In order to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of China Telecom’s development of wireline broadband services in the PRC, the aggregate wireline broadband subscriber number of China Telecom Corporation Limited (“the Company”) and China Telecommunications Corporation (“CTC”), the parent company of the Company, in its wireline broadband service regions (i.e. provinces in the PRC except those in which the Company has wireline broadband operations) is provided for reference. As of the end of Dec 2019, the aggregate number of wireline broadband subscribers of the Company and CTC was 180 million. Except the wireline broadband subscribers data as disclosed in this footnote, all other subscribers data as disclosed in this website do NOT include any other operating data of CTC. All financial data disclosed in this website also do NOT include any financial data of CTC. Please refer to the Company’s Articles of Association for details of the business scope of the Company’s wireline broadband service. The Company takes no responsibility and makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the wireline broadband subscribers data of CTC and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon these data.