China Telecom places order for 4Mn 3G mobile phones

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Telecom, one of the nation’s leading mobile operator, has reportedly placed an order of 4 million 3G mobile handsets with a number of domestic mobile phone makers, the biggest such order ever in China.
The order which is reported to be a multi-billion yuan order, includes 63 different customized models and will greatly expand China Telecom’s 3G handset portfolios and is expected to help it attract more users.
The 4-million customized handsets China Telecom ordered, bigger than its original plan of 3.6 million, are mostly priced in the 1,000 yuan (US$142.9) range and some are priced as low as 500 yuan.