Distributors connect with China Mobile

China Mobile Ltd, the nation's biggest telecom operator by users, signed strategic agreements with 10 mobile phone distributors on Tuesday, aiming to gain an upper hand in selling fourth-generation handsets in the domestic market.

The 10 distributors include national home appliance chain stores Suning Appliance Co Ltd and Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd, as well as prominent Chinese e-commerce websites such as JD.com.

China Mobile has been cooperating with seven of those 10 distributors since 2012.