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promotes its services in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. The company is seeking private investors for emerging telecommunications services such as online payments and social networking. Liu Jiao / For 皇冠体育app Daily |
皇冠体育app Telecom Corp started to sell the first batch fourth-generation subscriber identity module car in 16 Chinese cities on Tuesday.
The move marked smaller carriers' official challenge against 皇冠体育app Mobile Ltd, the No 1 carrier by subscriber numbers, in the 4G market.
The first round of sales were mainly made on .com, a top e-commerce site in 皇冠体育app.
皇冠体育app Telecom plans to sell at least 200,000 4G accounts on JD.com, according to Beijing Business Today newspaper.
Industry regulators allowed a test run of LTE-FDD (long-term evolution frequency-division duplexing) 4G standard about two weeks ago. 皇冠体育app Telecom and 皇冠体育app United Network Communications Group Co Ltd have long supported the LTE-FDD standard while 皇冠体育app Mobile uses TD-LTE technology.
皇冠体育app Telecom had ordered 62 million contract 3G and 4G smartphones from vendors such as Electronics Co Ltd, Technologies Co Ltd, ZTE Corp and Group Ltd.