Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority this week issued a new code of practicemore….

Lu Jiansheng, vice president of Sony Ericsson Group and director of Sony Ericsson China, has [...]

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and National Development and Reform Commission have jointly [...]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has accredited four local certification bodies to provide a full range of equipment testing and certification services on a non-exclusive basis.
The first batch of four LCBs accredited to provide testing and certification services are Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre Limited, Intertek Testing Services Hong Kong Limited, SGS [...]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Guangdong Communications Administration have signed a memorandum of understanding on the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement to allow Hong Kong service suppliers to distribute fixed-line and mobile telephone cards in Guangdong province, but for use in [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has announced that starting from October 1, 2009, users of China Telecom's three eSurfing packages will be free from charges of incoming calls in mainland China, with exceptions of calls from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau.
According to China Telecom, the three packages include "My e-Home", "BizNavigator", and "eSurfing Business Trip". [...]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority states that a mobile virtual network operator, Trident Telecom Ventures Limited, had notified OFTA that it relinquished its license to OFTA.
MVNO services of Trident have been suspended since December 1, 2008, when its service agreement with its hosting mobile network operator was terminated because of a contractual dispute. [...]

Chinese telecom equipment provider ZTE Corporation has signed a contract with the Turkish telecom operator Turkcell to build a universal mobile telecommunication system network for Byelorussian Telecommunication Network, the operator's subsidiary in Belarus.
This is another achievement for ZTE's UMTS network in the European market, following its successful entry into Estonia, Romania, and Turkey.
Under the contract, [...]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has decided to allow telecommunications operators to provide a fixed mobile number portability service on a voluntary basis.
To gauge the market demand for the FMNP service before deciding whether to introduce the service , the OFTA commissioned an independent consultant to conduct a market survey in early 2008. [...]

European leading communication service provider Deutsche Telekom has announced plans to set up a Shenzhen branch, which is reportedly the company's fourth branch in China.
Michael Hagspihl, senior vice president of Deutsche Telekom, told local media that the reasons for the company to open its new branch in Shenzhen is because it makes Deutsche Telekom closer [...]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that three mobile network operators have successfully bid for a total of 9.6 MHz of radio spectrum in the 1800 MHz frequency band at a total of upfront spectrum utilization fee of HKD46.1 million.
Three incumbent mobile network operators took part in the spectrum auction. Conducted on an [...]

CPCNet Hong Kong Limited has started working with Vietnam Datacommunication Company to establish a virtual private network in Vietnam, with the first POP ready for operations in Ho Chi Minh city this July.
"This partnership fulfills our mission to be a preferred partner by multinational corporations and certainly helps extend our reach to a new group [...]

According to Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, the company plans to get back from the Hong Kong share market and seek a listing in Shanghai.
Wang said if the policy allows, China Mobile prefers to issue China Depositary Receipts instead of A-shares, because the listing procedures of CDRs are simpler. In addition, issuing CDRs will [...]

Hong Kong's Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited has announced the successful spin-off and listing of the company's Hong Kong and Macau operations on the main board of the Hong Kong stock exchange.
The listing was by way of introduction of the shares of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited on the stock exchange which began trading on [...]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has invited applications from existing mobile network operators to participate in the online auction of radio spectrum in the 1800 MHz band, which is scheduled to be held in June 2009.
"There has been significant growth of mobile telephony services in Hong Kong over the past years. As of [...]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has issued a statement that the regulatory guidance on fixed-mobile interconnection charge in favor of the mobile party's network pay model will be withdrawn as planned today when the two-year transition period ends.
The interconnection charge for fixed-mobile interconnection will thereafter be settled among fixed and mobile operators by [...]

In its drive to become a true wireless city, Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has published for the first time the statistics of local mobile data usage, which showcase a surge to 147 Terabytes as of January 2009, or an average amount of 44 Mbytes per 2.5G/3G mobile user for that particular month.
Apart [...]

ZTE USA Inc., a subsidiary of China's ZTE Corporation, has unveiled its LTE strategy for the North American market with a Software Defined Radio platform-based UMTS solution already developed and devices expected in the next 12-18 months.
Dr. George Sun, CEO of ZTE USA, stated: "We anticipate widespread commercial adoption of LTE in the North American [...]

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that the application of the annual number fee will be extended to public radio paging and mobile virtual network services on June 1, 2009.
The license fee for each mobile station will also be reduced from HKD18 to HKD8 per year. Public radio paging and mobile virtual network [...]

Three trade unions in Hong Kong have called on 1500 employees at PCCW to protest against the company's job cuts and salary reductions and request the Hong Kong SAR government's intervention in the company's irresponsible behaviors.
According to local Hong Kong media, the trade unions joining the proposed parade reportedly included PCCW Employees General Union, Hong [...]