China Telecom will purchase up to five million 3G CDMA-enabled handsets through an open bid that will close on March 8, 2010, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.
China Telecom aims to procure handsets with a unit price ranging from 700-1,999 yuan (US$102.55-292.85) targeting the mid-range segment, EDN said.
Taiwan handset makers, including Inventec Appliances, Compal Communications and HTC are likely to receive some windfall orders, while CDMA chipset vendor VIA Telecom and handset distributor Synnex Technology International (Nokia's sales agent in China) will also benefit from the procurement project, the paper added.
