The results of China Mobile’s general optical cable procurement have been announced: YOFC, Fiberhome, ZTT, and 14 other companies have won the bids.

According to the news from Communications World Network (CWW) on July 4th, China Mobile has released the list of candidates who have won the bids for the general optical cable product procurement from 2023 to 2024. The specific results are as follows.

No.

China Mobile Tender Winner’s Full Name

Name in Short

Proportion

Mother Company

1 Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company YOFC 19.36%  
2 Fiberhome Communication Technology Co., Ltd Fiberhome 15.48%  
3 Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co, Ltd. ZTT 13.55%  
4 Jiangsu Hengtong Optic-Electric Co.,Ltd Hengtong 11.61%  
5 Hangzhou Futong Communication Technology Co., Ltd. Futong 6.25%  
6 Shenzhen Newolex Cable Co,Ltd. New Olex 5.42% Futong
7 Nanfang Communication Holdings Limited Nanfang 5.00%  
8 Jiangsu Etern Co., Ltd Eter 4.58%  
9 Nanjing Wasin Fujikura Optical Communication Co.. Ltd. Wasin Fujikura 4.17% Fiberhome
10 Hongan Group Co.. Ltd Hong’An 3.75%  
11 Sichuan Tianfu Jiangdong Technology Co., Ltd. Tianfu 3.33% ZTT
12 Shenzhen SDG Information Co., Ltd SDG 2.92%  
13 Xi’an Xiqu Optical Communication Co.. Ltd Xigu 2.50%  
14 Zhejiang Fuchunjiang Optoelectronics Technology Co, Ltd. Fuchunjiang 2.08%  

According to the bidding notice released on June 7th, the project is estimated to have a procurement scale of approximately 3.389 million kilometers of fiber length (equivalent to 108.2 million fiber-kilometers). The bidding content includes optical fibers and cable assembly in the optical cables, and the procurement is conducted through an open bidding process. The project has set a maximum bid limit price of 7,624,594,500 yuan (excluding tax).

China Mobile’s annual procurement of general optical cables has attracted significant attention due to its large scale. The collective procurement situations in the past several years are shown in the chart below.

The results of China Mobile's 1 

China Mobile general optical cable collection scale (unit: 100 million core kilometers)

 

Summary of previous collection data of China Mobile Cable

No.

Item

Year of 2015

Year of 2018

Year of 2019

Year of 2020

Year of 2021

Year of 2023

1

Scale(100 million core kilometers)

0.8874

1.10

1.05

1.192

1.432

1.08

2

Scale (10,000 km)

307.01

359.3

331.2

374.58

447.05

338.9

3

Core kilometers

28.905

30.615

31.703

31.822

32.032

31.87

4

Maximum price (100 million yuan)

Unlimited price

Unlimited price

101.54

82.15

98.59

76.24

5

Price limit/core km (Yuan/core km)

 

 

96.7

68.93

68.85

70.47

6

Quote simple average/core kilometers (Yuan/core kilometers)

 

108.99

59

42.44

63.95

63.5

7

Simple average quotation discount rate

 

 

61.01%

61.58%

92.89%

90.11%

8

Quoted weighted average/core kilometers (Yuan/core kilometers)

 

110.99

58.47

40.9

64.49

64.57

9

Weighted average quotation discount rate

 

 

60.47%

59.34%

93.67%

91.63%

10

Number of successful bidders

 

17

13

14

14

14

It is worth noting that this round of procurement has been slightly delayed compared to the expected schedule, and the scale has decreased by 24% compared to the previous 1.432 billion fiber-kilometers.

The above information was compiled by GELD on July 5th,2023


Post time: Jul-08-2023