    china telecom corporation limited () is a chinese state-owned telecommunication company. it is the largest fixed-line service and the third largest mobile telecommunication provider in mainland china. == sectors == the company provides fixed-line and xiaolingtong (personal handy-phone system) telephone services to 216 million people as of april 2008,china telecom key performance indicators and broadband internet access to over 38 million subscribers, providing approximately 62% (46 gbit/s) of china's internet bandwidth. 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.{{cite web|last=davis |first=anita |url=http://www.brandrepublic.asia/digitalmedia/mobilearticle
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