Shanghai Telecom to End Dial-up Internet Support
Eastday.com, 6/04/14
China Telecom's (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) Shanghai subsidiary has announced that, beginning at midnight on July 1, the company will no longer provide dial-up internet services within Shanghai.
Shanghai currently has approximately 10,000 dial-up customers, consisting primarily of point of sale (POS) terminals and lottery ticket retailers.
Editor's note: According to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), as of the end of April 2014 there were 4.62 mln dial-up internet subscribers in China.
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