Chinese telecom operators are packaging artificial intelligence usage into subscription plans, turning "tokens" — the basic unit consumed by large AI models — into the industry's newest billing metric as carriers race to monetize the country's AI boom.

Chinese telecom operators are packaging artificial intelligence usage into subscription plans, turning "tokens" — the basic unit consumed by large AI models — into the industry's…

China Telecom has launched nationwide trial commercial Token subscription plans, marking an accelerated shift by telecom operators from selling data