The carrier has 130 million subscribers in China, many of which are Apple fans and purchasers of past generations of the popular smartphone.
Altogether, China Telecom has 200 million customers in mainland China including their mobile, land line and broadband customers. The carrier also claims to have the largest CDMA network in the world.
Apple's response (via 9to5): "The iPhone 4S has been an incredible hit with customers around the world. We're thrilled to be launching iPhone 4S with China Telecom and can. t wait to get it into the hands of even more customers in China."
All models of the device will be available and base models will be free with contract.
Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 21 Feb 2012 23:03