BRUSSELS (Reuters) - China threatened on Thursday to retaliate if the European Union formally opens an investigation into alleged anti-competitive behavior by Chinese mobile telecom equipment companies.

China threatened on Thursday to retaliate if the European Union formally opens an investigation into alleged anti-competitive behavior by Chinese mobile telecom equipment companies.

The EU warns it may investigate claims that Chinese telecom firms have been paid subsidies, allowing them to flood markets with cheap equipment.

The EU wants to investigate whether Chinese telecom-equipment suppliers Huawei and ZTE have an unfair advantage—but the biggest losers if sanctions result could be Europe's own telecom companies.

HONG KONG, May 15 (Reuters) - China shares rebounded on Wednesday from a 1-1/2 week closing low, helped by strength in telecom equipment suppliers as Shanghai bourse volumes neared the year's lows.

HONG KONG, May 15 (Reuters) - China shares rebounded on Wednesday from a 1-1/2 week closing low, helped by strength in telecom equipment suppliers as Shanghai bourse volumes neared the year's lows.

HONG KONG, May 15 (Reuters) - China shares rebounded on Wednesday from a 1-1/2 week closing low, helped by strength in telecom equipment suppliers as Shanghai bourse volumes neared the year's lows.

Japanese telecom company SoftBank Corp. (9984.TO), which owns 33% of China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., has told banks that their financing of Dish Network Corp.'s (DISH) $25.5 billion rival offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) could hurt their chances

Ren Zhengfei, the founder of China's Huawei - the world's second-largest telecom equipment maker - speaks to the media for the first time.

China's largest telecommunications firm says it will continue to sell its phones in the United States, even as national security concerns keep the company's equipment out of American telecom networks.

STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese telecom operators will start awarding contracts for super-fast mobile networks this year, kicking off the third wave of a global investment cycle that is reshaping the competitive landscape among telecom equipment

STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese telecom operators will start awarding contracts for super-fast mobile networks this year, kicking off the third wave of a global investment cycle that is reshaping the competitive landscape among telecom equipment

STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese telecom operators will start awarding contracts for super-fast mobile networks this year, kicking off the third wave of a global investment cycle that is reshaping the competitive landscape among telecom equipment

STOCKHOLM/PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese telecom operators will start awarding contracts for super-fast mobile networks this year, kicking off the third wave of a global investment cycle that is reshaping the competitive landscape among telecom equipment

Chinese telecom operators will start awarding contracts for super-fast mobile networks this year, kicking off the third wave of a global investment cycle that is reshaping the competitive landscape among telecom equipment makers.

China Telecom's first-quarter profit rose 10%, despite heavy spending on its mobile-services business. The company added nine million 3G subscribers in the quarter.

HONG KONG, April 26 (Reuters) - ZTE Corp , China's second largest telecom equipment maker in revenue terms, posted a 35.9 percent increase in its first quarter net profit, lifted by gains from selling assets late last year.

HONG KONG, April 26 (Reuters) - ZTE Corp , China's second largest telecom equipment maker in revenue terms, posted a 35.9 percent increase in its first quarter net profit, lifted by gains from selling assets late last year.

April 26 (Reuters) - For a full statement on the results of China Telecom Corp Ltd, a leading provider of fixed-line telephone, data, Internet and leased-line services in four of the most economically developed regions in China, please click on: http

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Stocks traded in Hong Kong pushed higher early Friday as strength in financial and telecom shares led broad-based gains. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Indexrose 241 points, or 1.1%, to 22,642.10 and the Hang Seng China Enterprise

China's largest telecom carrier by subscribers scrapped a proposed $545 million tie-up with Taiwanese carrier Far EasTone after four years without progress.

Huawei seems an unlikely threat to Apple and Samsung, but the Chinese company, whose telecom-equipment business has outpaced Western rivals, thinks it can repeat the success with smartphones.

WELLINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has won a contract to build the 4G mobile network infrastructure for New Zealand's biggest telecommunications company, expanding its presence in the country after receiving the cold s

WELLINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has won a contract to build the 4G mobile network infrastructure for New Zealand's biggest telecommunications company, expanding its presence in the country after receiving the cold s

SHENZHEN, April 8 (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's No.2 telecom equipment maker, said on Monday it expects to record a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent in sales revenue over the next five years, lifted by cloud com

SHENZHEN, April 8 (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies CoLtd, the world's No.2 telecom equipment maker, said onMonday it expects to record a compound annual growth rate of 10percent in sales revenue over the next five years, lifted bycloud computi

SHENZHEN, April 8 (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's No.2 telecom equipment maker, said on Monday it expects to record a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent in sales revenue over the next five years, lifted by cloud com

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Users of Tencent Holdings' hugely popular mobile chatting application may have to pay fees in future to satisfy China's three mobile telecom operators, Chinese media quoted a government official as saying on Sunday. Tencent's Wei

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Users of Tencent Holdings' hugely popular mobile chatting application may have to pay fees in future to satisfy China's three mobile telecom operators, Chinese media quoted a government official as saying on Sunday.

SHANGHAI, March 31 (Reuters) - Users of Tencent Holdings' hugely popular mobile chatting application may have to pay fees in future to satisfy China's three mobile telecom operators, Chinese media quoted a government official as saying on Sunday.

SHANGHAI, March 31 (Reuters) - Users of Tencent Holdings' hugely popular mobile chatting application may have to pay fees in future to satisfy China's three mobile telecom operators, Chinese media quoted a government official as saying on Sunday.

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Japanese telecom Softbank Corp. -- which is in a deal to buy 70% of Sprint -- have told the U.S. Congress they won't use any equipment made by China's Huawei Technologies Co., the Financial Times reported Thursday.

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Sprint Nextel Corp.and Japanese telecom Softbank Corp. -- which is in a deal to buy 70% of Sprint -- have told the U.S. Congress they won't use any equipment made by China's Huawei Technologies Co., the Financial Times re

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) HONG KONG/SYDNEY, March 27 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed China Telecom Corporation Limited's (CTCL) Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'A'. The Outlo

Plus, China Unicom, China Telecom, and PetroChina all reported earnings last week.

Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) has announced that Azure Hydrogen Energy Science and Technology Corporation (Azure), Ballard's partner in China, has acquired a 10% ownership position in Dantherm Power, Ballard's telecom backup power subsidiary,

Plus, China Unicom, China Telecom, and PetroChina all reported earnings this week.

Plus, China Unicom, China Telecom, and PetroChina all reported earnings this week.

China Telecom, the country's largest fixed-line operator by subscribers, said 2012 profit fell as it fought with rivals to win customers for its third generation mobile services.

China Telecom Corp (NYSE: CHA) reported a 9.5% drop in its net profit last year.China Telecom's net profit for the year declined to 14.93 billion yuan (US$2.38 billion), versus CNY16.50 billion, in the year-ago period.Its revenue climbed 15.5% to CNY

HONG KONG, March 20 (Reuters) - China Telecom Corp Ltd, the country's third-largest mobile phone carrier, hasset capital expenditure for 2013 at 75 billion yuan ($12billion), a 3.3 percent increase from the previous year.

China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA) Wednesday said net profit fell 9.5% last year from a year earlier, due to increased costs and competition as it fights with two other major carriers to attract high-value users.

China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA) Wednesday said net profit fell 9.5% last year from a year earlier, due to increased costs and competition as it fights with two other major carriers to attract high-value users.

March 20 (Reuters) - For a full statement on the results ofChina Telecom Corp Ltd, a leading provider offixed-line telephone, data, Internet and leased-line services infour of the most economically developed regions in China, pleaseclick on: http://w

* China Telecom, Unicom up on reported 4G rollout in 2013

HONG KONG, March 6 (Reuters) - Chinese shares advanced for asecond day on Wednesday with a rebound in the property sectorwhile policy announcements from an ongoing meeting of theChinese parliament helped drive banking and telecom stockshigher.

* China Telecom, Unicom lifted by reported 4G rollout in2013

HONG KONG, March 6 (Reuters) - Chinese telecom stocks suchas ZTE Corp and China Unicom jumped onWednesday after official media reported that Beijing planned toissue 4G network licenses by the end of the year.

China Telecom may be the smallest wireless carrier in China, but its subscriber base of over 160 million looks enviable to most developed market peers. The largest wireless carrier in the U.S., Verizon, has about 110 million total connections current