China Telecom Offers Video News to 3G Subscribers in Shanghai

China's official Xinhua News Agency says that it has launched a mobile TV service broadcasting news reports to China Telecom's 3G subscribers in Shanghai. Xinhua will provide China Telecom Shanghai Branch with exclusive news about the Shanghai Expo, analysis reports and various news items, while the latter will offer telecommunications services, according to the deal.

"Subscribers in Shanghai can get multimedia news services of Xinhua with their 'e surfing' cell phones provided by China Telecom," said Zhang Weihua, general manager of China Telecom Shanghai Branch.

Xinhua started its video news service in March this year.

State-owned China Telecom boasted 214 million fixed-line telephone subscribers, 35 million mobile phone subscribers and 47 million broadband customers at the end of 2008.

The company is currently rolling out a 3G network based on an upgrade to its existing CDMA based infrastrucure.

Posted to the site on 24th August 2009