As per the managing director for British Telecom in the region, Kevin Taylor, British Telecom (BT) is planning to build more service centers in China, the world’s biggest mobile phone market, and to employ 300 staff in the Asia-Pacific region in the next 11 months.
According to Kevin Taylor, the company considered to expand their business in China partly due to it has more than 80% customers are investing in Asian countries, such as China.
Taylor made the remarks after his company’s British rival, Vodafone Group, announced on Sept 8 that it will offload its entire 3.2% shareholding in China’s biggest carrier, China Mobile, for $6.6 billion. The move is part of the company’s new push to shed its minority assets around the world. In addition, BT will strengthen its partnership with China Unicom (Hong Kong)
According to Chief Information Officer Clive Selley, on Sep. 11; BT announced that it will meet officials from China Telecom Corp Ltd to explore potential cooperation.
BT’s China operations are focused on serving business users, especially multinationals’ operations, which need globally networked services, such as virtual private networks.
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