China Mobile Tietong () is a major state-owned basic telecommunications operator in

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. Its former name was China Tietong Telecommunications Corporation (abbr. CTT;

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: "中国铁通集团有限公司", or abbr. "中国铁通") and also China Railcom (China Railway Communication Corporation, Limited).

History

Founded on December 20, 2000, on January 20, 2004 it was shifted from the Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China to the administration of the

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) is a special commission of the People's Republic of China, directly under the State Council. It was founded in 2003 through the consolidation of variou ...

, while it was renamed CTT. On May 23, 2008, China Tietong was acquired by

China Mobile Communications Corp China Mobile is the trade name of both China Mobile Limited () and its ultimate controlling shareholder, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. (, formerly known as China Mobile Communications Corporation, "CMCC"), a Chinese state-ownedSt ...

, the

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parent company of listed company

China Mobile China Mobile is the trade name of both China Mobile Limited () and its ultimate controlling shareholder, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. (, formerly known as China Mobile Communications Corporation, "CMCC"), a Chinese state-ownedSt ...

."China Begins Revamp of Telecommunications Industry, Xinhua Says"
23 May 2008 (Bloomberg) According to China Mobile, Tietong "will remain relatively independent for the time being"."Telecom industry restructure begins with China Mobile's acquisition of China Tietong"
23 May 2008 (Interfax)

Business

China Mobile Tietong's main areas of business are providing

ADSL Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a type of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. ...

and

dial-up internet Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telep ...

services and selling backhaul on their nationwide

backbone network A backbone or core network is a part of a computer network which interconnects networks, providing a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks. A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same buildin ...

, and the company also has a number of

fixed-line A landline (land line, land-line, main line, home phone, fixed-line, and wireline) is a telephone connection that uses metal wires or optical fiber telephone line for transmission, as distinguished from a mobile cellular network, which uses ...

telephone subscribers. Lacking access to each home, they work very closely with the

cable television Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with broa ...

provider of each major city and usually offer lower price compared to its competitors. China Mobile Tietong is the third largest fixed-line internet service provider in China, after

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and

China Netcom China Netcom, full name China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (former stock codes: HKEX:0906, NYSE:CN), abbreviated CNC, was a telecommunication service provider in People's Republic of China. It was formed in August 1999 by the Chine ...

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* Telecommunications companies of China Government-owned companies of China China Mobile Internet service providers of China Companies based in Beijing {{China-company-stub

History

Business

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