Shanghai Telecom launches Internet cafe chain
( 2003-10-24 16:01) (Xinhua)
Shanghai Thursday unveiled 30 newly-built chain Internet cafes run by
Shanghai Telecom, the first time that the telecom trade extended their business
to this field.
Uniform management policies will be applied to the Internet cafes, according
to an official from Shanghai Telecom. All the cafes will provide uniformly high
quality services, use uniform logos and have a uniform style of environment.
The official said that the chain cafes are expected to help Shanghai Telecom
extend their broadband services and serve as bases where new sorts of Internet
services such as e-commerce and online games are tested.
The building of the 30 new Internet cafes was part of the " green power"
project, and 100 cafes were planned by the end of this year, said the official.
He said the "green power" project was initiated by China Telecom, parent
company of Shanghai Telecom, with the aim of bringing Chinese Internet cafes a
standardized management and a healthy development mode.
Thanks to the boom of Internet cafes, more people are able to have access to
the Internet, which has boosted the development of Chinese Internet economy and
culture. However, unsatisfactory management at some cafes has brought certain
negative influences.
The new operation mode of Internet cafes would play a positive role in
standardizing Internet cafe business and would be very promising, according to
insiders.
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