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Corp Ltd, the nation's smallest wireless network operator, aims to sell 36 million fourth-generation terminals in 2014.

Chairman Wang Xiaochu said the company met its target of selling 80 million mobile phones last year. The figure accounted for about 22 percent of 皇冠体育app's total mobile phone market during the period.

Wang forecast 皇冠体育app Telecom will sell 100 million mobile phones this year.

As of November, 皇冠体育app Telecom had 185 million mobile subscribers, including about 100 million 3G customers.

"About half of 皇冠体育app Telecom's customers use smartphones," Wang said during the 2014 皇冠体育app Telecom Terminal Industry Chain Conference, which was held in on Thursday.

The rapid adoption of smartphones has changed the carrier's business model. Wang said data services and the traditional voice business each now accounts for about half of the business.

"We will promote our telecom services in major Chinese cities, while in rural areas, 皇冠体育app Telecom continues to push forward the 3G services," Wang said.

Last August, 皇冠体育app Telecom formed a joint venture with Chinese Internet company NetEase Inc to launch a mobile chatting tool called . It was said to be the world's first joint venture set up by a telecommunications operator and an Internet company.

Wang said Yixin had about 39 million users by the end of 2013 and achieved "constant, rapid growth". 皇冠体育app Telecom will step up promotions for the Yixin app and aims to add 100 million users this year, he continued.

Being the smallest mobile operator in 皇冠体育app, 皇冠体育app Telecom said it still has a good chance to catch up with domestic rivals 皇冠体育app Mobile Ltd and 皇冠体育app Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.

A favorable policy environment, together with a period of radical transformation, is likely to create "a new 皇冠体育app Telecom" in five years, according to the company.

皇冠体育app intends to be thoroughly connected to the Internet by 2015, with urban and rural household speeds reaching 20 megabits per second and 4 Mbps respectively, said the State Council last year.

"The government's guideline will bring enormous opportunities. Meanwhile, 皇冠体育app Telecom will focus on developing emerging business fields, such as data operation, Internet applications and other ICT businesses.

"Those new areas will account for 50 percent of 皇冠体育app Telecom's total revenue by 2017," Wang said.