China Telecom Corp., the nation's biggest fixed-line phone operator, increased second-half profit 7.6% after attracting more broadband Internet users, Bloomberg reported. Net income rose to 10.58 billion yuan ($1.37 billion) from 9.84 billion yuan a year earlier, according to Jacky Yung, spokesman for the Beijing-based company. The company's full-year net income rose 4.9% to 22.2 billion yuan, it said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Sales rose 4.7% to 170.1 billion yuan (US$21.81 billion). China Telecom ...