3G to become bigger earner

China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd, the nation's second-largest mobile-phone company, said it will see a larger revenue contribution from its third-generation network than from 2G subscribers for the first time this year.

Sales from users of the company's 2G network may post a small drop this year from 70.6 billion yuan ($11 billion) recorded last year as more subscribers shift to the high-speed 3G service, company President Lu Yimin told reporters at a briefing in Hong Kong on Tuesday after the company's annual shareholders meeting.