“这是中国电信海外发展战略的第一步,未来中国电信将继续开拓海外市场。”2002年11月4日,美国华盛顿“五月花”酒店,在中国电信(美国)公司开业仪式上,时任中国电信集团公司副总经理的常小兵响亮地告诉与会者。许多媒体将其评价为中国电信乃至整个中国电信运营业海外拓展迈出的“第一步”。在设备制造业成功“走出国门”之后,国内电信运营业也开始在国际市场上崭露头角,实现了与设备制造业的良好呼应。十年过去了,当我们对信息通信业过去几年的发展进行总结与梳理时,“走出去”、“国际化”等无疑会成为其中最重要的关键词。几年来,中国电信企业放眼世界,纷纷在美国、欧洲设立分公司,中国电信的全球端到端服务能力显著提高,中国移动收购中国香港华润万众和巴基斯坦Paktel公司,中国联通与SK电讯、西班牙电信建立了战略合作伙伴关系,通信设备商华为、中兴等则将生意做到五大洲。在海外市场获得利润的同时,中国电信企业更学到了先进的管理运营经验和企业管理经验,“软实力”大大增强。 “This is the first step of China Telecom’s overseas development strategy, the future of China Telecom will continue to explore overseas markets. ” November 4, 2002, Washington, “Mayflower ” hotel, in China Telecom (United States) At the opening ceremony, Chang Xiaobing, then deputy general manager of China Telecom, told the participants loudly. Many media rated it as “the first step” for China Telecom and even the overseas expansion of China’s telecom operation. After the success of the equipment manufacturing industry and “going abroad”, the domestic telecom operation industry has also begun to emerge in the international market and achieved good response with the equipment manufacturing industry. Ten years have passed. When we summed up and sorted out the development of the information and communications industry over the past few years, “going out” and “internationalization” will undoubtedly become the most important key words among them. Over the past few years, the Chinese telecom companies have taken a global view and set up subsidiaries in the United States and Europe. China Telecom has significantly increased its global end-to-end service capabilities. China Mobile acquired China Hong Kong China Resources Peoples and Paktel Pakistan, China Unicom and SK Telecom, Established a strategic partnership, communications equipment vendors Huawei, ZTE will do business on five continents. While gaining profits in overseas markets, Chinese telecom companies have also learned more about advanced management and operation experience and business management experience, and their “soft power” has been greatly enhanced.