Policymakers in China want to promote convergence and competition in the country’s telecom, broadcast television and internet industries.&nbs
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September 7, 2010
Cable operators to benefit from convergence in China
Policymakers in China want to promote convergence and competition in the country’s telecom, broadcast television and internet industries.August 12, 2010
SARFT gets $12b for national cable co.
Backed by at least 80 billion yuan ($11.8b) in state funds, China’s cable ministry plans to merge dozens of regional and local cable operations into a single national cable business.
The State Administration of Radio Film & TV (SARFT) last week set up a team headed by deputy chief Zhang Haitao to drive the scheme, 21cbh.com has
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August 11, 2010
China’s cable wars
US telcos are getting beaten up by cable operators in the broadband market, recent stats show.
AT&T lost 92,000 wireline broadband subs in the second quarter and Verizon added just 28,000. AT&T’s total consumer connections for the quarter were down 700,000.
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August 10, 2010
July 2, 2010
Chinese cable firms win key victory over telcos
China’s cable operators have won a critical victory in their decade-long turf war with telcos, winning the right to offer trial voice and data services.
Under the plans for the first “three-network integration” trials, telecom operators will not be able to offer IPTV services.
China’s State Council Information Offic
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June 17, 2010
Illegal satellite dishes drive China DTH reform
China’s huge population of illegal satellite dishes – some 60 million – is driving a change in government DTH policy, a senior industry exec revealed yesterday.
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April 26, 2010
SARFT to probe “unauthorized” IPTV services
In yet another setback to China’s efforts to converge cable and telecom, the state broadcast regulator has begun a probe into unauthorized IPTV services.
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March 18, 2010
Stalemate remains in China cable, telecom integration
China’s cable and telecom regulators remain at loggerheads on the integration of the two sectors, despite a ruling from the State Council two months ago.
The council, China’s highest government body, has called for the “acceleration” of i
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February 1, 2010
Convergence is on the way in China – or is it?
A recent announcement by China’s State Council sets out a clear timetable for convergence and requests comprehensive government policies and national implementation plans (including financing, administration, tax incentives and techno
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