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Article: China TieTong closes all 1,300 Internet cafes due to high inter-network fees.
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- China Business News
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- August 29, 2006
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China TieTong closes all 1,300 Internet cafes due to high inter-network fees
Shanghai. August 29. INTERFAX-CHINA - Chinese fixed-line operator China TieTong (TieTong) closed down all its Internet cafes across China due to high inter-network settlement fees.
"We closed all the approximately 1,300 'China TieTong' Internet cafes that we operate in 6 provinces of China. The high inter-network settlement fees charged to TieTong by China Telecom and China Netcom made the operation of the Internet cafes very difficult," TieTong spokesperson Guo Xiaozhao told Interfax.
Starting from the end of 2003, China TieTong operated Internet cafe chain stores in ...