China Telecom looks to enter wireless market, 3 Feb 2005

“China Telecom, the country's biggest fixed-line operator, has announced it wants to team up with a smaller rival to buy a national wireless network run by the second biggest mobile phone operator, China Unicom. The announcement by Wang Xiaochu, China Telecom's new chairman, marked a dramatic intervention into debate about the future structure of the world's biggest telecom market in terms of subscribers.�

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