Five years after China started to open the way for MVNOs, the Ministry of Industry and IT (MIIT) plans to expand this market. The Ministry has launched a public consultation on its proposal to issue commercial MVNO licences to all qualified market players, including those backed by foreign investors or owners. The consultation will close on Thursday. There have been four years of MVNO trials and some limited services, but the latest move could see the market explode. It also fits with another relatively new direction for the regulator – to encourage more foreign investment into Chinese telecoms, as well as more competition for the three established operators. In 2013, the MIIT instructed those three operators to support multiple MVNOs…