China Telecom Corporation Limited and its subsidiaries provide wireline telecommunications and broadband services in China. 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. As of December 31, 2006, China Telecom had 223 million fixed line subscribers and 28 million broadband subscribers. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Beijing, China. China Telecom Corporation Limited is a subsidiary of China Telecommunications Corporation.

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