Datang Telecom Group

Not to be confused with China Datang Corporation, the state-owned electricity company.
"Datang Telecom" redirects here. For the publicly listed subsidiary, see Datang Telecom Technology.
China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryTelecommunications equipment
Founded1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Headquarters40 Xueyuan Rd, Haidian District,
Beijing
,
China
Area served
China, exported worldwide
ProductsMicroelectronics, Software, Communication Access, Communication Terminals, Communication Application and Service
OwnerChinese Central Government
ParentSASAC
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.datanggroup.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes / references
in consolidated financial statement[1]
China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
Simplified Chinese电信科学技术研究院
Transcriptions
Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group
Simplified Chinese大唐电信科技产业集团
Transcriptions
Datang Telecom
Simplified Chinese大唐电信
Traditional Chinese大唐電信
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDà táng diàn xìn

Datang Telecom Group (officially Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group) is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications equipment group headquartered in Beijing, China.

It is best known for its leading role in developing the Chinese TD-SCDMA 3G mobile telecommunications standard through its subsidiary DT Mobile (formerly known as Datang Mobile). Datang Telecom Group sells equipment to Chinese mobile network operators[2] and also provides military communications infrastructure to the People's Liberation Army.[3]

History

Datang Telecom Group was founded on September 21 1998[4] by the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (CATT) and manufactures telecommunications equipment. It has been the trading name of the China Academy of Telecommunications Technology since September 1998.[5] The academy itself was founded in 1957. In 1998 a limited company Datang Telecom Technology was also incorporated and floated in the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 21 October 1998.[citation needed]

In April 2007, Datang secured a 36.6% share of China Mobile's first large-scale TD-SCDMA network construction contracts.[6]

In March 2012, Datang Telecom agreed to acquire three companies: TD-SCDMA chipmaker Leadcore Technology, handset design and manufacturing company Shanghai Uniscope Technologies, and its subsidiary Qidong Uniscope Electronics; Datang already held a 51 percent stake in Shanghai Uniscope.[7]

Operations

Datang's business areas include high-capacity digital switching, optical networking, data communication, and digital microwave communication equipment and software and system integration services. However, revenue from these sectors is far outweighed by the company's spending on TD-SCDMA research and product development, and in recent years the company has taken out a series of heavy loans from state-owned Chinese banks to fund this development.[8][9]

In 2012, the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a report alleging connections between Datang and the People's Liberation Army, in particular via Datang's Tenth Research Institute in Xi'an.[3]

Subsidiaries

As of 31 December 2015

References

  1. ^ 2017年度第一期中期票据发行披露材料. China Academy of Telecommunications Technology (in Chinese). Shanghai Clearing House. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Ericsson denies exiting China despite losing ground to Huawei". South China Morning Post. 2024-03-13. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  3. ^ a b "Occupying the Information High Ground: Chinese Capabilities for Computer Network Operations and Cyber Espionage" (PDF). United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. March 8, 2012. pp. 76–81. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "Datang Telecom Technology Co. Ltd. A". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Datang Telecom Tech Co Stock Quote and Company Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  6. ^ "ZTE Takes Half Of China Mobile TD-SCDMA Contracts" Archived 2007-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, 10 April 2007 (Pacific Epoch)
  7. ^ "Datang to buy three mobile companies". Telecompaper. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Datang Telecom Receives Another CNY20 Billion Line Of Credit" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, 20 July 2007 (China Tech News)
  9. ^ 国家开发银行与大唐电信科技产业集团签合作协议 (in Chinese). SASAC of the State Council. 22 June 2007. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.