According to exclusive information from informed sources, 18 of China Telecom's provincial branches failed to meet the scheduled revenue targets for their resource-based industrial digital services throughout 2025. This indicates that more than 58% of the company's 31 provincial units did not achieve their goals on time, exceeding half of the total.

China Telecom's resource-based industrial digital services primarily focus on resource leasing, including IDC data centers, cloud hosting, and network bandwidth. These services have relatively low technical barriers, shorter contract cycles, and are typically billed on an annual fee basis or according to resource usage. While they provide stable revenue streams, their profit margins are generally low.

The fact that over half of China Telecom's provincial branches have not met their targets suggests a challenging development outlook. According to industry analysis, the overall enterprise market for telecommunications operators is currently experiencing a downturn, characterized by insufficient effective demand and intense homogeneous competition. In the absence of differentiated competitive advantages, operators often resort to price wars to capture market share—a strategy that is unsustainable in the long term.