China Mobile to beef up rural network
By Zheng Lifei | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-15 07:51
A China Mobile base station in the Tibet autonomous region. The telecom operator will invest 70 billion yuan in the next three years to expand its rural coverage. CFP |
China Mobile will invest 70 billion yuan in the next three years to build and upgrade its networks in the country's vast rural areas and promote the application of its 3G services in the countryside, as part of efforts to seek new growth engines amid slowing subscriber growth.
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