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China Telecom Global company history timeline

1998

In March 1998, the government had passed a telecommunications law that changed the regulatory structure and allowed more competition in the industry.

In early December 1998 the government announced it was considering breaking up the China Telecom monopoly by breaking up the company itself.

More than 20.8 million new customers joined in 1998, including 7.7 million cellular-phone customers.

Business was good, with revenues for the first three quarters of 1998 at US$20 billion.

1999

The First Breakup: 1999

The breaking up of the company finally began in 1999 and took more than two years to complete.

2000

In May of 2000, the company's IPO plans hit another snag when investors opted for the competitor, China Unicom, over China Telecom.

In December 2000, China Telecom had begun to prepare for an initial public offering to raise US$10 to US$15 billion on the New York and Hong Kong stock exchanges.

In 2000, the mobile operations were spun into a separate company called China Mobile, and soon became the second largest mobile network in the world.

2001

The price wars of early 2001 were only the start of the emerging competitive telecom market.

2002

As of May 2002, the telecom market in China was shared by China Telecom Corporation, China Netcom Communication Group Corporation, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Satcom, and China Railcom.

2003

2003 – China Telecom Americas completes its voice platform, launching a wholesale business to buy and sell large-scale voice capacity from international carriers on a bilateral basis.

2004

China Telecom Americas achieves a 99 percent installation rate for 2004, exceeding the industry average of 93 percent.

2012

In order to further enhance its global service quality and accelerating overseas business expansion, China Telecom established China Telecom Global Limited in 2012, which is headquartered in Hong Kong, China.

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