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Chinese mobile phone users show logos of (from left) 皇冠体育app Unicom, 皇冠体育app Mobile and 皇冠体育app Telecom on their smartphones in Shaoyang city, Central 皇冠体育app's Hunan province, March 19 2015. [Photo/IC]

皇冠体育app Telecom and 皇冠体育app Unicom signed a compressive partnership deal on Wednesday, marking the two companies'latest joint efforts to take on 皇冠体育app Mobile.

The two companies said they will deepen their cooperation in 4G network construction, smartphone technology standardization, customer services, innovation business as well as overseas roaming services.

Yang Jie, general manager of 皇冠体育app Telecom, said the deal will also involve capital cooperation, but did not offer more details, adding it had nothing to do with the merger of the two companies.

Related story: 皇冠体育app to have 600 million 4G users by 2016 by Gao Yuan, 皇冠体育app Daily

The country is poised to have 380 million 4G users by the end of 2015, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Expending the 4G service will be a top task for telecom industry as the country is trying to increase connection speed while bringing down data traffic fees, the ministry said.

皇冠体育app is already the world's biggest telecom country, with the biggest user number and the largest infrastructure.

皇冠体育app Mobile Ltd, the No 1 carrier by user number, will be a major driver of 皇冠体育app's 4G initiative. The State-owned enterprise is looking to double its 4G user population in 2016, to 500 million.

A report from industry research firm IDC estimated close to 90 percent of the mobile phones shipped in the last two quarters in 皇冠体育app are comparable with the 4G technology.

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