China Telecom Co., Ltd. signed a strategic partnership framework agreement on October 12 with France Telecom-Orange, allowing both companies to better complement each other's networks and services.

Under the agreement, Orange has agreed to allow China Telecom to extend Orange's IPVPN (Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network) services in Europe, Africa and the Middle East to the subsidiaries of multinational Chinese companies.

Meanwhile, China Telecom has agreed to provide managed outsourced and field services to Orange's multinational customers in China to allow Orange to improve IPVPN services for its enterprise customers in China and other Asia-Pacific countries.