China Telecom is expected to introduce the iPhone before the end of the year, Reuters said.
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China Telecom is an integrated telecom service provider of China offering both mobile and landline services.
According to China Daily, a Beijing-based newspaper, China Telecom launched the first Tibetan-language smartphone in June.
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Apple is already in China, of course, via China Unicom and China Telecom.
The iPhone is available in China through two smaller carriers, China Unicom (CHU) and China Telecom.
Apple is expected to rollout the iPhone 5 in at China Unicom and China Telecom in December.
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China is the largest mobile subscriber market in the world and China Telecom has about 106 million subscribers.
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When that happens, there will be new operators such as China Telecom and China Netcom that will need content.
Nokia also announced the cheaper Lumia 610 on China Telecom and will be looking to add other carriers soon.
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Today the iPhone 5 is available on China Unicom and China Telecom.
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In comparison to this, its competitors, China Unicom has a 20% market share while China Telecom has the remaining 11%.
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The other got the other 21 provinces, including the wealthiest in the south and east, and retained the China Telecom name.
China telecom equipment firm Spreadtrum (SPRD) was also taken off the list.
Currently, the iPhone is available on only China Unicom and China Telecom, the smaller two of the only three Chinese wireless carriers.
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China Unicom added 3.25 million 3G customers in November 2012, while China Telecom and China Mobile were at 3.11 million each.
Not bad considering that users also have the option of buying a subsidized iPhone from both China Unicom and China Telecom.
China Telecom has long been looking for an opening to diversify out of the stagnant fixed-line business into the mushrooming mobile sector.
For investors, however, this enforced competition makes China Telecom rather less attractive.
For sure we know that if this offer had come from China Mobile or China Telecom, it would have been dead on arrival.
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Sacconaghi thinks Apple is likely to expand distribution to additional Asian carriers, including China Telecom, KDDI in Japan and LG Telecom in Korea.
China Telecom is looking to tap into the high-end segment as it attempts to drive further adoption of its stand alone wireless service.
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However, Apple currently sells the iPhone through only the smaller two of the three carriers in the country, China Unicom and China Telecom.
Driving 3G adoption will serve to drive the ARPU levels of China Telecom further as has been the case in the developed world.
The telecom industry in China has seen steady growth as even competitors China Mobile and China Telecom saw growth in their subscriber base.
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The plans follow the announcement late last year that China Telecom, long the dominant supplier, is to be split into two from the 12 February.
Apple already sells the iPhone in China through its 2009 agreement with China Unicom and its pact earlier this year with China Telecom.
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