Alcatel sees overseas sales double
By Li Weitao (China Daily)Updated: 2006-12-06 09:23
Flagship Chinese telecoms equipment maker Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB) saw its overseas sales including exports
double in the first 10 months of this year, a company executive
said.
Overseas sales including exports already account for half of the
firm's total revenues, said Gerard Dega, president of ASB.
ASB, launched
in 2002, is a joint venture between communications giant Alcatel and the Chinese
Government. Alcatel, which completed a merger with Lucent on November 30, owns 50 per cent plus a
share in ASB, which is supervised by China's State-owned Assets Supervision and
Administration Commission (SASAC).
Dega attributed the surging overseas
sales to Alcatel's sprawling business networks around the world as well as
strong backing from the Chinese Government.
The ever-strengthening
co-operation between the Chinese Government and developing countries has greatly
benefited ASB's overseas expansions.
As a Chinese firm, ASB has secured
some financial lines from the Chinese Government, which helped the firm win
network equipment contracts in a number of countries such as Thailand, Laos and
White Russia.
ASB's sales in China, including both the fixed-line and
cellular network gear, also experienced robust sales during January-October,
Dega said, without offering specific figures.
"The ever-growing number of
mobile phone subscribers and a business transformation of fixed-line carriers
are the two major drivers fuelling the telecoms equipment market in China this
year," he said.
Mobile operators have been expanding their network
capacity this year and ASB has grabbed many orders.
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