Editing China Netcom

{{Short description|State-owned telecommunications company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = China Netcom
| logo = China Network Communications.jpg
| fate = Merged into [[China Unicom]]
| company_slogan =
| type   = [[State-owned enterprise]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1999}}
| location = [[Beijing]], [[China]]
| industry = [[Telecommunication]]
| revenue = {{profit}} US$7.844 billion (2004)
| num_employees = 92,788
| defunct = {{start date and age|2008|10|6|df=yes}}
| key_people =
| products =
}}
[[File:China Netcom Corporation 中国網絡通信A075919CNC.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Former China Netcom [[Dalian]] branch]]
'''China Netcom''', full name '''China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited''' (former stock codes: HKEX:0906, NYSE:CN), abbreviated '''CNC''', was a telecommunication service provider in [[People's Republic of China]]. It was formed in August 1999 by the Chinese government to enable inward investments to build [[high speed Internet]] [[Communications in China|communications in the country]].

==Sectors==
CNC was a provider of wire-line telecommunications services in [[mainland China]], mainly to areas in the north of [[China]]. The firm was building a new [[broadband]] [[Internet backbone]] across the country. It was widely seen as the number two [[fixed-line]] operator in mainland China after [[China Telecommunications Corporation]], and operated a semi-mobile PAS or [[xiaolingtong]] system.

Traditionally services were provided by the company to northern [[Chinese province]]s and large cities such as [[Shanghai]], [[Guangdong]], [[Beijing]], [[Tianjin]], [[Hebei]], [[Henan]], [[Shandong]], and [[Liaoning]]; however, later they had a presence in most provinces.

As well as offering [[ADSL]] internet services (not always available outside of north China), the company offered internet collocation services and was a leading provider of connectivity to China's so-called '[[IP telephone]]' shops, who offer [[discounts and allowances|discount]] rate, walk-in telephony services to the general public across China.

Moreover, ChinaNetcom was the Beijing 2008 Olympic's Official telecommunications operator and partner and provided fixed-line telecommunications services for the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games. It offered good fixed-lined telecommunication service and ensured its network was stable during the Good Luck Beijing Test Sport Event, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}}.

== History ==
The company started as a wholesaler for high-speed [[data network]]s in 1999, headquartered in [[Shanghai]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}. It was backed by [[Jiang Mianheng]], [[Jiang Zemin]]'s son, and [[Liu Chuanzhi]], chairman of ''Legend Computers'' (now [[Lenovo]]). However, the business flopped partly because at the time [[China Telecommunications Corporation]] (China Telecom Group) held a monopoly over the [[telecommunications industry in China|telecom market]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/dateline/0,8782,181179,00.html
|title=China Netcom's Big Connection
|date=2001-11-02
|accessdate=2006-10-21
|first=Yasmin
|last=Ghahremani
|publisher=[[Asiaweek]]
}}
</ref>

Netcom was on the verge of bankruptcy. {{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Fortunately for Netcom, with the backing of Jiang's son{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}, the [[Government of the People's Republic of China|Chinese government]] broke up the China Telecom monopoly and granted Netcom a third of [[China Telecom]]'s assets.<ref>{{cite news
|title=Lines Crossed in China
|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]
|date=2002-08-17
|first=John
|last=Pomfret
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/A28586-2002Aug16.html
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024211032/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/A28586-2002Aug16.html
|archivedate=October 24, 2012
|url-status=dead
|accessdate=2006-10-21
}} [http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55/873.html Alt URL]</ref> Most of those assets are located in the northern provinces.

== Merger with China Unicom ==
China Netcom was a [[subsidiary]] of China Network Communications Group Corporation.<ref>[https://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=CN Yahoo profile]. Accessed June 4, 2006.</ref>

On June 2, 2008, Netcom announced its intention to merge with [[China Unicom]], after the latter sold its [[CDMA]] network to [[China Telecommunications Corporation]]. The combined company has all the assets of China Netcom, plus Unicom's nationwide [[GSM]] network with 125 million subscribers, as well as its smaller [[dial-up]] and [[ADSL]] [[ISP]] business.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinaunicom.com.hk/en/press/pressrelease/news.html?id=4581 |title=China Netcom / China Unicom Press Release about Merger |access-date=2008-06-02 |archive-date=2015-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202846/http://www.chinaunicom.com.hk/en/press/pressrelease/news.html?id=4581 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The merger was completed on 6 October 2008. China Netcom became a wholly owned [[subsidiary]] of China Unicom and the listings of its shares on the [[Hong Kong Stock Exchange]] and its [[American depositary receipt]] Shares on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] were withdrawn.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604013914/http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/09/29/afx5487083.html China Netcom to be removed from Hong Kong's Hang Seng index on Oct 6]</ref>

==Complaints about spam==
China Netcom and its domain '''cnc-noc.net''' have been noted in [[Western world|the West]] as a source of [[e-mail spam]] and host of [[spamvertising|spamvertised]] websites for products such as pills, porn and poker.

In 2008, Norwegian researchers identified '''cnc-noc.net''' as "by far the world's worst ISP", and noted that the ISP did not respond to incident reports.<ref>[http://aasli.com/incidents/ Virus/worm incidents and intruders statistics], January - March 2008</ref>

Spamhaus lists the Unicom ISP as the 3rd worst ISP for spamming.

== See also ==
* [[Communications in China]]
* [[Telecommunications industry in China]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061129014718/http://www.cnc.cn/ China Netcom (official website)] {{in lang|zh}}

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{{Internet service providers of China}}

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