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Chinese People and their Mobile Phones: China Telecom launches “mobile phones to the countryside” program

China Telecom has launched a nationwide “mobile phones to the countryside” program, the company announced recently.

Rural customers who purchase CDMA mobile phones at China Telecom outlets nationwide will be awarded “mobile phone preferential packages”. They can enjoy a 13 percent subsidy from the government on the mobile phone price, as well as certain subsidies on their phone bills, including a combining landline, broadband and mobile services preferential package.

Prior to this, China Telecom had established the Info Village comprehensive rural information service platform, while promoting the “information access for all villages” project.

By Itamar Medeiros

Originally from Brazil, Itamar Medeiros currently lives in Germany, where he works as VP of Design Strategy at SAP, where he leads the design vision for the entire Human Capital Management product line, ensuring cohesive product narratives and establishing best practices.

Working in the Information Technology industry since 1998, Itamar has helped truly global companies in multiple continents create great user experience through advocating Design and Innovation principles. Itamar has also served as a juror for prestigious design competitions and lectured on design topics at universities worldwide.

During his 7 years in China, he promoted the User Experience Design discipline as User Experience Manager at Autodesk and Local Coordinator of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) in Shanghai.

Itamar holds a MA in Design Practice from Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK), for which he received a Distinction Award for his thesis Creating Innovative Design Software Solutions within Collaborative/Distributed Design Environments.

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