China and 1 Billion LInes

Light Reading reports:

"China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL) had more than 508 million mobile customers, China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (NYSE: CHA) boasted over 241 million (including fixed and mobile), and China Unicom Ltd.(NYSE: CHU) had nearly 250 million. OK, so the actual total is 999.5 million, but we're rounding that baby up to 1 billion."