China Telecom is reportedly inking a deal with Britain's Everything Everywhere to launch mobile services in the country. Everything Everywhere is a UK mobile operator jointly invested by France's Orange and Germany's T-Mobile. According to the agreement, China Telecom (Europe), China Telecom's wholly-owned subsidiary for the EMEA region, will launch an MVNO on the network [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile plans to invest USD1.5 billion in CMPak, its wholly-owned subsidiary in Pakistan, over the next four years. Fan Yunjun, chief executive officer of CMPak, revealed the news over a talk with Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani. Fan said that China Mobile hopes to enlarge its 3G market share in [...]

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei has announced plans to invest up to USD150 million in India in 2012 to promote its business growth. Sures Vaidyanathan, Huawei's spokesperson in India, told local media that Huawei is committed to the long-term development in India, and it will accelerate the development of enterprise business, terminal business, 2G capacity [...]

Cloudary Corporation, the wholly-owned Internet literature subsidiary of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, has announced a strategic investment in Byread.com, a Chinese mobile reading platform, and the two parties will implement cooperation in providing copyrighted contents in China. According to official statistics from Cloudary, at present Cloudary has put over 10,000 books on the client of [...]

Swedish networking equipment maker Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson has announced that to meet the increasing demands for telecom management services in China and the world, the company will set up a new global network operating center in China. The company said that the new global network operating center aims to enhance its managed service delivery [...]

Chinese classified information website Ganji.com has updated its mobile client from the 1.0 version to 2.0, aiming to provide users with a better mobile Internet experience. Yang Haoyong, chief executive officer of Ganji.com, said that the company has invested a lot since the founding of its mobile Internet business department in September 2010. However, they [...]

Chinese Internet search engine company Baidu Inc. and Japanese communications giant NTT DoCoMo have established a joint venture in Japan. According to reports in Chinese Internet media, NTT DoCoMo will buy two batches of newly issued shares of the joint venture this year, totaling USD22.5 million. Baidu and NTT DoCoMo will finally own a 80% [...]

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE has announced that it has signed a five-year global strategic cooperation framework agreement with the leading Asian operator Axiata. This agreement reportedly served as a procurement platform agreement, under which ZTE will supply communications products to Axiata and its subsidiary Opcos. The five-year global strategic cooperation framework agreement aims to [...]

Chinese wireless value-added services and digital entertainment company KongZhong Corporation announced its unaudited first quarter 2011 financial results. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2011 increased 11% quarter-over-quarter to USD40.1 million. Net loss in for the quarter however was USD0.46 million, including a change in the fair value of the Dacheng contingent consideration of [...]

Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, revealed that the company will continue to develop the Chinese Wi-Fi market and plans to invest CNY10 billion in this sector in 2011. While attending a general meeting held in Hong Kong, Wang said that China Mobile is actively developing its Wi-Fi business and about 30% of its overall [...]

Chinese online and wireless media company Sina Corporation says its profit fell on higher costs as it announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. For the first quarter of 2011, Sina reported net revenues of USD100.2 million, compared to USD85.0 million for the same period last year. Of that [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has signed an agreement with the municipal government of Xi'an, Shaanxi, to invest CNY16 billion for the construction of a wireless city infrastructure. Under the agreement, the two parties will jointly promote the building of Xi'an as a wireless city. They will implement cooperation in various sectors, including the building [...]

Norwegian mobile Internet browser provider Opera Software ASA has announced plans to set up a joint venture with the Chinese mobile phone dealer Telling Telecom Development Company, aiming to develop a customized mobile browser platform for the Chinese market. The new joint venture will have registered capital of CNY135 million, of which Telling Telecom will [...]

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has announced that it has signed a USD100 million contract with the New Zealand-based mobile network 2degrees to help the company upgrade its network over the next two years. Eric Hertz, chief executive officer of 2degrees, said that the investment will ensure the company's network is ready to handle [...]

Ericsson's roadshow for its integrated TV solutions has been officially started in Shanghai and this activity will cover 12 cities in China, showcasing the company's latest technologies and solutions for integrated TV. According to the plan, the series of roadshows will be held in 12 Chinese cities from March to May 2011, covering Shanghai, Nanjing, [...]

The Sichuan provincial government has officially issued its wireless city working plan for 2011, stating that the province will invest CNY5 billion this year to build 9,600 3G network base stations. The 2011 working plan includes the goals, key tasks, and safeguard measures for the wireless city construction across Sichuan province. For network construction, Sichuan [...]

Chinese PC giant Lenovo has announced that it has established a new business group, focusing on the mobile Internet and family-oriented digital businesses. The new business group will reportedly be responsible for the research and development of mobile Internet terminals, including tablet computers, smartphones, and products involving cloud computing, smart television, and digital family technologies. [...]

Months after reporting sliding revenues and losing valuable relationships, Chinese online game company The9 is trying to rejuvenate itself via a deal to invest in mobile startups. The9 has reportedly entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Chengwei Ventures, ChinaRock Capital Management and China Renaissance K2 Ventures to form a USD100 million investment fund [...]

China-based Ku6 Media Company Ltd., which previously flew its technology media brand under the name Hurray Holding, announced that its net loss narrowed as it presented unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. Total revenues from the company's continuing operations, representing advertising revenues contributed by online video portal and online radio [...]

Chinese technology and telecommunications firm Huawei will invest USD67 million in a new research and development center in Canada. "Huawei's investment is great news for the city of Ottawa and the people of Ontario. It's an endorsement of Ontario's high-skilled workers and innovative researchers, and demonstrates the importance of our continued efforts to work together [...]