Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has announced its eSurfing cloud computing strategy, brand, and solution, and it plans to launch eSurfing cloud devices and cloud storage products in 2012.

China Telecom's Beijing branch has published a report, stating that it will open a mobile phone payment function for its eSurfing 3G users.

The microblog channel of Sina.com and China Telecom have signed an agreement to implement a cooperation for products based on the microblog services at Sina.com.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Telecom has announced the launch of its first customized 3G tablet computer product named LifePad, which has an embedded EVDO module and supports China Telecom's 3G network.

China Telecom plans to establish a product center and will set up six content bases in five cities in China to develop a wider array of 3G software applications.

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has set up a video center in Shanghai to develop its online and mobile video businesses.

China Telecom Beijing branch has announced plans to increase its subsidies for users who buy its 3G mobile phones from the previous 30% to 70%.

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has announced that starting from October 1, 2009, users of China Telecom's three eSurfing packages will be free from charges of incoming calls in mainland China, with exceptions of calls from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau.

Starting from November 2009, users of China Unicom and China Telecom will be able to apply and use China Mobile's Fetion instant messaging service.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Telecom has announced that it will formally close its C to G dual-mode card service, which allows China Telecom's CDMA network users to roam to China Unicom's GSM network, from August 1, 2009.

China Unicom Jiangsu branch has published a notice stating that it will close the free trial of its instant messaging service from July 1, 2009.

Having launched its first batch of 3G network interface cards, China Telecom will soon start the commercial operation of its 3G mobile phone services and the company has already launched a user experience activity in Beijing, in which 2,000 users will be the first to experience China Telecom's 3G services.

China Unicom, the Chinese telecommunications operator that manages WCDMA as its 3G business, will launch a new 3G brand "Wo" and its logo on April 28, 2009, marking the formal beginning of the company's promotion of its 3G business.

The three major Chinese telecom operators, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, have all published their latest operating statistics, with China Mobile and China Telecom providing their financial reports for the first quarter of 2009 and China Unicom revealing its performance for March 2009.

China Telecom will reportedly cooperate with Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger to jointly develop new instant messaging software named eSurfing Live.