With a total investment of CNY4 billion, China Mobile's new call center in Luoyang, Henan province, has been formally launched. The new call center is reportedly the largest of its kind in the world. It marks China Mobile's new move to realize integrated management of call centers, which were divided by administrative regions in the [...]
Foxconn Hiring Additional 100,000 Employees For Zhengzhou iPhone Manufacturing
06 January 2012
Foxconn, the original equipment manufacturer for Apple products, is reportedly expanding its manufacturing capacity in 2012, aiming to increase production for iPhones and iPads to meet the ever-growing market demand. According to reports in Chinese local media, Foxconn is cooperating with the municipal government of Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, to double the number of [...]
China Unicom, Five Star Appliance Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
10 December 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom and Five Star Appliance, Best Buy's electronics retail subsidiary in China, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering various services of China Unicom. Under the agreement, Five Star Appliance will set up special zones in its stores in China to handle businesses and sell mobile phones for China Unicom. Users [...]
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 [...]
Taiwanese Networking Equipment Provider To Establish Mobile Phone Base In Zhengzhou
31 August 2010
Taiwanese networking equipment giant AboCom System Inc. has announced in Zhengzhou, Henan, that it will invest CNY2 billion to establish a 3G mobile phone technology industry base in the city. Eric Ouyang, chairman of AboCom, revealed that the company signed an agreement with Zhengzhou High & New Technology Industries Development Zone for the establishment of [...]
Taobao.com To Launch Wireless SMS Price Comparison Service
28 October 2009
Taobao.com, the Internet shopping subsidiary of the Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it will cooperate with China Mobile to launch a new mobile phone short message-based price comparison service.
With this new service, mobile phone users will be able to inquire about the prices of goods sold on Taobao.com when they are shopping [...]
Henan Launches Platform To Fight Spam Messages
30 September 2009
According to Henan Communications Administration, basic telecom operating companies in this province have launched a joint processing platform to fight Chinese mobile text short messages and to further improve the coordination of anti-spam channels.
To promote the control of spam SMS, the administration published a notice about the special campaign, and this campaign will last until [...]
Distributors Claim Nokia Involved In Tax Evasion And Tax Fraud In China
06 August 2009
Nokia's distributors have submitted a report to China's National Development and Reform Commission, State Administration of Taxation and State Administration for Industry and Commerce which alleges how Nokia has been involved in tax evasion and tax fraud in China.
Liu Youming, a representative from Nokia's distributors, told Chinese media that the distributors had sent a legal [...]
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 Mobile To Invest CNY20 Billion In TD-SCDMA Network Expansion In Guangxi
10 June 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has announced plans to invest CNY20 million in Guangxi in the next three years to realize TD-SCDMA network coverage in all prefecture-level cities in the region.
China Mobile revealed that its investment in 2009 will be over CNY5 billion.
Under the cooperative framework agreement signed by China Mobile and the government of [...]
China Unicom Says "No Comment" To iPhone Agreement With Apple
20 March 2009
In response to media reports this week which stated China Unicom has signed an agreement with Apple to introduce Apple's iPhone into China, a spokesperson from China Unicom says "no comment at the current stage".
However, according to a China Unicom insider quoted by local media, the two companies' negotiation about the introduction of iPhone has [...]
Online Payment Available For China Unicom Fixed Line Users
07 January 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom has announced that after launching online enquiry and payment functions for mobile phone users across China, the company has now opened a fixed line payment function that is available in 10 northern Chinese cities and provinces, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Shandong, Shanxi, … Read More>>
China Telecom Integrates Business Intelligence With New CDMA Network
28 October 2008
AsiaInfo (ASIA) has won tenders with China Telecom to develop business intelligence systems for China Telecom's Beijing, Henan and Heilongjiang subsidiaries.
Chinese Mobile Service Providers Suspended For Sending Fake Messages
06 August 2008
According to the report on the governing of the charges of telecommunications service providers released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on August 5, 2008, four service providers were suspended, pending rectification, in the second quarter of 2008.
Henan China Unicom Invests CNY3 Billion To Upgrade GSM Network
28 July 2008
China Unicom Henan branch introduced the progress of its GSM network expansion in a press conference held in Zhengzhou and announced plans to invest another CNY3 billion to improve its GSM network.
AsiaInfo Wins China Mobile Deal In Henan
28 March 2008
AsiaInfo (ASIA) has signed a contract with Henan Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, to develop its Business Operation Support Systems.


