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To: djane who wrote (4267)4/28/1999 3:38:00 AM
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China Tel subscribers up 52 pct in 1998

Wednesday April 28, 2:52 am Eastern Time

HONG KONG, April 28 (Reuters) - China Telecom (Hong Kong) Ltd said on Wednesday
its subscriber base had grown by 52.42 percent in 1998 to 6.53 million at the end of the
year.

The company, which added 2.25 million subscribers in China's Guangdong, Zhejiang and
Jiangsu provinces, said the total minutes of usage in 1998 grew 42.05 percent to 25 billion
minutes.

China Telecom said the overall penetration rate of cellular telephones in China remained relatively low at two percent.

The cellular services provider reported on Wednesday 1998 net profit of 6.9 billion yuan. Analysts' forecasts for the period
ranged from 6.5 billion to 7.3 billion yuan.

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