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China\'s telecom carriers usher in era of AI token pricing plans

Major Chinese telecom carriers are expanding AI services by introducing \"AI tokens\" as a new billing unit alongside mobile data. China Telecom has rolled out token-based AI plans nationwide for consumers, developers and corporate clients, offering different monthly token allowances. Tokens are the basic unit for processing and generating text, code and data in generative AI. Other carriers are launching similar plans, as China’s daily token calls surge.