News and Research on China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA)
Business Description
China Telecom Corporation Limited provides wireline telecommunications services in its service regions in China. The company's service regions consist of Anhui Province, Chongqing Municipality, Fujian Province, Gansu Province, Guangdong Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guizhou Province, Hainan Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Jiangsu Province, Jiangxi Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, Shaanxi Province, Shanghai Municipality, Sichuan Province, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Yunnan Province and Zhejiang Province. The company is a subsidiary of China Telecommunications Corporation.
The company provides telecommunications and information services covering voice, data, image, and multimedia in 20 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China. It offers local telephone, domestic long distance telephone, international long distance telephone, Internet and managed data, and leased line and other related services to residential and business customers. The company also offers system integration, technology development, technical service/advice, and information service consultation services.
Wireline Telephone Services
The company's telephone services consist of local telephone, domestic long distance, international, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan long distance and interconnection.
The company offers international, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan long distance services through the international gateways of China Telecom Group. The company has interconnection arrangements with other telecommunications operators, including China Telecom Group, China Netcom Group, China Mobile and China Unicom. In addition to basic local and long distance voice services, the company offers Internet access and value-added services.
Value-added Services
The company's value-added services comprise primarily wireline value-added services, Internet value-added services and integrated information value-added services. Caller ID services, short messaging services, telephone information services and ‘Color Ring Tone’ services are wireline value-added services. Color Ring Tone refers to a service where subscribers can customize the answer ring tone from a selection of songs, melodies, sound effects or voice recordings to replace the monotonous ring connecting tone. Internet value-added services include ‘ChinaVNet’ services, IPTV, Internet through TV services, collaborative communication services and music gateway services. ‘ChinaVNet’ services refer to products and applications, such as music, video, software and recharge of online game cards, provided through broadband access and operated on a nationwide basis. ‘Best Tone’ services, ‘BizNavigator’ services and IT services and applications are its integrated information value-added services. ‘Best Tone’ service is an integrated information enquiries service. It provides its customers with phone number storage, enquiry and call transfer services, as well as various information needed in daily life. In 2006, the company promoted ‘BizNavigator’ as its corporate customer brand. The company's BizNavigator subscribers reached 507,000 in 2006.
Managed Data
The company's managed data services include Digital Data Network (DDN), frame relay (FR), and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) services. The company focuses on government, financial and enterprise customers.
The company offers managed data services as part of its total telecommunications solutions to enterprise customers, including government agencies, corporations and institutions. Its customers choose frame relay and ATM services to form VPNs and link their local area networks at different locations. The company also collaborates with a number of international telecommunications service providers to build global communications networks for multinational corporations.
Other Services
The company's other services primarily include sales, repairs and maintenance of customer-end equipment and construction of telecommunications network and infrastructure for customers.
Competitors
The company's competitors include China Mobile Communications Corporation; China United Telecommunications Corporation; China Network Communications Group Corporation; China Railway Communication Co., Ltd.; and China Satellite.
History
China Telecom Corporation Limited was incorporated in 2002.
