CHINA Telecom, the country’s biggest fixed-line phone firm, got the nod from U.S. regulators to provide voice, data and other services between the two countries. The move marks a shift from China Telecom’s strategy of only providing Internet-related services in the United States, an unidentified company official was quoted as saying in Beijing recently.The former State telephone monopoly had turned its U.S. office into China Telecom (U.S.) Co., and applied to the Federal Communications Commission in August for permission to provide international services.The U.S. branch aimed to tap Chinese and U.S. multinational firms and would develop products and services for the U.S. market. (SD-Agencies)