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.

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

China Academy of Telecommunications Technology

calligraphy of "Datang Telecom" (first row) and the Chinese text of Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group (second row)
Headquarters
Trade name	Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group
Company type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Telecommunications equipment
Founded	1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Headquarters	40 Xueyuan Rd, Haidian District, Beijing , China
Area served	China, exported worldwide
Products	Microelectronics, Software, Communication Access, Communication Terminals, Communication Application and Service
Owner	Chinese Central Government
Subsidiaries	Datang Telecom Technology DT Mobile
Website	www.datanggroup.cn
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 Pinyin Dà táng diàn xìn

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

• The First Research Institute of Telecommunications Technology [zh] (100.0%)
• Datang Telecom Technology (33.94%)