China Telecom announced that Yang Jie (pictured) has resigned from his role as chairman of parent company China Telecom Corporation, and has been re-designated as chairman of China Mobile Communications Group. Yang has also resigned from his positions as…
China Telecom and Telekom Austria’s Mobiltel have become the latest companies to purchase bid documents for the selection process for the Philippines’ third telco player. The operators purchased bid documents from regulator NTC on Saturday. The two overseas…
China Telecom and Hong Kong based fixed line operator HGC Global Communications (HGC) have signed an agreement to build a network interconnection system via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Once completed later this year, the HZM Bridge will be the longest…
China Telecom has forged an IoT business partnership agreement with APAC and MEA mobile industry group Bridge Alliance. Under the agreement, China Telecom will be able to provide IoT and M2M services to multinational enterprise customers across Bridge…
China Telecom Guangzhou’s Research Institute and Huawei have completed the first 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400GE) test, confirming that the technology possesses the qualities required for commercial deployment. The tests over China Telecom Guangzhou’s network and…
China Telecom Global has launched a new SD-WAN service portfolio in partnership with software-based networking and security company Versa Networks. The new service offering enables direct and secure access to public cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and…
The Internet of Things will represent a $1.8 trillion revenue opportunity for mobile operators by 2026, thanks in part by the early deployment of commercial low power wide area (LPWA) networks in licensed spectrum, according to the GSMA. Research conducted…
China Telecom has reported a 7.4% growth in net profit for the six months ending in June, even amid an intensifying competitive environment. Net profit for the half-year period reached 12.54 billion yuan ($1.88 billion), on the back of a 4.1% year-on-year…
China Telecom is expanding its data center capacity in Hong Kong as part of the collaboration agreement with Global Switch signed in April. The company has added a new floor with its Shatin data center to increase server capacity, and has also arranged to…
China Telecom’s main research arm the China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute has joined the HomeGrid Forum to support the deployment of G.hn technology in Asia. The Institute has been working on G.hn related products for more than three years, with China…
China Telecom has forged a partnership with Silver Peak to provide its multinational enterprise customers with fully-managed software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) services using Silver Peak’s Unity EdgeConnectSP and Unity Boost SD-WAN products. The…
China Telecom has agreed to extend its partnership with AT&T to cover the development of more advanced network services for multinational companies operating in China. The operators have signed a framework agreement to explore ways to develop new IoT,…
China Telecom’s Shanghai branch Shanghai Telecom plans to deploy the first commercial FTTH network in China using 10G PON technologies, and aims to provide full 1Gbps fiber coverage across Shanghai over the next three years. Shanghai Telecom has contracted…
China Telecom and Huawei will lead a new industry working group exploring the use of AI in the deployment and optimization of telecoms networks. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) Industry Specification Group on Experiential…
China Telecom and Huawei co-hosted a symposium in Shenzhen yesterday aimed at exploring the potential of narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) technology in smart city applications. The symposium attracted participants from the China Academy of Information and…
China Telecom Global (CTG) has entered an agreement with HKT Payment, the mobile payment subsidiary of Hong Kong operator HKT, to issue a co-branded mobile payment solution. The companies will collaborate to issue a co-branded virtual Tap & Go card for…