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China Telecom vs Zain Group

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Zain Group is the older of the two, founded in 1983 — 19 years before China Telecom.

Founded
2002
1983
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
Xicheng District, China
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Industry
telecommunications industry
telecommunications industry
Founders
Not recorded
Nasser Al-Kharafi
Employees
280,747
Not recorded
Legal form
public company
joint-stock company
Listed on
New York Stock Exchange
Not recorded
Parent
China Telecommunications Corporation
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on China Telecom and Zain Group.