10.16
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Jiangsu
On October 16, a netizen in Jiangsu posted that their telecom SIM card, for which they had been paying fees normally, was flagged as a risky number and had its calling and internet services suspended by the anti-fraud risk-control system, because they were in the habit of not answering calls from strangers. As a result, they could not pay for ride-hailing trips, and a large number of netizens in the comments section shared similar experiences.
10.03
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
On October 3, Zheng Jiyan, a former employee of China Telecom, released a video in which he publicly accused several senior executives of the group of allegedly embezzling 38 million yuan in government funds in the National Industrial Internet Big Data Center project, saying that his internal reports since 2023 had gone nowhere and that his labor contract was terminated in August 2026. He questioned how a core software development contract signed just 13 days before the project deadline listed a workload of 33779 person-days, that all four bidding companies were wholly owned subsidiaries of China Telecom, and said he had submitted the report through the 12388 website and was willing to provide 18 items of original evidence. As of press time, China Telecom had not responded.
08.12
·Hearsay
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Xiamen, Fujian
On August 12, 2026, online reports said that fire alarms kept sounding early in the morning at a chain apartment building on Gangzhong Road, Huli District, Xiamen, Fujian; China Telecom communication signals were suspected to have been cut off, and multiple police officers entered the building to carry out an inspection operation.
08.04
·Verified
·Importance V
·Sources 1
·Washington, United States
The House Select Committee on the CCP released a report stating that US subsidiaries of China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom remain embedded in US internet infrastructure and are linked to nearly 109,000 suspicious routing anomaly events.
06.13
·Hearsay
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Gansu
On June 13, 2026, a video posted online by a netizen in Gansu showed that when they used a China Telecom campus phone inside a school to dial the 110 emergency number, the device's screen displayed a message prohibiting calls to this number.
2025.11.16
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Recently, a blogger on Douyin used official reports as source material to expose insiders and connected personnel at China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom and China Broadcasting Network who illegally issued SIM cards and became the hidden hands behind telecom fraud. The video was reported and taken down by the carriers on the grounds of reputation infringement.
2021.10.26
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·United States
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked the Section 214 operating authorization of China Telecom Americas.