规则:
1.每名回复者按标号任选一段话翻译,一定要做到一个标号一帖以便于奖励
2.可以纠正楼上的错误之处(纠错时请引用原帖并把修改之处标记出来),指正错误者奖励原帖分数+8'
3.连击奖励:连续回复的第二帖在原奖励基础上+2',第三帖及以后在原奖励基础上+5’,中间有其他人回帖就重计
注:奖励考元数已经标于题号后.
翻译就有奖励,不怕出错就怕不做,嘿嘿....
China Unicom may merge with China Telecom
Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:35AM EDT
SHANGHAI (Reuters)
1. China Telecom, the country's largest fixed-line operator, may merge with mobile carrier China Unicom, as part of a long-awaited shake-up of the world's largest telecommunications arena, a newspaper said on Thursday. China Mobile, the country's largest mobile carrier, may also merge with No.2 fixed-line operator China Netcom, the Financial Times reported, citing a source at China Telecom. 40'
2. While China Telecom and Unicom are trying to avoid duplication in their Personal Handyphone System (PHS) units, the two companies could probably merge in time, the source was quoted as saying. 20'
3. Meanwhile, China Telecom, keen to receive a license to operate high-speed third-generation (3G) mobile services, is eager to acquire or tie up with a mobile phone network, the source added. 20'
4. A spokesman at China Telecom declined to comment on the merger report. Spokespeople at China Unicom and China Netcom could not immediately be reached for comment. China Mobile declined comment. 20'
5. By 0323 GMT, shares in China Unicom's Hong Kong-listed unit were down 2.3 percent, while China Telecom's listed unit dropped 3.99 percent, compared to a 2.94 percent dive in the city's benchmark Hang Seng Index , as concerns about a global credit squeeze battered Asian markets. 30'
6. China Netcom was down 2.4 percent, while China Mobile fell 3.15 percent. 10'
7. Beijing is pushing for a long-awaited revamp of its telecoms industry -- which will allow high-speed Internet access and third-generation multimedia phone services -- before the 2008 Olympic games. 20'
8. In the restructuring, China Unicom is expected to be split, hiving off its CDMA network to China Telecom, and its GSM network to smaller rival, China Netcom. 20'
9. The scenario would open up China's mobile sector in a boon to the fixed-line operators, who face high rates of mobile substitution and dwindling subscriber growth. 20'
10. On Thursday, a China Telecom spokesman denied earlier reports that it was in talks with China Unicom to sell its CDMA network for around 110 billion yuan ($14.50 billion). 20'
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