China Telecom to exclusively offer Xbox One on Chinese mainland

China Telecom has announced it will be the exclusive carrier of Microsoft's video game console, Xbox One, the first of its kind to launch in the Chinese mainland.

The console will be sold in China Telecom's sales outlets starting September.

China lifted a 14-year ban to permit foreign-invested companies to make game consoles in the Shanghai pilot Free Trade Zone last September, spearheaded by a game-industry joint venture between Chinese Internet television company BesTV and Microsoft with investment of about 80 million US dollars.