Recently, it has been widely rumored in the industry that China Unicom's CDMA network will be merged into China Telecom, and most people have expressed that the information is credible and the source is accurate. The "knockoff factories" (small-scale manufacturers producing three-code and five-code mobile phones are commonly referred to as knockoff factories in the industry, and their products are known as knockoff phones) have also made moves, planning to start producing CDMA phones.
Business Opportunities Brought by Telecommunications Restructuring
With the telecommunications restructuring gaining momentum, many "knockoff phone" manufacturers are beginning to plan for CDMA mobile phone businesses. A senior official from a large mobile phone manufacturer in Shenzhen with CDMA mobile phone business revealed this news, stating that recently many "knockoff phone" manufacturers have been consulting on the CDMA market situation, confirming that the basic details of the telecommunications restructuring have been decided, and the time will be before the Olympics. "China Telecom taking over the CDMA business is the first step in officially entering the mobile communications field, and they will definitely increase efforts in market expansion," said the official, explaining that this is the reason for the collective impulse of the "knockoff factories."
Since last year, after the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) gradually relaxed the mobile phone licensing approval system, due to the provision of low-cost GSM mature solutions by solution suppliers represented by MTK (MediaTek), the development of "knockoff phones" has been thriving over the past year.