Dear Valued Partner:
The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing on 8th August. In the view of providing steady telecommunication services, the Ministry of Industry and Information of China will implement the Network Freezing (N.F) strategy during the Olympic period. Such strategy will apply to all of the telecommunication carriers in China, and as the official partner of Beijing Olympic Games, CNC will perform the actions accordingly.
1. During the Network Freezing period, the following network activities will be PROHIBITED:
A. The network construction
B. The planed outage and upgrade working
C. The service delivering and adjustment.
2. Regarding the international network, domestic backbone network, and the local network of Beijing/Tianjin/Shanghai/Qinhuangdao/Qingdao/Shenyang, the Network Freezing period will start from 20th July to 25th August (2008/07/20-2008/08/25).
3. Regarding the local network of the other regions in China, the Network Freezing period will start from 1st August to 25th August.(2008 /08/01-2008/08/25).
Based on the above regulation from Chinese Government, and in order to prevent you from any potential inconvenience, CNC would like to suggest you arrange the related business issues in accordance with the Network Freezing schedule.
Your kind understanding and consideration will be highly appreciated.
Yours Sincerely
China Netcom (Group) Company Limited