believe, CHINAUNICOM is a major company, it is a company with sincerity too, after our both sides sign the agreement, user, network when they have given to us by the end of September, including income and profit, I believe that will be the same as we purchase the situation confirmed at that time, level that should keep similar to the end of last year at least. "
"In the following 2-3 years, we plan CDMA number of users and reach 100 million, market share is up to 15%, ARPU steadily increasing in value, value-added service account for than up to 35%. " Wang Xiaochu claims.
Moreover, according to Wang Xiaochu's plan, EBITDA of CDMA will turn negative number to positive number by 2009, will realize profits and become a full member in 2010.
This means, in the following 2-3 years, CDMA should increase by nearly 19 million at least every year on average! This figure will be 3.5 times of CDMA newly-increased users' last year.
Likewise, the intersection of China and telecommunication plan, bring 15% up to, account for than up to 35% of market share from 5.5% present value-added service also. The end of last year, value-added service of UNICOM account for than 23% only, Wang Xiaochu claim China telecommunication value-added service of fixed net already up to 43% now.