China Unicom has completed its first cloud computing procurement project, and four manufacturers won the bidding for various aspects of the project. In 2009, China Unicom established its cloud computing research team and the company started the procurement of desktop cloud platforms from October 2010. After over 2,000 reported tests, including maturity, reliability, and ease [...]
China Unicom Partners With Guangdong Retailers For 3G Services
15 April 2011
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has signed cooperating agreements with five mobile phone retail channel providers in Guangdong. The five mobile phone retail chain enterprises include Shenzhen Hengbo, Guangdong Dadi, Dongguan Jietong, Guangdong Junhe, and Guangdong Longyue. This is reportedly the first time for China Unicom to sign comprehensive strategic cooperating agreements with regional mobile [...]
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 Sina.com Publishes First Microblog White Paper
16 September 2010
Chinese portal website Sina.com has published its first white paper targeting the Chinese microblog market. The white paper reveals that by the end of 2010, there will be over 65 million registered active accounts in the Internet microblog sector in China; by 2011, the number will be over 100 million. Statistics show that Sina's microblog [...]
China Telecom Will Formally Launch Mobile E-book Service In Late July
25 June 2010
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 [...]
Guangdong Development Bank, China Unicom Sign Strategic Agreement
24 May 2010
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 [...]
China Mobile Confirms Acquisition Of 20% Stake In Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
12 March 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has finally published an official announcement, confirming that it will invest CNY39.8 billion to acquire a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
China Mobile Guangdong and SPD Bank have signed an agreement, under which China Mobile Guangdong will conditionally acquire the stake for cash consideration of CNY39.8 billion; while SPD [...]
Coolpad Launches New 3G Mobile Phone Factory In Dongguan
03 February 2010
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Coolpad has revealed to the local media that the first-phase projectmore….
China Telecom To Build Six Content Bases To Propel 3G Apps
27 January 2010
China Telecom plans to establish a product center and will set up six content bases [...]
Guangdong To Establish Digital Publication Industry Alliance
06 January 2010
According to Su Yi, director of digital publication management department of Administration of Press and [...]
Chinese Electronics Retailers Offer Mobile Phone Trade-in Deals
23 December 2009
Chinese electronics retailers Dazhong and Gome have announced that they have launched mobile phone trade-in [...]
Crackdown Continues: China Exposes Providers Of Vulgar Internet Content
02 December 2009
Just days after China Mobile slammed shut the ability for wireless value-added service providers to [...]
China Mobile's App Store Starts To Charge
03 November 2009
Mobile Market, China Mobile's online mobile phone applications store for its OPhone and other devices, has published a notice stating that it started to charge for software and game products downloaded from its website from November 1, 2009.
The notice also made a correction to its previous report and stated the charging area would not be [...]
Guangdong Unicom Helps With Digital Tourism
16 October 2009
Guangdong Provincial Tourism Bureau and Guangdong Unicom have signed a strategic partnership agreement to boost the tourism development of Guangdong province.
Guangdong Unicom will assist the information technology construction of Guangdong's tourism sector making use of its advantages in information technology, networking and services. It will provide tourism enterprises in the province with basic communications and [...]
100,000 Recruits Will Test Mobile Service In China
14 August 2009
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has announced plans to recruit 100,000 experienced mobile phone application products users to test the applications provided in its new mobile phone application online store Mobile Market.
According to information published in Mobile Market's developer community, users participating in this testing team can use the relevant applications for free during the [...]
Carrefour, China Unicom Cooperate In Telecom Value-added Services
13 August 2009
French retail giant Carrefour and China Unicom Guangdong branch have formed a strategic alliance and have signed a cooperative agreement.
Under the agreement, Carrefour will introduce China Unicom's WO brand 3G experience stores in its 16 outlets in five cities in the Pearl River Delta area. These stores will provide services such as 3G personal services, [...]
China Telecom Guangdong Plans To Support Online Game Industry
04 August 2009
China Telecom Guandgong, the company's largest branch in China, has announced plans to further support the development of China's online game industry.
Based on its eight million broadband user group, China Telecom Guangdong's new plan will cover channel-sharing promotion, flexible service cooperation, online game exhibition, and online game competition.
For channel-sharing promotion, China Telecom Guangdong will launch [...]
China's MIIT To Promote Mobile Phone Real-name System
05 June 2009
According to Guangdong Communications Administration, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the State Council Information Office are jointly formulating regulations on mobile phone real-name registration system and the regulations are waiting for the approval of the State Council.
Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department said that by the end of [...]
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 Mobile Opens Registration Of 139.com SNS Website
08 May 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has announced the opening of registration of its social networking service website 139.com and the testing area of its website will be extended from Guangdong to the entire country.
139.com is a website operated by China Mobile's mobile Internet subsidiary and the website aims to build an online family of users [...]


