China Telecom Corporation Limited

China Telecom Corporation Limited

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Publicly Owned China Telecom Corporation Limited, headquartered in China, was founded in 2002 and employs approximately 277,680 individuals. The company reported $73.7B in revenue as of 2025. It functions as a telecommunications company, providing a range of telecom services within China. China Telecom Corporation Limited is a subsidiary of China Telecom Group Corporation, and its operations include the subsidiary China Telecom Global.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2002

Headcount

277,674

Headquarters

China

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

On September 2, 2026, China Telecom joined China Southern Power Grid and State Power Investment Corporation to establish a consortium aimed at promoting national computing power interconnectivity and providing renewable energy support for the domestic computing power sector. Previously, on August 25, China Telecom released its semi-annual report for 2026, posting revenue of 259.01 billion yuan for the first half, a 3.9% decline year-on-year. Net profit attributable to shareholders came in at 19.59 billion yuan, marking a 14.9% decrease from the same period last year. On the same day, the company also reported its second-quarter 2026 key operating data, showing a net addition of 1.88 million mobile subscribers to reach a total user base of 442.43 million. Among these, 5G network users grew by a net 8.37 million in the quarter, bringing the total to 322.50 million and raising penetration to 72.9%.

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China Telecom Corporation Limited offers 8 products in the media and telecoms services, telecoms tech and connectivity and cloud industries. China Telecom Corporation Limited's product portfolio comprises of enterprise connectivity services, data centre infrastructure, telecoms, consumer electronics and enterprise cloud.

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China Telecom Corporation Limited's revenues were $73.7B in 2025. Caretta Research has split China Telecom Corporation Limited's revenue into 8 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services, which represents 40% of China Telecom Corporation Limited's revenue.

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Sep

9th

2026

09:54

Business Expansion, Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Facility Expansion, Geographic Expansion

AI reshapes rankings of the world's five largest data centres

1. China Telecom–Inner Mongolia Information Park Location: Hohhot and Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China IT capacity: Approximately 3,000 MW or more, combining all hyperscale clusters in the area Operators: China Mobile, China Telecom, Alibaba Cloud, ByteDance, Baidu and Tencent Status: Operational hyperscale cluster No other location in the world has as high a concentration of hyperscale IT computing capacity as the Hohhot–Ulanqab economic corridor, comprising Hohhot and Ulanqab in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The Nation Thailand

Sep

7th

2026

11:23

Events, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences

What Telco Execs Really Think about AI-RAN in Their Networks

By Christopher Lycett, Director of Events, Informa Tech Connect Network X 2026 runs 13–15 October in Vienna. Register now — operators and vendors will be there to talk about what's next for AI in the RAN.

Informa Connect UK

Sep

5th

2026

19:24

New Offerings, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, New Offerings

Chinese banks and carriers have turned AI tokens into rewards, monthly plans and collateral

Chinese banks, telecom carriers and a Guangzhou district have started packaging AI tokens as credit card rewards, monthly plans and a basis for business lending. Research across 25 European languages finds tokeniser fertility ranges from 1.23 tokens per word in English to about 3.1 in Greek and Maltese.

Sep

2nd

2026

06:30

Partnerships and Alliances, B2B Tag, Partnerships

China Southern Power Allies With China Telecom, State Power Investment on Green Computing

(Yicai) Sept. 2 -- China Southern Power Grid has joined hands with China Telecom and State Power Investment Corporation to establish a consortium to promote national computing power interconnectivity and provide renewable energy support for the development of the domestic computing power sector.

Aug

25th

2026

06:30

Financial Results, B2B Tag, Financial Performance

Half Net Profit of 19.59 Billion Yuan

China Telecom released its semi-annual report for 2026, posting revenue of 259.01 billion yuan for the first half, down 3.9% year-on-year. Net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company came in at 19.59 billion yuan, a decline of 14.9% from the same period last year.

Aug

25th

2026

06:30

Financial Results, B2B Tag, Financial Performance, Facility Expansion

A Subscriber Count for First Time

China Telecom released its key operating data for the second quarter of 2026 recently. During the period, the carrier added a net 1.88 million mobile subscribers, bringing its total mobile user base to 442.43 million. Among them, 5G network users grew by a net 8.37 million in the quarter, reaching 322.50 million, with penetration rising to 72.9%.

Aug

24th

2026

11:17

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Inner Mongolia signs $27bn of AI computing projects

Inner Mongolia signed 12 green computing projects worth 186.46 billion yuan on Saturday, about $27.49bn. It also broke ground on a platform to sell Chinese AI services abroad. The state news agency Xinhua reported both from Hohhot, the regional capital.

TNW The Netherlands

Aug

23rd

2026

06:30

Events, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences

China's Inner Mongolia ramps up green computing, AI service exports

Participants visit an exhibition during the 2026 Green Computing Power (Artificial Intelligence) Conference in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 22, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is stepping up efforts to expand its green computing industry and explore new ways of taking AI services global, with fresh projects and initiatives unveiled Saturday.

Aug

22nd

2026

13:45

Events, Emerging Tech, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences, Facility Expansion

China's Inner Mongolia ramps up green computing, AI service exports

HOHHOT, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is stepping up efforts to expand its green computing industry and explore new ways of taking AI services global, with fresh projects and initiatives unveiled Saturday.

Uzbekistan News.Net

Aug

21st

2026

08:00

Capital Investment, Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag, Investments

China’s telecoms giants bet on ‘token factories’ as AI drives revenue growth

China’s three state-owned telecoms giants have made billable artificial intelligence tokens a key focus of their growth strategies, as AI adoption accelerates across the country and computing demand soars. China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom all pointed to AI and computing operations as key growth drivers in their first-half financial disclosures released this month, presenting usage of tokens – the fundamental unit of data processed by AI models – as a central metric alongside others...

Aug

20th

2026

22:27

Artificial Intelligence, B2B Tag

L'offensive de China Telecom dans l'IA tire les revenus du Cloud vers le haut

L'offensive de China Telecom dans l'intelligence artificielle au premier semestre et l'augmentation de ses dépenses en recherche et développement ont soutenu les activités de l'opérateur...

Aug

20th

2026

11:52

Emerging Tech, Financial Results, B2B Tag, Financial Performance, Dividend Updates

China Telecom interim profit down 15pc, slashes dividend by 11pc

China Telecom's (0728) net profit dropped 14.9 percent year-on-year to 19.59 billion yuan (HK$22.86 billion) for the first six months of 2026. It declared an interim dividend of 16.06 fen, down 11.4 percent over the same period last year.

The Standard Hong Kong

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