NEWS
[advertise]广告[/advertise]12/14/2009, The result of PTN (Packet Transmission Network) equipment bid of China Mobile was published today. Chinese local suppliers acquire more than 90% share in this bid. Seven suppliers include Zhongxing, Huawei, Fiberhome, ASB(Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell), Erission, Nokia Siemens all joined the bid. Huawei and ZTE lead the competitors each with 35% market share. China Mobile sent out their RFP on PTN equipment this October. As the first service provider who sent this RFP, China Mobile has planned to update their transport network to all IP network since year 2007. Last August, China Mobile organized a lab test. From April 2009 to June 2009, they built several trial networks for further test. The late September, they launched a new PTN time synchronizing draft with ZTE. In this time's bid, ZTE scored No.1 by their large investment on PTN. Based on their 60% market share on 2G network, Huawei acquired same share with ZTE. After Huawei and ZTE, Fiberhome also grasped 15% market share. ASB acquired another 10% share. Erission got 5% share. Nokia Siemens got some opportunity in smaller metro networks. The detailed investment plan on PTN by China Mobile is not disclosed this time. But according to some estimate, China Mobile will invest 3billion RMB each year on PTN network.