1934 Act Registration No. 1-15028

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the Month of June 2003

 

China Unicom Limited

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

No. 133A, Xidan North Street

Xicheng District

Beijing, China 100032

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

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EXHIBITS

 

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Announcement in respect of the disclosure of the operational statistics of China Unicom Limited and its subsidiaries for the month of May 2003, dated June 19, 2003.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

CHINA UNICOM LIMITED

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  June 20, 2003

 

By:

/s/ Lo Wing Yan, William

 

 

 

 

Lo Wing Yan, William

 

 

 

Executive Director

 

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The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.

 

CHINA UNICOM LIMITED

(Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

 

The Board is pleased to disclose the operational statistics of the Group for the month of May 2003.

 

The Board of the Company (the “Board”) is pleased to disclose the operational statistics of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) for the month of May 2003.

 

Operational Statistics for the month of May 2003 and the comparative figures for the previous month are as follows:-

 

 

 

May 2003

 

April 2003

 

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CELLULAR BUSINESS (Note 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated Number of GSM Cellular Service Subscribers

 

58.890 million

 

58.063 million

 

 

—Post-Paid Subscribers

 

31.437 million

 

31.185 million

 

 

—Pre-Paid Subscribers

 

27.453 million

 

26.878 million

 

 

Aggregated Net Addition in 2003 of GSM Cellular Service Subscribers

 

5.425 million

 

4.598 million

 

 

—Post-Paid Subscribers

 

1.719 million

 

1.467 million

 

 

—Pre-Paid Subscribers

 

3.706 million

 

3.131 million

 

 

Aggregated Number of CDMA Cellular Service Subscribers

 

9.218 million

 

8.580 million

 

 

Aggregated Net Addition in 2003 of CDMA Cellular Service Subscribers

 

2.973 million

 

2.335 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

INTERNATIONAL & DOMESTIC LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated Usage Volume in 2003 of Outgoing Calls of Circuit Switched

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Distance Telephone (minutes)

 

2.8058 billion

 

2.1985 billion

 

 

—Domestic Long Distance

 

2.7553 billion

 

2.1565 billion

 

 

—International, Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan Long Distance

 

0.0505 billion

 

0.0420 billion

 

 

Aggregated Usage Volume in 2003 of Outgoing Calls of IP Telephone (minutes)

 

4.3073 billion

 

3.3436 billion

 

 

—Domestic Long Distance

 

4.2425 billion

 

3.2902 billion

 

 

—International, Hong Kong, Macau & Taiwan Long Distance

 

0.0648 billion

 

0.0534 billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

INTERNET SERVICES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated Number of Internet Subscribers

 

9.100 million

 

8.559 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

PAGING SERVICES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated Number of Paging Subscribers

 

13.752 million

 

14.483 million

 

 


Notes:

 

1.             All the Aggregated Numbers recorded for the months of April 2003 and May 2003 are aggregated data reported at 24:00 on 30 April 2003 and 31 May 2003 respectively.

 

2.             The accounting periods of all Aggregated Net Additions in 2003 and all Aggregated Usage Volumes in 2003 for the months of April and May 2003 are the period commencing from 0:00 on 1 January 2003 to 24:00 on 30 April 2003 and the period commencing from 0:00 on 1 January 2003 to 24:00 on 31 May 2003 respectively.

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3.     Additional information for Cellular Services:

 

Operational Statistics for Cellular Services for May 2003 and its comparative figures for the previous month are analysed by the original listed service areas (see annotations (a) below) and the newly acquired service areas (see annotations (b) below) as follows:

 

 

 

May 2003

 

April 2003

 

 

 

Original Listed

Service Areas

 

Newly Acquired

Service Areas

 

Original Listed

Service Areas

 

Newly Acquired

Service Areas

 

GSM Cellular Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated Number of Subscribers

 

42.131 million

 

16.759 million

 

41.641 million

 

16.422 million

 

—Post-Paid Subscribers

 

19.377 million

 

12.060 million

 

19.291 million

 

11.894 million

 

—Pre-Paid Subscribers

 

22.754 million

 

4.699 million

 

22.350 million

 

4.528 million

 

Aggregated Net Addition in 2003 of Subscribers

 

3.508 million

 

1.916 million

 

3.018 million

 

1.580 million

 

—Post-Paid Subscribers

 

0.698 million

 

1.021 million

 

0.612 million

 

0.855 million

 

—Pre-Paid Subscribers

 

2.810 million

 

0.895 million

 

2.406 million

 

0.725 million

 

CDMA Cellular Services:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated Number of Subscribers

 

6.759 million

 

2.459 million

 

6.281 million

 

2.299 million

 

Aggregated Net Addition in 2003 of Subscribers

 

2.268 million

 

0.705 million

 

1.789 million

 

0.545 million

 

 

Annotations:

 

(a)        The Original Listed Service Areas mean Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Liaoning, Shandong, Anhui, Hebei and Hubei Provinces, and Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin Municipalities in the PRC in which the Company provides cellular services.

 

(b)       The Newly Acquired Service Areas mean Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Shaanxi, and Sichuan Provinces, and Chongqing municipality and the Guangxi Zhuang and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions in the PRC of which the cellular businesses were acquired from China Unicom (BVI) Limited on 31 December 2002.

 

Caution Statement

 

The Board wishes to remind investors that the above operational statistics for the months of April and May 2003 are based on the Group’s internal records. Investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on such statistics. In the meantime, investors are advised to exercise caution in dealing in the shares of the Company.

 

 

 

 

By order of the Board

CHINA UNICOM LIMITED

Yee Foo Hei

Company Secretary

Hong Kong, 19 June 2003

 

 

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