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China Telecom

China Telecom is the largest fixed line service and third largest mobile telecommunication provider in China. It is listed in Hong Kong and New York, but is controlled by the Chinese government.

Chairman / President

Ke Ruiwen

CEO / Managing Director

Li Zhengmao

CFO / Finance Director

Gao Tongqing

Industry

Telecommunications

Website

bing.com

Headquarters address

Beijing, China

Stock Code

SEHK:0728
SSE:600728

Year founded

2002

Apple

Apple postpones iPhone Air in China as Beijing keeps tight grip on eSIM approval

Apple says all three state-owned telecoms network operators would provide eSIM support ‘subject to regulatory approval’.

12 Sep 2025 - 4:00PM

Artificial intelligence

China eyes nationwide AI computing network as tech race with US heats up

11 Sep 2025 - 7:00PM

Apple

New iPhones spark lively debate among Chinese fans amid eSIM limits, AI delay

10 Sep 2025 - 6:04PM

Apple

Apple’s new iPhone Air, with eSIM, faces support limitation in China

Uptake may be limited in China in the near term, as only one of its three main cellular service providers supports the technology so far.

10 Sep 2025 - 7:31AMvideocam

Apple CEO Tim Cook holds an iPhone Air, as Apple holds an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks climb to 2-week high as mainland markets calm

‘We are cautiously positive on Hong Kong stocks,’ analyst says, as the Fed is set to resume interest rate cuts.

8 Sep 2025 - 4:27PM

Aerospace: Geopolitics

China races to roll out low-orbit satellite internet to rival Musk’s Starlink

China is preparing to commercialise its satellite internet networks as it strives to develop equivalents to the SpaceX system.

28 Aug 2025 - 5:46PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

China Telecom unit says AI wave drives steady growth in digital services market

China Communication Services sees the proliferation of AI projects accelerating digital transformation across thousands of industries.

21 Aug 2025 - 7:41PM

Telecommunications tower maintenance forms part of the business process outsourcing segment of China Communication Services. Photo: Handout

China’s economic stimulus

What does the Beidaihe guest list tell us about China’s economic priorities?

The invitees to the Communist Party’s annual summer getaway offer clues about Beijing’s priorities ahead of a crucial October meeting.

13 Aug 2025 - 11:31PMvideocam

US-China relations

US aims to ban Chinese technology in undersea telecoms cables

Since 2020, American regulators have been instrumental in the cancellation of four cables whose backers wanted to link the US with Hong Kong.

17 Jul 2025 - 4:11AM

Artificial intelligence

China’s cloud services spending hits US$11.6 billion on AI-related demand

Alibaba leads the market with a 33 per cent share, followed by Huawei and Tencent with shares of 18 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.

10 Jul 2025 - 11:24PM

China’s robust demand for cloud infrastructure services comes amid a surge in artificial intelligence-related activities. Photo: Shutterstock

Censorship in China

China will drop the Great Firewall for some users, but only in southern Hainan

Employees of companies operating in the island province can apply for the ‘Global Connect’ scheme, but some content will remain restricted.

5 Jun 2025 - 11:53PMvideocam

China’s so-called Great Firewall enforces one of the strictest internet censorship regimes in the world. Photo: Shutterstock

US-China relations

FCC votes to bar some Chinese labs from testing US electronics

About 75 per cent of US devices such as phones, cameras and computers are tested in facilities located in China.

23 May 2025 - 1:39AMvideocam

Science

Chinese firm launches ‘unhackable’ quantum cryptography system

China Telecom says its network has proved its worth with a 1,000km quantum-encrypted phone call.

18 May 2025 - 11:00PM

US-China tech war

US curbs on Huawei chips add uncertainty to China’s AI investment

New guidance on US export rules could deter Chinese firms with global ambitions from using Huawei processors, analysts say.

16 May 2025 - 4:46PM

The US has clarified its export rules to bar the use Huawei’s AI chips anywhere in the world. Photo: EPA-EFE

Robotics

How a Chinese robotics firm maintains high-voltage power lines

Crownpower’s robots are taking over the potentially deadly work of safety inspection and maintenance of high-voltage power grids.

4 May 2025 - 7:00AM

Crownpower’s X-ray detection robot moves along a power cable at a speed of 6 metres per minute, as it checks for any potential damage. Photo: Handout

US-China relations

China-backed actors ‘stand out’ in threatening US infrastructure, panel hears

Beijing said to plot long-term strategy to incapacitate America’s power grid to ‘create options’ for mainland authorities and ‘sow chaos’.

25 Apr 2025 - 5:47AMvideocam

The Philippines

5 drones with ‘Chinese markings’ found in Philippine waters: navy official

The drones were used to collect data for various applications, including for ‘underwater warfare’, a Philippine navy spokesman said.

16 Apr 2025 - 12:22PMvideocam

Video | What is 6G and why is China ahead?

Sixth-generation wireless communication is predicted to dramatically change the way we interact with the world, but not all countries are embracing it as rapidly as China

26 Mar 2025 - 5:36PM

What is 6G, and why is China racing ahead of the US and Europe with the technology?

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US-China relations

US FCC probing if Huawei, other Chinese firms are seeking to evade curbs

Other companies under investigation include ZTE, Hikvision, China Mobile and China Telecom.

22 Mar 2025 - 3:29AMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

Chinese tech firms from Huawei to Inspur push ‘all-in-one’ DeepSeek AI servers

More than 30 Chinese server manufacturers now produce machines embedded with DeepSeek’s AI models.

7 Mar 2025 - 12:31AMvideocam

China's economic recovery

Premier Li makes house call to state telecoms as Beijing dials in on innovation

Message to nation’s state-owned service providers underpins China’s bid to achieve ‘high-level technological self-reliance’.

26 Feb 2025 - 3:22PMvideocam

Premier Li Qiang visits a company owned by China Unicom on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

DeepSeek

DeepSeek founder provides clue on start-up’s AI priorities in new study

The technical study was published the day before DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng took part in a symposium hosted by President Xi Jinping.

19 Feb 2025 - 9:49PM

DeepSeek

DeepSeek frenzy drives AI adoption by local Chinese governments

District governments in China are using DeepSeek’s models for a variety of tasks, from proofreading documents to locating lost people.

13 Feb 2025 - 2:00PM

Honor

Honor brings on Huawei veteran to lead firm as CEO George Zhao Ming resigns

Honor’s leadership shuffle could add some degree of uncertainty to the company’s preparations for an initial public offering.

17 Jan 2025 - 9:24PM

Semiconductors

Tech war: China advocates use of local AI chips over those from Nvidia

AI chip users on the mainland have been informally advised to prioritise local alternatives, including those from Huawei, sources say.

7 Oct 2024 - 9:00AM

While there is no official ban on Nvidia’s China-tailored H20 graphics processing unit, sources say mainland AI chip users are being encouraged to adopt locally made alternatives. Photo: Shutterstock

Semiconductors

China Telecom say AI model with 1 trillion parameters trained with Chinese chips

The state-owned telecoms operator did not reveal what chips it used for its 1 trillion-parameter model, but it has a partnership with Huawei.

30 Sep 2024 - 10:24PM

China Telecom says its new AI model shows that the country has achieved total self-sufficiency in domestic large language model training. Photo: Bloomberg

Science

China’s new 6G standards mark significant advance in setting future framework

Proposed standards intended to aid different 6G requirements, such as the need to send secure content and keep data up to date.

13 Sep 2024 - 9:03AMvideocam

Video gaming

China approves 117 video games, the most in 2024, amid Black Myth: Wukong mania

The National Press and Publication Administration has licensed a total of 850 domestic titles in the first eight months of this year, compared with 609 in the same period in 2023.

31 Aug 2024 - 5:50PM

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