Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced Thursday that it has finished the billing system of its mobile network service and will sell mobile phone numbers in June.

Alibaba has been authorized as a mobile virtual network operator by China's three major wireless operators - China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom.

Alibaba will sell mobile phone numbers starting with "170" in June.

A mobile virtual network operator offers telecom services by renting network resources from wireless carriers.

Global Times