Alibaba to Offer Mobile Phone Service in China From June
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will start offering phone service in June as Chinese regulators expand competition in the world’s largest mobile market.
The service will include voice and third-generation data packages on network capacity leased from all three state-owned carriers, according to Alizila, a website run by Alibaba. The packages will be sold through Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall sites and can be paid for with Alipay, the company’s e-payment affiliate.