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China Unicom Leans On Low-End Smartphones To Navigate 3G Subsidy Pressure
Trefis • Wed, May 8
Apple: A Cheaper iPhone Makes Sense For Restoring Unit Volumes And Demand
Daniel Philip • Mon, Apr 29 • 31 Comments
China Mobile Vs. AT&T And Verizon: Is China A Better Long-Term Bet?
Henry Stokman • Tue, Apr 16 • 4 Comments
China Unicom Benefits From Lower Subsidies As 3G Growth Continues Unabated
Trefis • Mon, Mar 25
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Mar 21
5 Undervalued Technology Stocks With Troubling Sales Trends
Kapitall • Mon, Feb 4 • 1 Comment
9 Undervalued Stocks With Troubling Sales Trends
Kapitall • Thu, Jan 24
Nokia Targets Nascent Chinese 3G Market With Lumia 920
Trefis • Tue, Jan 1 • 38 Comments
China Mobile Has Structural Problems
Casey Hoerth • Sun, Dec 30, 2012 • 25 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 78 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Mon, Dec 17, 2012 • 111 Comments
The Lines Meme Seems Bogus
Paulo Santos • Fri, Dec 14, 2012 • 98 Comments
Microsoft Could Break Open China With China Unicom Alliance
Emerging Money • Sun, Dec 9, 2012 • 28 Comments
A Golden Opportunity To Buy China Mobile's Growth At Historical Low Valuations
Qineqt • Tue, Dec 4, 2012 • 4 Comments
8 Undervalued And Profitable Stocks With Encouraging Inventory Trends
Kapitall • Tue, Dec 4, 2012 • 1 Comment
5 Wireless Companies With Troubling Sales Trends
Kapitall • Fri, Nov 30, 2012
China Unicom's 3G Momentum Slows As Customers Await iPhone 5 Launch
Trefis • Sun, Nov 25, 2012 • 1 Comment
China's Role In Upcoming Surging Apple Sales
Emerging Money • Fri, Nov 16, 2012 • 1 Comment
Cisco: Will New Charges Topple China Market Share?
Stock Croc • Fri, Nov 9, 2012 • 3 Comments
RF Micro Devices: How To Play The Growing Telecom Market Of China
Qineqt • Mon, Nov 5, 2012 • 1 Comment

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China Unicom Leans On Low-End Smartphones To Navigate 3G Subsidy Pressure
Trefis • Wed, May 8
China Unicom Benefits From Lower Subsidies As 3G Growth Continues Unabated
Trefis • Mon, Mar 25
Microsoft Could Break Open China With China Unicom Alliance
Emerging Money • Sun, Dec 9, 2012 • 28 Comments
China Unicom's 3G Momentum Slows As Customers Await iPhone 5 Launch
Trefis • Sun, Nov 25, 2012 • 1 Comment
China Unicom's Rapid 3G Growth Supports $22 Price Estimate
Trefis • Thu, Oct 11, 2012 • 1 Comment
China Mobile's Unproven Technology Gives Unicom Room To Run In 3G Race
Trefis • Tue, Sep 25, 2012
China Unicom Races Ahead To $23; Narrows China Mobile's 3G Lead In July
Trefis • Thu, Aug 23, 2012
China Unicom to Offer Android-Based 'Uphone'
Zacks Investment Research • Mon, Nov 30, 2009
China Unicom to Launch 3G Service
Zacks Investment Research • Wed, Sep 30, 2009
China Unicom: A Play on China's Telecom Potential
Invest With An Edge • Thu, Jun 11, 2009 • 2 Comments
Lehman Expects Good Times To Keep Rolling For China Unicom
Tiernan Ray • Mon, Aug 27, 2007
Riedel Research: Mixed Feeling About China Unicom (CHU)
David Riedel • Mon, Jun 5, 2006
Analyst Maintains "Hold" Rating on China Unicom (CHU)
David Riedel • Mon, Apr 17, 2006
Lehman Lowers Rating on China Unicom Prior to Earnings Report (CHU)
SA Editors • Tue, Mar 21, 2006
China Unicom (CHU) misses profit estimates; wireless competition intensifies (1Q05 earnings)
Ezra Marbach • Tue, May 3, 2005
China Unicom and China Post in videophone agreement
Ezra Marbach • Tue, Jan 25, 2005

Apple: A Cheaper iPhone Makes Sense For Restoring Unit Volumes And Demand
Daniel Philip • Mon, Apr 29 • 31 Comments
China Mobile Vs. AT&T And Verizon: Is China A Better Long-Term Bet?
Henry Stokman • Tue, Apr 16 • 4 Comments
5 Undervalued Technology Stocks With Troubling Sales Trends
Kapitall • Mon, Feb 4 • 1 Comment
9 Undervalued Stocks With Troubling Sales Trends
Kapitall • Thu, Jan 24
Nokia Targets Nascent Chinese 3G Market With Lumia 920
Trefis • Tue, Jan 1 • 38 Comments
China Mobile Has Structural Problems
Casey Hoerth • Sun, Dec 30, 2012 • 25 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 78 Comments
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Wall Street Breakfast • Mon, Dec 17, 2012 • 111 Comments
The Lines Meme Seems Bogus
Paulo Santos • Fri, Dec 14, 2012 • 98 Comments
A Golden Opportunity To Buy China Mobile's Growth At Historical Low Valuations
Qineqt • Tue, Dec 4, 2012 • 4 Comments
8 Undervalued And Profitable Stocks With Encouraging Inventory Trends
Kapitall • Tue, Dec 4, 2012 • 1 Comment
5 Wireless Companies With Troubling Sales Trends
Kapitall • Fri, Nov 30, 2012
China's Role In Upcoming Surging Apple Sales
Emerging Money • Fri, Nov 16, 2012 • 1 Comment
Cisco: Will New Charges Topple China Market Share?
Stock Croc • Fri, Nov 9, 2012 • 3 Comments
RF Micro Devices: How To Play The Growing Telecom Market Of China
Qineqt • Mon, Nov 5, 2012 • 1 Comment
Chinese Telecoms Begin Climbing The 3G Hill
Peter Pham • Wed, Oct 31, 2012 • 2 Comments
China: A Vital Catalyst To Consider In Terms Of Apple's Global Growth
Matt Schilling • Thu, Oct 25, 2012 • 11 Comments
China Telecom: Benefit From Growing Chinese Market And The Acquisition Of 3G Assets
Qineqt • Tue, Oct 23, 2012
China Slowdown Is An Opportunity For Investors As The PRC Moves To Sustainable Growth
Lorin Cohen • Mon, Oct 22, 2012 • 5 Comments
Reasons To Buy China Mobile, A Dividend Growth Stock
Qineqt • Fri, Oct 19, 2012 • 11 Comments

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited Management Discusses Q4 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Mar 21
China Unicom Limited Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Aug 28, 2009
China Unicom Limited 2008 Interim Results Call Transcript
Wed, Aug 27, 2008
China Unicom Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Thu, Aug 23, 2007

Caixin Online: Competition tries to curb China Mobile’s 4G push

at MarketWatch.com (May 8, 2013)
Caixin Online: How China national broadband plan short-circuited

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 28, 2013)
Asia Markets: Tokyo, Shanghai stocks retreat; Hong Kong gains

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 26, 2013)
Asia Markets: Most Asia markets end higher, led by Hong Kong

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 25, 2013)
Asia Markets: Sydney, Tokyo stocks jump in broad Asia rally

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 24, 2013)
Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Why China wants to eat Apple

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 31, 2013)
Asia Markets: Tokyo stocks tumble on yen; results hit Hong Kong

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 22, 2013)
Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong tycoons face ‘eviction’

at MarketWatch.com (Mar 17, 2013)
Caixin Online: Private telcos aim to answer the call in China

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 28, 2013)
Asia Markets: Most Asia stocks drop, but record monthly gains

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 31, 2013)
Asia Markets: Japan, China stocks rise in mostly lower Asia

at MarketWatch.com (Jan 15, 2013)
Defying Growth Concerns, iPhone Sales Soar in China

at CNBC.com (Dec 17, 2012)
Apple's iPhone 5 Takes on Cheaper Rivals in China

at CNBC.com (Dec 14, 2012)
Caixin Online: China Unicom joins iPhone-5 club

at MarketWatch.com (Dec 3, 2012)
Asia Markets: Asia stocks end lower, extend losses for the week

at MarketWatch.com (Nov 9, 2012)
Asia Markets: Asia stocks stumble on earnings misses

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 26, 2012)
Asia Markets: Asia mostly lower as commodity firms weigh

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 24, 2012)
Asia Markets: Asia stocks rise after iPhone 5 launch

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 21, 2012)
Another 30% Upside for Apple: Analyst

at CNBC.com (Sep 18, 2012)
Asia Markets: Most Asian stocks slip before Fed; Tokyo rises

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 13, 2012)

CHU vs. ETF Alternatives

Company Description

Currently, there's no company description for CHU.

Sector: Technology

Industry: Wireless Communications

Country: China

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Wednesday, May 8, 12:40 PM The Chinese government is expected to issue 4G TD-LTE licenses by year's end, writes Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty in a bullish note on Apple (AAPL +1.2%). The licenses could pave the way for China Mobile (CHL), which has 700M+ subs and is spending $6.75B this year on its TD-LTE network (still in trial mode), to begin selling the iPhone. One potential roadblock: China Unicom (CHU) and China Telecom (CHA) want the government to take its time in issuing TD-LTE licenses. CHA wants to delay its 4G capex, and both carriers are supporting the FDD-LTE standard (far more popular outside of China). (AAPL/CHL agreement) 6 Comments [Tech]
Tuesday, May 7, 1:37 PM Sina (SINA -2.5%) gives back yesterday's gains after Tencent (TCEHY.PK) says it has reached "preliminary solutions" with Chinese mobile carriers (CHL, CHU, CHA) regarding its very popular WeChat mobile IM platform, which both generates heavy traffic and eats into text-messaging revenue (China Mobile's text revenue fell 4.8% last year). That's likely raising fears Sina might have to pay carriers for the traffic produced by Weibo, arguably WeChat's top rival. Tencent has said it's unlikely to charge WeChat users. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
Thursday, April 25, 5:57 AM China Unicom (CHU): Q1 Net profit of 1.9B yuan (+89% Y/Y). Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, April 16, 6:28 PM Get used to slowing China growth, J.P. Morgan says in noting disappointing GDP data "underscore the challenge facing an economy burdened with overcapacity.” While Chinese stocks are cheap at 9.7x 2013 earnings, the weak data suggests earnings estimates might be too high. The firm thinks investors in China should stick with defensive stocks such as Sinopec (SNP) and China Unicom (CHU). Comment! [Global & FX, Quick Ideas]
Monday, April 8, 12:33 PM After a Chinese government official suggested Tencent (TCEHY.PK) will "have to pay fees" to mobile carriers (CHA, CHL, CHU) for the use of its extremely popular WeChat mobile IM/social networking platform, Tencent tells its users it's unlikely to charge for WeChat. Much like their European peers, Chinese carriers have seen their text messaging revenue pressured by the adoption on Web-based services such as WeChat. Sina (SINA) recently admitted WeChat, which now has 300M+ registered accounts, has been affecting Weibo usage. Comment! [Tech]
Friday, March 22, 3:00 AM China Unicom Hong Kong (CHU): Q4 net profit jumps to 1.64B yuan ($264M) from 14M yuan a year earlier and beats consensus of 1.41B yuan. Revenue +20% to 63.7B yuan vs estimates of 65.5B yuan. Had 76.5M 3G subscribers at the end of December and total mobile customers of 239.3M. Shares +4.6% in Hong Kong. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Tech, Consumer]
Wednesday, March 6, 6:31 PM After expanding the reach of its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network by 33M households in 2012, China Telecom (CHA) wants to expand it by another 25M in 2013. Rival China Unicom (CHU) is also aggressive: it brought its FTTH network to 15.2M new households last year, and wants to add 10M this year. CHA and CHU respectively added 15.7M and 8.2M broadband subs in 2012, and hope to add 15M and 9M in 2013. With China now sporting over 1.1B mobile subs, CHA and CHU are increasingly counting on broadband and 3G data services to drive growth. Comment! [Tech]
Wednesday, March 6, 4:56 AM China plans to issue 4G network licenses by the end of 2013, Industry & Information Technology Minister Miao Wei has said. "China has made breakthroughs in R&D of 4G technologies, but is still facing restrictions in commercial use," Miao said. China Mobile (CHL) has already begun 4G trials in several Chinese cities. 3 Comments [Tech, Consumer]
Wednesday, January 9, 1:39 PM The Chinese government is thinking of opening the country's mobile market up to virtual carriers (MVNOs) who would offer services based on capacity leased from incumbents China Mobile (CHL), China Unicom (CHU), and China Telecom (CHA). Such a policy change could open up a lucrative new revenue stream for the incumbents and perhaps (thanks to new pricing models) stoke 3G/data services adoption, but also carries the risk of increasing price competition. 2 Comments [Tech]
Friday, December 28, 2012, 1:24 PM China's telecom ministry says it will "earnestly complete the preparatory work for [4G] LTE frequency distribution and license-granting" in 2013. Does that mean 4G licenses will be issued at least on the early side of the 2014-2015 timeframe government officials have suggested? China Mobile (CHL), which is building a huge 4G trial network, must hope so. So must base station supplier Alcatel-Lucent and 4G baseband chipmakers Qualcomm and Sequans. Comment! [Tech]
Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 5:52 PM Just days after China Mobile began selling Nokia's (NOK) Lumia 920T, a leaked pricing chart suggests rival China Unicom (CHU) will soon begin offering the regular Lumia 920. According to the chart, the 920 will cost CNY4,599 ($738) unsubsidized, but will be available for free in exchange for a 3-year contract for a plan costing $46/month or more, or a 2-year contract for a plan costing $62/month or more - for reference, Unicom's 3G services ARPU only amounted to $14.25 in Q3. 23 Comments [Tech]
Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 5:56 PM China Unicom (CHU) added 3.25M users to its 3G network in November, increasing its total to over 73M. That's roughly even with the 3.2M added in October, and likely a sign of further 3G share gains. The fact CHU is the only Chinese carrier to use the widely-adopted W-CDMA 3G standard gives it an edge in phone selection. CHU has said it expects to sell 140M 3G phones next year - those sales benefit Qualcomm, which collects royalties on them (unlike with 2G-only phones). Bigger rival China Mobile (CHL) expects to sell 100M+ TD-SCDMA 3G phones in 2013. Comment! [Tech]
Sunday, December 16, 2012, 9:23 PM Over 2M iPhone 5 units have been sold thus far in China, Apple (AAPL) boasts. China Unicom's (CHU) healthy pre-order activity probably had a lot to do with this figure. Sparse crowds for the Friday launch stoked fears initial sales were light, but weather and pre-ordering requirements seem to have played a role. For reference, Apple announced in September over 5M iPhone 5 units had been sold 3 days after the device went on sale in the U.S., Japan, and 7 other locales. (PR) 56 Comments [Tech]
Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 11:05 AM Apple (AAPL +3.1%) has bounced to $546 with the help of positive analyst commentary. While Morgan Stanley talks up potential iTV interest, JPMorgan is raising its forecast for Q4 AT&T (T) iPhone activations to 8M from 7M. Also, ISI's Brian Marshall is expecting a strong Chinese iPhone 5 launch - China Unicom (CHU) just announced its pre-orders have topped 300K. (Apple Monitor) 21 Comments [Tech, On the Move, Quick Ideas]
Friday, December 7, 2012, 4:09 PM Days after Nokia (NOK) announced China Mobile would sell two Windows Phone 8 models, Microsoft (MSFT) has announced a Windows Phone partnership with China Unicom (CHU). Analysts estimate WP accounted for only 3% of the Chinese smartphone market in Q3, ahead of the WP8 launches. Separately, Microsoft says it's launching 14 innovation centers in India this week to create a larger base of technical workers familiar with its software, and wants to launch 100 in the country over the next 2 years. Comment! [Tech]
Friday, December 7, 2012, 11:24 AM Some Asian Apple (AAPL -1.8%) news: 1) The iPad Mini has launched to sparse crowds in China. The regular iPad controlled 71% of the Chinese tablet market in Q3, according to Analysys. 2) China Unicom (CHU) took over 200K iPhone 5 pre-orders in its first 2 days of availability. Unicom is fully subsidizing the phone to those who make a $947 deposit. 3) NTT DoCoMo (DCM) is facing more pressure to strike an iPhone deal (previous): the top Japanese carrier lost 40.8K subs in November to rivals SoftBank and KDDI. Apple's Japanese sales rose 113% Y/Y in FQ4. 7 Comments [Tech]

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$CPL $MBT and $PTR are the best yielding Bric growth picks + http://stks.co/s0yQ + $CHA $ABV and $CHU are my favorites
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Nokia ($NOK) soured 12% on China Mobile ($CHU) deal. More buying in the stock ahead. http://bloom.bg/YCi8C2
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oneinfiniteloop: Thanks Michael, IMO, Nokia is rising to become the Walmart for the Phone market. Stock price will follow upward if they execute efficiently.
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9 Technology Stocks Set For Growth And Backed By Analysts http://bit.ly/MnwVaT $COHU $CCIH $ALLT $ATML $CEVA $CHU $BIDU $BV $CKSW @ZetaKap
6/11/12
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Paul Zimbardo
Go Long Apple Before Record Earnings http://seekingalpha.com/a/6tpd $AAPL $CHU $TGT $GOOG
1/15/12
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Chuck Carnevale
$CHU - is $CHU overvalued? See F.A.S.T. Graphs: http://bit.ly/oLbSAl
10/21/11
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China big 3 telecom oligopoly. China Mobile CHL a bargain. 4G growth ahead. CHU and CHA also attractive. No foreign competition.
3/29/11
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China Hot Stocks NYSE:CEO, NYSE:SHI, NYSE:CHU http://bit.ly/dRuEHD
1/19/11
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Top Bears $CHU,$INFN,$HOLX,$CSGS,$MTB,$RDWR,$WERN,$PCH,$TRQ,$NOK...more http://s-t.cc
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Michael Bryant
"China Unicom to sell Apple's iPhone with Wi-Fi." Buy CHU. http://tinyurl.com/25uh6kq=
8/6/10
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Thomas Pan
China Unicom in talks to offer iPhone 4, iPad CHU AAPL
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