Communicating changes
May 09, 2009 | BY
clpstaff &clp articlesChina has recently taken several significant steps to speed up the development of a more uniform and modern regulatory framework for its telecoms industry. By Damien Bailey, Simmons & Simmons.
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In May 2008, one of the largest industrial re-organisations in the telecoms industry saw China's telecommunications operators reduced from six to three – China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, spanning mobile, fixed and broadband services, respectively. The re-organisation was the fourth since China opened its telecoms industry to domestic competition.
A few months later, in September, the State Council issued revised regulations on foreign-invested telecommunications enterprises (its Provisions for the Administration of Foreign-invested Telecommunications Enterprises (Revised)/国务院外商投资电信企业管理规定 (修订)).The regulations update legislation brought into force in 2002 and have been introduced to provide incentives for foreign investment.