02/28/2011
Dow Jones Newswires
Telco takes on Apple, Android with Linux-based platform; Samsung, Motorola, HTC among firms that will offer devices based on the new OS.
The parent company of China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. on Monday announced a new mobile phone brand that will use the company’s own operating system, placing it in competition with Apple Inc.’s [...]
01/24/2011
Wall Street Journal
MADRID—Spain’s Telefonica SA said Sunday that it will widen its strategic partnership with China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd., with each company investing $500 million to increase their cross shareholdings.
Telefonica said in a filing with regulators that it will raise its stake in China Unicom to 9.7% from around 8.4%, while the Chinese [...]
12/08/2010
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) — China United Network Communications Group Co., trailing in the nation’s market for high-speed wireless customers, cut the minimum monthly fee for its third- generation service by more than half to attract more users.
Subscribers can now sign up for the 3G service for as low as 46 yuan ($6.9) a month, [...]
11/19/2010
Total Telecom Online
Operator to focus on environmental monitoring, smart meters as penetration edges higher.
China Unicom is looking to M2M for a new source of subscribers, as mobile penetration reaches saturation point in some of China’s cities.
“We need to develop new services and new revenue streams,” said Dr Zhang Zhijiang, the head of China Unicom’s [...]
09/29/2010
CNN Newsroom – Cable News Network (CNN)
IDG News Service – China Unicom has sold close to 100,000 iPhone 4s in the four days since the device was launched in China.
China Unicom, which is the mobile carrier for the iPhone 4 in China, has basically sold out of its first shipment of the device, company vice [...]
09/28/2010
Dow Jones Newswire – Hong Kong Bureau
BEIJING—China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. said Tuesday it sold US$1.84 billion worth of convertible bonds to replenish its working capital and support the construction of its broadband and third-generation mobile networks, as the company’s heavy investments in its 3G business have eroded its cash supply and net profit.
The sale [...]
12/10/2009
Dow Jones Newswires – Beijing Bureau
BEIJING — Sales of Apple Inc. iPhones in China appear to have picked up after a sluggish start, with the U.S. company’s Chinese partner saying it has sold more than 100,000 of the iconic smartphone since its official launch Oct. 30.
The sales figure, reported by China Unicom (Hong Kong) [...]
10/26/2009
Communications World Weekly
Sources from China Telecom and the China Telecom Guangzhou Research Institute said after completing the EV-DO Rev. B lab tests, China Telecom has begun to conduct EV-DO Rev. B field tests in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. The sources also emphasized that China Telecom will actively upgrade EV-DO Rev. B based on the [...]
