According to latest statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2009, [...]
China Mobile Shanghai Launches Broadband, Fixed Line Services
23 September 2009
Cooperating with China Tietong Shanghai, China Mobile Shanghai has launched broadband and fixed line services to become a full-service telecom operator.
At present, China Mobile Shanghai has opened these services in 200 communities in Shanghai and received applications from over 1,000 families.
According to a representative from China Mobile Shanghai, the company launched a comprehensive family package, [...]
China Unicom Inks Broad Investment Deal With Telefonica
07 September 2009
China Unicom and Telefonica have agreed both to cooperate in various business areas such as joint acquisitions and to push forward a share swap.
Both parties have entered into a subscription agreement in which China Unicom and Telefonica agreed to invest the equivalent of USD1 billion in the other party through the acquisition of each party's [...]
China Telecom Will Upgrade Yangtze River Delta Backbone Network With Ericsson
14 August 2009
Ericsson has gained a contract from China Telecom to upgrade the operator's backbone network in the Yangtze River Delta area with its 40 Gbps DWDM optical transmission solution.
Under the contract, Ericsson will use its 40 Gbps DWDM solution, the MHL 3000 series, to upgrade China Telecom's 10G DWDM network connecting Yangtze River Delta cities such [...]
China Telecom Shanghai To Improve Internet Bandwidth
08 July 2009
China Telecom Shanghai branch has launched a plan to improve its Internet bandwidth to 100 megabytes for its three million broadband users.
According to the plan, this will increase the Internet speed of its family users by tens of times by 2012. About 750,000 newly-built communities and business buildings will realize the bandwidth of "100 megabytes [...]
AsiaInfo To Set Up New Charging System For China Mobile Beijing
25 June 2009
AsiaInfo Holdings, a provider of high-quality telecom software solutions and IT security products and services in China, has won a bid to set up a new charge system for China Mobile Beijing's pre-paid services.
According to Steve Zhang, president and CEO of AsiaInfo, with the ever-intense competition in China's telecom industry, operators need a modern charging [...]
China Mobile, China Telecom Publish Operating Statistics For May 2009
23 June 2009
Two major Chinese telecommunications operators, China Mobile and China Telecom, have published their operating statistics for May 2009.
China Mobile said the number of its new users increased by 5.12 million in May, which was a slight slowdown compared with the 5.82 million newly-added users in April. By the end of May 2009, the total number [...]
China Unicom Will Invest CNY3.6 Billion To Build Wireless System In Hainan
18 June 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom has signed a cooperative framework agreement with the municipal government of Hainan to build the province into a broadband wireless information island.
Under the agreement, China Unicom will invest about CNY3.6 billion in Hainan in the next five years to enhance the province's information infrastructure construction and to realize a full [...]
China Unicom To Invest CNY40 Billion In Henan
12 June 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom has signed an investment plan with the government of Henan to invest CNY40 billion in 3G and broadband network construction in the province in the next five years.
Under the agreement, China Unicom will invest CNY40 billion in information communication infrastructure construction in Henan, including 3G network construction, broadband network coverage [...]
China Telecom Beijing Opens Flagship Store On Taobao.com
10 June 2009
China Telecom Beijing branch has opened a flagship store on the Internet e-commerce website Taobao.com, providing 3G terminal products such as 3G network interface cards, 3G mobile phones, and 3G netbooks as well as communications services such as wireless broadband service, 3G wireless packages, and voice service packages.
Compared with products sold in China Telecom's business [...]
China Mobile To Invest CNY80 Billion In Guangdong Over Next Five Years
15 May 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has signed a framework agreement with the Guangdong government to invest CNY80 billion in the province in the next five years to support its network construction and business development in Guangdong.
According to the agreement, China Mobile and the Guangdong government will jointly implement ten projects, including the leading information network [...]
China Unicom Seeks 3G Equipment In Europe
03 March 2009
Chinese telecommunication operator China Unicom has confirmed that the company has sent a group to Europe to purchase 3G communications equipment and has signed contracts with European companies, including the Germany-based Nokia Siemens Networks.
Zuo Xunsheng, vice general manager for China Unicom, reportedly arrived in Germany last week with China's trade and investment delegation sent by [...]
China Unicom Publishes Operating Statistics For January 2009
23 February 2009
China Unicom has published its operating statistics for January 2009 and states the number of its GSM mobile phone users realized a net increase of 839,000 during the period.
Statistics show that the total number of China Unicom's GSM mobile phone users reached 134.20 million by the end of January. In addition, the number of its [...]
Hong Kong's Radio Spectrum Auction For Broadband Wireless Services Concludes
28 January 2009
Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that the auction of radio spectrum in the 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz bands has been completed, with Genius Brand, CSL, and China Mobile as big winners bidding a total of HKD1.5 billion.
The three companies successfully bid for a total of 90 MHz of radio spectrum in [...]
China's Telecom Operators See User Declines In December 2008
22 January 2009
All of the three major Chinese telecommunications operators have published their operating statistics for December 2008, of which, China Mobile was still the largest winner with a stable growth in user number, while rivals China Unicom and China Telecom saw serious declines in their respective fixed network businesses.
China Unicom Publishes Operating Statistics For November 2008
29 December 2008
China Unicom has published its operating statistics for November 2008, which state the number of its GSM mobile phone users increased by 996,000 during the month, reaching an accumulated number of 133 million users.
Beijing Netcom Reduces Charge For 2M Broadband
12 November 2008
Having upgraded the highest speed of its ADSL broadband to four megabytes, the China Netcom Beijing branch has now started to reduce the fee for its two megabytes ADSL broadband and the price has been formally decreased to CNY168 from November 2008.
China Telecom Launches Mobile Version Of My E-Home In Jiangsu
10 November 2008
After acquiring the CDMA network from China Unicom, China Telecom (CHA) is actively implementing the merger of its fixed line and mobile network and according to insider of the company, China Telecom has launched the trial operation of the mobile version of its My e-Home product in Jiangsu, realizing the … Read More>>
China Mobile Beijing Signs Strategic Cooperative Agreement With Beijing Jiaotong University
11 August 2008
China Mobile (CHL) Beijing branch has signed a strategic cooperative agreement with Beijing Jiaotong University to jointly train talents and implement campus information construction.
China Netcom Signs Strategic Cooperative Agreement With Hebei Province
08 August 2008
The People's Government of Hebei Province and China Netcom signed a strategic cooperative agreement at Bailou Hotel, Shijiazhuang this week.














