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To: slacker711 who wrote (57867)	12/20/2006 10:42:51 AM
From: waitwatchwander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197451

The Unicom system was built for 30M subs. Since reaching that figure in May 2005 (3 years post startup), the net sub adds have average 325k per month. Net subs take churn into account, doesn't it? Unless they are installing unannounced base stations, an ever increasing subs count will only mean a degraded service offering.

To: slacker711 who wrote (57867)	1/18/2007 6:47:43 PM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 197451

FWIW, it looks like Unicom's CDMA net adds trend may have moved from 250,000 a month to ~350,000 a month. hemscott.com China Unicom end-Dec GSM mobile subscribers 105.87 mln vs 104.97 mln end-Nov BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China Unicom Ltd (HK 0762; NYSE CHU), the country's second-largest wireless carrier, said subscribers to its GSM mobile service rose to 105.87 mln at the end of December from 104.97 mln at the end of November. The company said billed GSM users increased by 6.1 mln in 2006, with prepaid users up by 4.7 mln. Subscribers to its CDMA service totaled 36.49 mln at the end of December, compared with 36.13 mln at the end of November, it said. China Unicom said billed CDMA subscribers rose by 3.44 mln in 2006, with prepaid users up by 327,000. zachary.wei@xfn.com