China Mobile, one of the world's largest mobile communications operators, has just published its corporate social responsibility report for 2008.
In the report, China Mobile says that it invested a total of CNY19.5 billion in 2008 to make mobile telephone services accessible in more than 60,000 remote villages in China. In addition, it donated up to [...]

Chinese wireless value-added services company Hurray (HRAY) just announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 and said unsurprisingly that total revenues were only USD12.8 million, a decline of 3.7% quarter-over-quarter and 12.4% year-over-year.

China Mobile's (CHL) Sichuan branch has completed the mobile communications coverage in 21 cities, 451 towns and 4389 villages that were affected by the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake along with the 492 temporal residences and China Mobile will invest about CNY5.6 billion for post-disaster reconstruction.

China Mobile (CHL) said it had derated a total of CNY260 million in communications fee for about 3.329 million mobile phone users in the earthquake area of Sichuan from May 12 to May 31.

After China Mobile (CHL) announced a preferential policy for Shenzhouxing users in the earthquake area round Sichuan, a number of mobile phone card wholesalers from Beijing's Wanjia Madian Post Card Market reportedly have flown to Sichuan to recharge the mobile phone cards they've purchased in large quantities to make a … Read More>>

According to China's Ministry of Information Industry, the May 12 earthquake has caused a direct economic loss of up to CNY3 billion to China's communications industry with 3833 telecommunications bureaus and 25735 mobile base stations affected, 24496 kilometers of communications lines damaged and 117112 communications poles broken.

Following the earthquake in Sichuan, a number of foreign telecom operators have lent a hand for China's disaster relief by either donating money or offering other services.

China Mobile's (CHL) Sichuan branch has begun to open sites in areas with dense populations in Sichuan Province so that people affected by the earthquake can keep in touch with their families and friends around the nation.

China Unicom (CHU) says that due to the earthquake, its G net and C net in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province have both broken.