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China’s telecoms giants bet on ‘token factories’ as AI drives revenue growth

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China’s three state-owned telecoms giants have made billable artificial intelligence tokens a key focus of their growth strategies, as AI adoption accelerates across the country and computing demand soars. China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom all pointed to AI and computing operations as ke…

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  1. 2026-08-21 13:30 · South China Morning Post Tech
    China’s telecoms giants bet on ‘token factories’ as AI drives revenue growth

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