Chinese telecommunication operator China Unicom has published its semi-annual financial report for the first half of 2010, stating that its operating revenue reached CNY82.11 billion, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%. Of the total operating revenue, CNY41.05 billion was contributed by the mobile businesses, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%; while CNY40.11 billion was from the fixed [...]

Chinese telecommunication equipment maker ZTE Corporation has published its interim results for the first half of 2010 ended June 30. During the first half of 2010, ZTE achieved operating revenue of CNY30.725 billion, a year-on-year increase of 10.89%; its net profit was CNY877 million, a year-on-year increase of 12.02%; and its basic earnings per share [...]

Chinese mobile Internet company KongZhong Corporation today announced its unaudited second quarter 2010 financial results. Total revenues for the quarter increased 9% year-over-year to USD35.3 million and total gross margin was 48% in the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 44% from the previous quarter in 2010. Net income was USD2.6 million, and KongZhong [...]

Shanda Interactive Entertainment has decided the final retail price of CNY999 for its electronic reader product Bambook, and a new reservation system has been launched for the marketing of this new product. Bambook will be officially launched on September 28, 2010, with an updated software version. Prior to this, the product was put into the [...]

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has completed its tests in Tianjin and will start the trial operation of the mobile phone number portability service from October 2010. The mobile phone number portability service allows users of a telecom operator to change their mobile communication service providers and enjoy the services of the new [...]

Taiwan-headquartered fabless semiconductor company MediaTek has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with the Japanese communication giant NTT DoCoMo, regarding LTE-PF, a mobile terminal platform based on Long Term Evolution. Upon the completion of the LTE-PF licensing agreement, MediaTek plans to integrate this LTE technology with its 2G and 3G technologies to provide [...]

A representative from Unicom Vsens, the terminal subsidiary of China Unicom, has confirmed to the local media that China Unicom will launch the 8G iPhone 3GS handset with a Wi-Fi feature in China on August 9, 2010. The new product will reportedly be sold with a 24-month contract at the price of CNY4,999. The introduction [...]

Chinese online media company Sina Corporation today announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, and stated net revenues grew 10% year over year. Sina reported net revenues of USD99.4 million, compared to USD90.3 million for the same period last year. Advertising revenues for the second quarter of 2010 were USD73.1 [...]

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC has brought new smartphone products under a new brand of HTC to the Chinese mainland market, aiming to become a top five smartphone vendor in this marketplace. The company has released four HTC brands, including Tianxi and Tianyi based on China Mobile's TD-SCDMA network, and Wildfire and Desire based on [...]

The U.S. electronics products maker Apple has started the sales of its iPad tablet computers in Hong Kong. According to Apple's Hong Kong official website, the new iPads launched in Hong Kong have Wi-Fi and 3G versions, and their capacities are 16G, 32G, and 64G, respectively. The retail price for a 16G Wi-Fi version iPad [...]

According to statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the end of May 2010, the number of China's 3G users had reached 21.9 million, an increase of 8.642 million compared with the end of 2009. In addition, China's 3G networks added 2.3 million new users in May 2010, an increase of [...]

Chinese lifestyle information and classifieds listings website Ganji.com has announced that it has gained joint investments of USD20 million from Nokia Growth Partners and BlueRun Ventures.
Yang Haoyong, founder and CEO of Ganji.com, told local media that the company will enhance the applications of its lifestyle information on the mobile Internet. No matter where the users [...]

Chinese telecommunications operator China Telecom has announced the launch of its first customized 3G tablet computer product named LifePad, which has an embedded EVDO module and supports China Telecom's 3G network.
Made by Mastone Communication & Electrical Development Company, China Telecom's LifePad adopts Freescale's i.MX51 processor based on the ARM Cortex A8 core. It has a [...]

The world's leading wireless platforms and semiconductors developer ST-Ericsson has launched a new platform in China to enable makers to make multi-function mobile phones with high-speed Internet performance.
The platform, which is known as T6718, combines a TD-HSPA mobile broadband modem with a rich feature set, and it delivers a rich Internet experience, including fast browsing, [...]

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published the performance statistics of China's communication industry for April 2010 on its official website, stating that the number of phone users showed a net increase of 8.497 million, reaching a total number of 1.094 billion.
MIIT said that from January to April 2010, China's telecom industry realized [...]

Chinese telecom companies Potevio and ZTE have signed a comprehensive strategic agreement to implement a cooperation in the TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE sectors.
The two parties said that with the cooperation, they will optimize the advantages of each other to realize mutual benefits and to provide better communication products and services to the market and customers. Depending [...]

Guangdong Development Bank and China Unicom have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Guangzhou to improve the financial information service of the bank.
According to the agreement, China Unicom and Guangdong Development Bank will cooperate in the launch of one-stop information application services, including the establishment of a mobile phone group network, wireless POS, 3G mobile [...]

Chinese wireless value-added services firm KongZhong Corporation announced its unaudited first quarter 2010 financial results.
Total revenues for the first quarter of 2010 increased 37% year-over-year to USD40.64 million, with WVAS revenues accounting for USD25.9 million, a 3% increase from the previous quarter and a 9% increase from the same period last year.
Although the bulk of [...]

Information from the operating department of China Mobile's Fetion service revealed that Fetion's new version, which will be launched at the end of May 2010, will add a video chat function.
A representative from the department said that the new version of this mobile instant messaging software will adopt a new system structure and its highlight [...]

Mats H Olsson, Ericsson's head of China and Northeast Asia, said during the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum held in Shanghai from May 17 to May 18, 2010, that Ericsson has decided not to enter the Chinese CDMA equipment market again.
Early in 2005, Ericsson announced that in would gradually withdraw from the CDMA market. However, in [...]