China Telecom Corporation News

Eighty-three officials at major state-owned enterprises have been punished after government audits uncovered illegal and improper activities.

The question of where to draw a line between government and market responsibilities is complicating an ambitious plan to improve the nation's broadband Internet service.

The report covers the companys structure, operation, SWOT analysis, product and service offerings and corporate actions, providing a 360A view of the company.

Service Provider Information Technology, or SPIT, is Light Reading's term for the evolving set of non-traditional telecom technologies that allow for a greater degree of flexibility in the creation, management, delivery, and monetization of new-generation communications services.

China Telecom has set an ambitious plan to build out a Fiber-to-the-Home network across 31 of the country's provinces.

News Highlights: -- China Telecom is deploying more than 130 Acme Packet SBCs and Net-Net Session-aware Load Balancers across dozens of cities as part of China's largest IMS deployment.

China Telecom traded down 0.49% on Thursday, hitting $46.66. China Telecom has a 52-week low of $46.19 and a 52-week high of $67.97. The company has a market cap of $37.763 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.65. CHA has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics increased its share of China's smartphone market in the first quarter of 2012, according to Woori Investment and Securities.

Credit Suisse's Colin McCallum today offers up a rather large overview of the rise of 3G cellular service in China, projecting a double-digit rise in cellular revenue in the country based on a survey of so-called Tier 2 cities , where revenue per user is outpacing that in the largest cities.

BEIJING, May 21, 2012 -- The latest data unveiled by China's three telecom operators show that net increase of their mobile service subscribers for April dropped in a valley at large.

Still chasing $1,000? Yes. China Mobile, the country's largest mobile phone operator, said it's talking with Apple to bring the iPhone to its subscribers - though no word on when.

Compatibility issues between the iPhone and China Mobile's 3G network mean that currently Apple's handsets only work on the much slower 2G service.

Based in the Cayman Islands with executive offices in Hong Kong, Loyalty Alliance Enterprise scheduled a $66 million IPO.

AAPL Up Slightly As Market Fights To Come Back The market is staging a big turnaround , off of morning lows .

BEG adds fuel to China Gas tussle The battle to acquire China Gas Holdings was turned up a notch as Beijing Enterprises Group boosted its stake in the fuel supplier for the second time in five days to become its No2 shareholder.