China Telecom Annual Report 2012 

Delivering Integrated Information Services on Five Continents

In Asia and through its subsidiaries serving five continents, China Telecom Americas' parent China Telecom Corporation, Ltd. has the resources, product mix and service culture needed to support mission critical operations. China Telecom has invested steadily in network and service expansion, controlling the largest amount of bandwidth between North America and China and being the first Chinese information services provider to expand into North America through its subsidiary, China Telecom America. China Telecom's reach extends to more than 73 countries, where China Telecom and its global client base enjoy mutually beneficial relationships with the world's most highly-regarded carriers. Chances are good that China Telecom already has connections to the Asian entities with which you want to connect.

China Telecom exemplifies China's incredible growth and transformation. It has evolved into a information services provider in support of the changing economy. Formed in 2000 by the Ministry of Information Industry, the company completed a successful sale of China Telecom Group H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and ADS on the New York stock exchange in 2002. The company operates the largest network in China has more than 50% market share, has millions of loyal customers, international brand awareness and a forward-thinking management team that has adopted a service first business model.  Fortune Magazine has consistently named China Telecom one of the most advanced global telecommunications carriers.

China Telecom has earned the trust of thousands of carriers and global companies doing business in China. The company is well funded to supply and support integrated information services within the Asia-Pacific area and beyond.  Its extensive network and financial strength are essential to the growth of a country with the current needs and future potential as large as China's.

At the beginning of 2005, in light of the domestic and international changing environment, China Telecom began to push forward the strategic transformation of the corporation from a traditional basic telecom network operator into a modernized integrated information service provider. The intention is: on the basis of continuously taking advantage of the fixed-line voice and broadband network, the telecom service in the rural areas and the international telecom network reach; enabling interactive, real-time Internet applications, ICT, video, contents mobile communications; by relying on multiple services, multiple networks, convergence of multiple terminals and the extension of the value chain to enhance the customer's value, by delivering integrated information services.

As the country implemented the new telecom restructuring in 2008 and issued the licenses for 3G mobile communications in 2009, China Telecom is facing the new opportunity and challenges for all-service and the 3G development. Therefore, China Telecom will further study and implement the Scientific Outlook on the Development, deepen its strategy of focusing on the customers, insist on the service concept of “Customer First, Service Foremost”, pursue the operation idea of the “exploring the enterprise value and the customer value at the same time”in order that we could realize the quicker and better developmentï, become the best enterprise citizen and also make more and more contributions to the national economic development and social informatization construction.

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