03/14/2011
TelecomAsia.net
China’s telecom ministry has stated that large-scale commercial deployment of LTE in the country will take between 3- 5 years.
This is the first time the ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) has provided an official timeline for the country’s move to LTE.
Minister Miao Wei further told China Daily that significant rollouts were [...]
02/24/2011
Forbes – Online
Asus’ quest to increase its smartphone business has taken it far from its Taiwan headquarters, to Europe and North America. In its latest — and Asus’ T10 Android-based smartphone for China Mobile biggest — bid for phone sales, however, the company is aiming closer to home: mainland China’s China Mobile.
On Thursday afternoon [...]
02/15/2011
Total Telecom Online
WiFi offload, earlier LTE rollout key to solving mobile data overload, according to Chinese operator; plans to deploy 1 million hotspots.
The capacity crunch caused by increased mobile data usage is as acute in China as it is elsewhere in the world, but the country’s largest mobile operator is working on solutions. Key to [...]
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 [...]
01/18/2011
TelecomAsia.net
China Unicom is rumored to be looking to attract 50 million new 3G subscribers this year, and has started a marketing push to reach its goal.
The company has started localized 3G marketing at two of its branches and is preparing new 3G services to help it meet its ambitious targets, a source within the [...]
11/01/2010
AFP
E-reader device allows users to access Facebook, Twitter despite censorship.
Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle 3G e-reader is being snapped up on China’s gray market as it has an extra special advantage for customers–it automatically leaps the so-called “Great Firewall” of state web censorship.
Sites such as Facebook and Twitter, which are blocked by the Beijing authorities, can [...]
10/19/2010
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, said China remains a very important market for the company and there is “huge potential” for it to win sales by aiding small local companies with global marketing.
“Google is a global company and we have built a platform that can help facilitate Chinese [...]
10/14/2010
TMCnet.com
Oct 13, 2010 (San Jose Mercury News – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — BEIJING, China — The store clerk polished the iPhone 4 as though it were a diamond. Then he reverentially handed it to Liu Jia.
“You have to have it. It’s like religion,” said Liu, a 29-year-old public relations manager. “I don’t [...]
09/29/2010
Wall Street Journal Asia – Beijing Bureau, The
BEIJING—China has become one of the biggest sources of games for mobile devices like the iPhone and social-networking sites like Facebook. But software developers here are finding it difficult to make profits in their home market.
Rampant piracy and the smaller reach of distribution systems like Apple Inc.’s App [...]
09/27/2010
Wall Street Journal
BEIJING—China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. said its supply of Apple Inc.’s iPhone 4 handsets is insufficient to meet user demand but that it will increase its supply as quickly as possible. Sales of the model started at a much faster pace than when older versions of the iPhone went on sale in China [...]
