China Telecom
China Telecom leads embodied AI startup Mifeng funding
Mifeng launched a physical AI data service platform in April 2026 and describes itself as a business-to-business (B2B) supplier to robot companies.
Minh Le · · 1 min read
China Telecom launches nationwide AI token plans
China Telecom’s AI token plans support coding and AI agent deployment for businesses.
Naomi Li Gan · · 2 min read
Chinese AI firm ModelBest becomes unicorn after raising over $146m
The company said its open-source MiniCPM model family has reached more than 24 million downloads.
Aiko Gao Ishida · · 2 min read
State-owned China Telecom unveils AI models trained on Huawei chips
China Telecom’s AI models were developed using Huawei’s open-source framework MindSpore.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min readChina’s big three carriers to offer eSIM for iPhone Air
China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom plan to enable the service, but its rollout depends on regulatory approval.
Naomi Li Gan · · 1 min readJD Logistics, Pop Mart, China Telecom to join Hang Seng Index
The Hang Seng Index has climbed 25% year-on-year, making it Asia’s second-best performing major index in 2025.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 2 min readChina Telecom uses local chips in LLMs amid US restrictions
China Telecom’s unnamed model has a striking 1 trillion parameters, while its TeleChat2-115B contains over 100 billion.
Grace Priscilla Teo · · 1 min read6G can be the new frontier if we can work out how to use it
Governments and industry have pledged billions of dollars to develop 6G, but experts can’t agree when it’ll begin to make an impact on our lives.
Albert Han · · 4 min readChinese consumers to account for one-third of global 5G phones by 2023, says research firm
The research agency also expects that 5G-enabled handsets will reach nearly 800 million units by 2023, accounting for 51.4% of all smartphone shipments.
Li Tao · · 3 min readHey, digital nomads: China opens internet gateway to Nepal through the Himalayas
A cable route through the Himalayas is set to provide unprecedented new levels of connectivity in Nepal. It’s also a transit route between India and China.
Sumit Chakraberty · · 3 min read