Hong Kong-listed China Telecom Company Ltd. completed the purchase of CDMA network assets from its parent company on December 31, 2013, and the related delivery arrangement has finished.

Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad has cooperated with American carrier MetroPCS in the launch of its first LTE 4G mobile phone named Quattro in America.

An insider has revealed to the Chinese local media that China Mobile will start its TD-LTE terminal tender in early August 2012, which is reportedly the first 4G terminal tender of this Chinese telecom operator.

A representative from the mobile device management center of China Telecom revealed to the local media that China Telecom will soon introduce several Nokia Windows Phone-based products, including the Lumia 800.

China Telecom will soon launch a new brand named "Flying Young" that will target Chinese youth for a new mobile lifestyle.

China Telecom formally launches the CDMA-based iPhone 4S on March 9, 2012, and the online reservations for the phone start March 2.

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has reportedly reached an agreement with Apple to introduce the CDMA version of the iPhone 4S into China.

According to statistics provided by the three major Chinese telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, the number of 3G users largely increased in November 2011, reaching a total of 110 million.

By the end of September 2011, there were 150 million registered users of mobile phone application stores in China, an increase of almost 50% compared with the previous quarter, according to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has published its financial report for the first half of 2011, stating that its operating revenue reached CNY120.208 billion and its net profit reached CNY9.808 billion during the first six months of the year.

Chinese Internet giant Tencent has announced that it is cooperating with China Telecom and five mobile phone manufacturers in the launch of six smartphone products, which have the embedded QQ-service platforms.

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has released its operating statistics for March 2011, stating that the number of its CDMA users saw fast growth of 58%, reaching a total of over 100 million for the first time.

Ericsson has acquired Guangdong Nortel Telecommunication Equipment Company for USD50 Million.

According to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to October 2010, China realized accumulated telecom revenue of CNY2.544 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 20.7%; and that from major telecom businesses was CNY744.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%.

According to statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the end of May 2010, the number of China's 3G users had reached 21.9 million, an increase of 8.642 million compared with the end of 2009.