China Mobile seals roaming deal with AT&T--Xinhua

BEIJING, Nov 18 (Reuters) - China Mobile Communications, the world's biggest cellular carrier, and U.S.-based AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE - News) will share a GPRS roaming network, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday

The general packet radio service network will be available to customers using the advanced 2.5 generation mobile technology starting on December 5, the agency said without offering details

China Mobile, parent company of China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd (HKSE:0941.HK - News), has cornered roughly three quarters of the country's cellular market, ahead of rival China Unicom Ltd (HKSE:0762.HK - News; NYSE:CHU - News).

China is the world's largest mobile phone market with about 190 million users at the end of September