On July 9, China Telecom and China Unicom released the Announcement on Public Bidding of Centralized Procurement of 2021 5G SA Construction Project Wireless Primary Device (2.1G).
The project involves the 2.1G wireless primary device needed in the 5G SA construction project of China Telecom and China Unicom (about 242,000 stations). The limit of the highest bid price is 20.532 billion yuan (excluding tax).
According to the announcement, there would be 4 bid winners, who should be placed among the top 4 in the comprehensive assessment.