telecom . china telecommunications corporation connecting the world native name type state owned enterprise industry telecommunications founded 17 may 2000 headquarters beijing china area served mainland china etc. owner people s republic of china parent state owned assets supervision and administration commission of the state council website www.chinatelecomglobal.com china telecom corporation limited connecting the world native name type public company sehk 728 nyse cha industry telecommunications founded 2002 headquarters beijing china area served mainland china etc. key people yang jie chairman & ceo 1 yang xiaowei president & cfo 2 products fixed line telephony & mobile telephony internet access & digital television revenue cn 321.584 billion 2013 3 operating income cn 27.468 billion 2013 3 net income cn 17.545 billion 2013 3 total assets cn 490.456 billion 2013 3 total equity cn 278.664 billion 2013 3 number of employees 309 799 2012 4 parent china telecommunications corporation website chinese china telecom china telecom simplified chinese traditional chinese transcriptions standard mandarin hanyu pinyin zh nggu di nx n china telecommunications corporation chinese ; literally china telecommunications group corporation is a chinese state owned telecommunication company . 5 it is the largest fixed line service and the third largest mobile telecommunication provider in the people s republic of china . it has two major holding companies china telecom corporation limited and china communications services corporation limited . contents 1 sectors 2 chinanet wi fi 3 china telecom english online store 4 china telecom mobile broadband 5 consolidation and expansion 6 rerouted internet traffic 7 see also 8 references 9 external links sectors edit the company provides fixed line and xiaolingtong personal handy phone system telephone services to 216 million people as of april 2008 6 and broadband internet access to over 38 million subscribers providing approximately 62 % 46 gbit s of china s internet bandwidth . 7 on 2 june 2008 china telecom announced that it would purchase china unicom s nationwide cdma business and assets for 110 billion rmb giving it 43 million mobile subscribers . on 7 january 2009 china telecom was awarded cdma 2000 license to expand its business to 3g telecommunication . 8 the company was formerly a state owned monopoly but is now divided into largely autonomous provincial branches citation needed . its assets in the country s 10 northern provinces were transferred to china netcom in 2002 now china unicom leaving china telecom with the 21 southern provinces . although the two companies are free to compete across the whole country telecom still has an overwhelming market share in the south while unicom dominates the north . china telecom has been listed on the hong kong and new york city stock exchanges since 2002 but the chinese government still retains majority ownership . chinanet wi fi edit china telecom has the largest single wi fi wireless broadband network in china . as of 2012 china telecom has rollout estimated over 1 000 000 access points in over 30 000 buildings and facilities in over 250 major chinese cities including beijing shanghai guangzhou shenzhen nanning hangzhou chengdu dalian kunming wuhan chongqing and xi an . the china telecom wi fi services is operated under chinanet brand . 9 china telecom english online store edit china telecom has an english online store which is hosted by china telecom beijing branch . this english based online store is an ecommerce website which allows international customers to purchase china telecom products and services using their international credit cards via internet . the products sold online are chinanet wi fi refills mobile broadband and mobile phone services . 9 china telecom mobile broadband edit china telecom s mobile broadband service is based on cdma2000 1x ev do technology . it offers coverage in china nationwide . consolidation and expansion edit on 2 june 2008 the company announced it would acquire china unicom s cdma business and network for a total of 110 billion yuan in cash usd 15.86 billion in cash a series of transactions aimed transform the company into a fully integrated telecommunications operator after its expected completion in the next six months to one year . 10 such shifts mark a new era for the telecommunications industry in china in which analyst have further commented that these changes are aimed at promoting a more fair and competitive industry environment . 11 china telecom europe ltd. on 2008 10 23 said it would expand its asian european services aiming to increase its market share in europe . 12 in may 2011 china telecom formed a strategic partnership with german software group sap to offer a cloud based version of sap s business software to small and medium companies in china . 13 china telecom is one of the bidders of the newly opened myanmar mobile licences call for tender . 14 rerouted internet traffic edit on 8 april 2010 china telecom rerouted about 15 % of foreign internet traffic through chinese servers for 18 minutes . 15 the traffic included the commercial websites of dell ibm microsoft and yahoo as well as government and military sites in the united states . 16 china telecom denied hijacking any internet traffic . 17 see also edit companies portal telecommunications portal china portal communications in the people s republic of china list of companies in the people s republic of china telecommunications industry in china references edit a b c d e http www.chinatelecom h.com en ir finhigh.php 2010 form 10 k china telecom corp. ltd . yahoo . 728 profile & executives china telecom corp ltd bloomberg . bloomberg.com . retrieved 22 august 2012 . china telecom key performance indicators dead link internet filtering in china in 2004 2005 a country study . opennetinitiative.net . retrieved 18 november 2010 . davis anita 7 january 2009 . china awards 3g licences . 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