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.
China Mobile general optical cable collection scale (unit: 100 million core kilometers)
Summary of previous collection data of China Mobile Cable |
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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