This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

On May 16, 2002, China Telecom and China Netcom were both officially reestablished after restructuring to promote competition and innovation in the telecommunications sector, as seen in the item from China Daily (right).

After decades of reform, the telecom industry has been dominated by China Mobile Communications Corp, China United Network Communications Group and China Telecommunications Corp since 2008, when reforms created the three operators, reducing the number of main telecom carriers from six to three.