Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has reportedly reached an agreement with Apple to introduce the CDMA version of the iPhone 4S into China. The latest news released by Chinese local media stated that China Telecom has been preparing for the launch of CDMA-based iPhone 4S; and the new product will be available at the end [...]
China Has 110 Million 3G Mobile Users
27 December 2011
According to statistics provided by the three major Chinese telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, the number of 3G users largely increased in November 2011, reaching a total of 110 million. China Unicom reported that the number of its newly increased 3G users was over three million for the first time in [...]
China Counts 150 Million Mobile Phone App Store Users
10 November 2011
By the end of September 2011, there were 150 million registered users of mobile phone application stores in China, an increase of almost 50% compared with the previous quarter, according to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The statistics showed that by the end of the third quarter of 2011, [...]
China Telecom's Net Profit On The Rise
30 August 2011
Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has published its financial report for the first half of 2011, stating that its operating revenue reached CNY120.208 billion and its net profit reached CNY9.808 billion during the first six months of the year. From January to June 2011, China Telecom gained 17.85 million new CDMA 3G users, reaching a [...]
China's Tencent Enters Mobile Market With 3G Smartphones
16 June 2011
Chinese Internet giant Tencent has announced that it is cooperating with China Telecom and five mobile phone manufacturers in the launch of six smartphone products, which have the embedded QQ-service platforms. These six smartphone products are made by five Chinese mobile phone makers, including Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad, K-Touch, and Hisense. Based on China Telecom's CDMA [...]
China Telecom's CDMA Users Over 100 Million In March 2011
04 May 2011
Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has released its operating statistics for March 2011, stating that the number of its CDMA users saw fast growth of 58%, reaching a total of over 100 million for the first time. The company said that in March 2011, it added 3.8 million new CDMA subscribers, a month-over-month increase of [...]
Ericsson Acquires Guangdong Nortel For USD50 Million
06 December 2010
Ericsson has acquired Guangdong Nortel Telecommunication Equipment Company for USD50 Million. As the joint venture of the global communication giant Nortel in China, Guangdong Nortel was founded in 1995. It is dedicated to introducing high-end technology and actively promoting localization of research, development, production and services with its telecommunication technology, reliable product quality, and specialist [...]
China's Telecom Revenue Reached CNY2.544 Trillion In First Ten Months
02 December 2010
According to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to October 2010, China realized accumulated telecom revenue of CNY2.544 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 20.7%; and that from major telecom businesses was CNY744.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%. For details, the accumulated revenue from the mobile communications sector [...]
China Had 21.9 Million 3G Users By May 2010
23 July 2010
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 [...]
Coolpad Expands Mobile Phone Focus This Year
04 June 2010
According to Su Feng, vice president of the Chinese mobile phone maker Coolpad, unlike its former high-end orientation, Coolpad will expand to now cover the entire high, medium, and low-end mobile phone markets in 2010. Therefore, the company plans to build at least 2,000 new self-owned sales channel sites this year to increase its overall [...]
Ericsson Gives Up Chinese CDMA Equipment Market
19 May 2010
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 [...]
China Mobile Revenue Up 7.7% In Q1 2010
23 April 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has published its unaudited financial statistics for the first quarter of 2010, stating that its operating revenue increased by 7.7% year-on-year to CNY109.087 billion and its profit attributable to shareholders increased by 1.1% year-on-year to CNY25.477 billion.
By the end of March 2010, China Mobile had gained 539 million users, a [...]
Huawei Sales Up 19% In 2009
02 April 2010
Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its sales worldwide increased by 19% year-on-year to CNY149.1 billion.
The report shows that in 2009 Huawei realized net profit of CNY18.3 billion, its net profit rate was 12.2%, and its operating profit rate was 14.1%.
Promoted by the 3G network [...]
China Telecom Includes 100 Enterprises In Its CDMA2000 Alliance
08 March 2010
Initiated by China Telecom, the operator of the CDMA2000 network in China, China's "CDMA2000 Mobile Phone Design and Development Industry Alliance" has been founded in Beijing with over 100 members, including mobile phone chip platform providers, mobile phone design companies, and brand manufacturers with independent development abilities.
Yang Xiaowei, vice general manager of China Telecom and [...]
LTE Commitment Gives China Telecom Membership In GSMA
16 February 2010
Based on its commitment to deploy commercial wireless services based on Long-Term Evolution, China Telecom has now been granted membership in the GSM Association.
According to the GSMA, China Telecom will begin the commercial deployment of LTE as early as 2010.
LTE was developed to enable a significant increase in the bandwidth achievable over mobile networks, while [...]
Coolpad Signs Partnership Memorandum With Taiwanese Asia Pacific Telecom
12 February 2010
Chinese mainland mobile phone maker Coolpad has signed a strategic partnership memorandum with Taiwan's Asiamore….
China's Huawei To Update 3G Network For Pakistani Telecom Operator
11 January 2010
Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei has announced that it will help Pakistan Telecommunications, the largest [...]
China's Three Telecom Operators Publish 3G Results
08 January 2010
China's three major telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom have published the [...]
China's ZTE Sold 14.2 Million Mobile Phones In Q3 2009
14 December 2009
According to ZTE's latest performance report for the third quarter of 2009, the company sold [...]
Chinese Telecom Operators Publish Operating Statistics For June 2009
23 July 2009
China's three major telecom operators, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, have published their operating statistics for June 2009.
According to operating statistics published by China Mobile, the number of its newly added users in June was 5.019 million, a growth slowdown compared with the 5.12 million new users in May. The number of its [...]


