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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 telecom operator China Unicom has launched a new international roaming customer service hotline for its users who travel overseas. If China Unicom's mobile users cannot access the local networks normally or their mobile phones cannot be used normally when traveling to another country, they can dial China Unicom's new international roaming customer service hotlines [...]

Chinese online travel service provider eLong.com has officially launched its mobile reservation service in Beijing.
Users can now logon m.elong.com to make queries and book hotels and tickets.
Local media reports that eLong.com has been cooperating with Nokia and China Unicom on mobile reservation services since 2009. Its mobile website has been put into trial operation [...]

The once-postponed mobile phone reading service of China Telecom will now reportedly be formally launched in late July 2010.
An insider revealed to the local media that the related departments of China Telecom have started planning and deploying resources for the launch of this new service and the company will set up a mobile reading base [...]

China UnionPay has collaborated with commercial banks, mobile communication operators, and mobile phone manufactures for the establishment of the Mobile Payment Industry Alliance in China.
The Mobile Payment Industry Alliance aims to break the barriers in different industries to set up a platform for communication and close coordination for Internet payment services. Parties of the alliance [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Lenovo and China Unicom have announced plans to launch Lenovo's new smartphone LePhone on May 17, 2010.
The market price for LePhone is reportedly at CNY2,899. However, the smartphone will not be sold as bare mobile phone and China Unicom has designed an exclusive contract program for LePhone. Consumers who want to buy LePhones can either [...]

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, China Unicom and Taiwan Mobile have jointly launched a roaming preferential policy to free travelers between the mainland and Taiwan from high roaming fees.
With the policy, Taiwanese mobile phone users who travel to the Chinese mainland cities only need to pay the mobile communications fee at the local [...]

The Association of Communications Across the Taiwan Straits and Taiwan Telecommunication Industry Development Association have signed five memorandums of understanding, marking the formal beginning of the cooperation of cross-strait telecom associations.
According to the five MOUs, the two parties will build a cooperation and exchange platform for telecom industries in Taiwan and mainland China; promote communications [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has published its operating statistics for March 2010.
According to the report, China Unicom's 2G users reached 147.263 million by the end of the month, a net increase of 873,000 compared with the previous month; and the number of its 3G users increased by 759,000, including 23,600 new 3G wireless network [...]

The joint construction and sharing of Shanghai's telecom infrastructures has played an important role in the city's major projects, including the World Expo site, Hongqiao traffic hub, and Lingang new city, and the three major Chinese telecom operators claim to have realized full joint construction and sharing of mobile base stations for the 2010 Shanghai [...]

With online and wireless security more important than ever, the Communications Network Security Professional Committee of the China Association of Communications Enterprises has been created in Beijing to address issues surrounding spam, hacking, and phishing activities.
The members of the committee include China's three major telecom operators, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom as well [...]

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 [...]

Ericsson has signed separate framework agreements with China Mobile and China Unicom, with the total value of USD1.8 billion.
According to Ericsson's agreement with China Mobile, it will provide a multi-standard radio base station RBS 6000 and mobile soft-switching technology to the Chinese operator to enhance its network capacity and evolve it into an IP network. [...]

According to China's Vsens, the wholly-owned customized terminal subsidiary of China Unicom, its new customized 3G smartphone, XT701, made by Motorola, is now ready for sale.
This is China Unicom's first smartphone product based on the latest Android 2.0 platform and the product, with Wi-Fi function, is sold at the price of CNY4,299.
Consumers who are interested [...]