Alcatel announces contract with China Telecom

Telecommunications group Alcatel-Lucent said on Monday it had been selected by China Telecom to supply multimedia services to 120 million Chinese consumers in six provinces. China Telecom had selected Alcatel-Lucent "to deliver multimedia services to subscribers in Shanghai, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Xinjiang and Sichuan provinces," Alcatel said.
"By converging different types of media, voice, video and other data services - over a common IP (Internet protocol) platform, China Telecom will be able to bring a growing range of interesting and useful services." the statement said.