Datang Telecom

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Datang Telecom 大唐电信

Type	State-owned enterprise
Founded	1998
Headquarters	Beijing, China
Area served	People's Republic of China
Key people	Chairman: Mr. Zhen Caiji
Industry	Telecom services
Products	Microelectronics, Software, Communication Access, Communication Terminals, Communication Application and Service
Website	Datang Telecom

Datang Telecom (SSE: 600198) is a Chinese telecommunication equipment vendor best known for its leading role in developing the Chinese TD-SCDMA 3G mobile telecommunications standard through subsidiary Datang Mobile. Datang was founded in September 1998 by the China Academy of Telecommunication Technology, and is now listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Datang's other areas of business 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 Chinese state-owned banks^[1] to fund this development. In April 2007, Datang managed to secure a 36.6% share of China Mobile's first large-scale TD-SCDMA network construction contracts^[2].