China's telecom industry expands in first 4 months.

ISLAMABAD -- China's telecommunication industry logged a steady expansion in the first four months of this year, buoyed by emerging businesses, official data shows.

The combined business revenues of firms in the sector totaled 569.9 billion yuan ($80.5 billion), up 7.2 percent year-on-year, according to data from the China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Daily reported.

Of the total, emerging sectors, such as Internet data centers, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things, saw their revenues rise 22.3 percent...