Chinatel Group Inc

ChinaTel Group, Inc. provides engineering, deployment, and operations services related to the development of wireless broadband telecommunications networks. The Company’s services include radiofrequency (RF) engineering, site acquisition, preparation and approval of architectural and engineering drawings, equipment installation, and network architecture and engineering. Either directly or through joint venture partners, ChinaTel also plans to handle post-deployment operations, including marketing, billing, and customer service. The Company has further established strategic agreements with third parties that enable it to provide a number of next-generation wireless broadband-based applications, such as movies on demand, Internet protocol television (IPTV), traffic camera systems, and RF identification, among many others. ChinaTel’s present operational focus is on the deployment of telecommunications networks that use Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technology to supply 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) wireless broadband access to 29 cities in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “the PRC”). To implement WiMAX in mainland China, the Company is working with CECT-Chinacomm Communications Co, Ltd, a basic telecommunications service (BTS) operator that holds licenses from the Chinese government for the construction and operation of a 3.5 GHz wireless broadband system in the Company’s 29-city coverage area (known as the “Chinacomm Network”). ChinaTel is pursuing an aggressive project schedule in order to establish high-speed telecommunications in each of CECT-Chinacomm’s 29 allocated Chinese cities. Full 3.5 GHz wireless broadband deployment is continuing in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, and is also in progress in nine other cities, including Qingdao, Guangzhou, and Nanjing. CECT-Chinacomm has a government mandate to build out the first 12 cities by June 2011, and procurement and engineering has commenced on all such sites.