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Article: China Telecom reports 4.05 mln broadband users, buys USD 132 mln equipment from 9 vendors.
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- China Business News
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- July 3, 2003
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China Telecom reports 4.05 mln broadband users, buys USD 132 mln equipment from 9 vendors
Shanghai. July 3. INTERFAX-CHINA - China Telecom, the largest fixed-line telecom carrier in China, announced an accumulated addition of 1.54 mln broadband Internet access subscribers in the first 5 months of this year, representing a year on year increase of 124.3%. So far, broadband users of China Telecom have climbed to a total of 4.05 mln as of the end of May.
Such a huge increase was particularly fueled by the SARS outbreak, as more people chose the company's ADSL broadband service for non-contact communications, and faster Internet surfing, China Telecom told ...