China Mobile Ltd, the nation's biggest telecom operator by users, signed strategic agreements with 10 mobile phone distributors on Tuesday, aiming to gain an upper hand in selling fourth-generation handsets in the domestic market.

The 10 distributors include national home appliance chain stores Suning Appliance Co Ltd and Gome Electrical Appliances Holding Ltd, as well as prominent Chinese e-commerce websites such as JD.com.

China Mobile has been cooperating with seven of those 10 distributors since 2012.