China Telecom

China Telecom Corporation Limited
Native name
中国电信股份有限公司
Company typePublic
SSE: 601728(A share)
SEHK: 728(H share)
CSI A100
ISINCNE1000002V2
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded10 September 2002 (2002-09-10)
FounderChina Telecommunications Corporation
Headquarters
Beijing, China
Shanghai
,
China
Area served
China, Europe and the Americas
Key people
Yang Jie(chairman & CEO)
Services
Revenue CN¥352.285 billion:129 (2016)
CN¥27.201 billion:129 (2016)
CN¥18.004 billion:129 (2016)
Total assets CN¥652.368 billion:127 (2016)
Total equity CN¥315.324 billion:128 (2016)
OwnerChina Telecommunications Corporation (70.89%)
Number of employees
287,076:85 (2016)
ParentChina Telecommunications Corporation
ASNs
Traffic Levels1-5 Tbps
WebsiteChinaTelecom-H.com
ChinaTelecomGlobal.com
ChinaTelecom.com.cn
Footnotes / references
in a consolidated financial statement
China Telecom Corp., Ltd.
Simplified Chinese中国电信股份有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國電信股份有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Diànxìn Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
China Telecom
Simplified Chinese中国电信
Traditional Chinese中國電信
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Diànxìn

China Telecom Corporation Limited (CT) is a Chinese telecommunications company. It is one of the publicly traded red chip companies of the state-owned China Telecommunications Corporation.

The company's H shares have been traded on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since 15 November 2002. It is a constituent of the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, the index for the H shares of state-controlled listed companies. The company was also listed on the New York Stock Exchange until January 2021. China Telecom is the second-largest wireless carrier in China, with 362.49 million subscribers as of June 2021.