Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced that its first flagship store under its 3G brand "Wo" has been opened in Beijing.
Located in the southern hall of China Unicom's headquarters building in the Financial Street, the three-floor Wo flagship retail store covers a total area of about 800 square meters. So far, 56 types of [...]

According to reports in local media, Google has unilaterally canceled development of its gPhone with [...]

China's three major telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom have published the [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom and Chinese mobile phone maker Coolpad have jointly launched the [...]

Following the intensive placement of outdoor and TV advertisements for the iPhone, China Unicom has [...]

Research In Motion has signed a cooperation agreement with Digital China which allows Digital China [...]

Apple's iPhone goes on sale tonight through China Unicom, a smaller competitor to behemoth China Mobile.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced that it will formally start to sell Apple's iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS handsets in mainland China from October 30, 2009.

Though not many details have been published about the agreement between China Unicom and Apple, an insider from China Unicom has revealed to local media that the company may start to sell Apple's iPhone in China from October 15, 2009.
At present, China Unicom has reportedly started the deployment of the sales plans for the iPhone [...]

While China Mobile and China Telecom are promoting their own respective mobile phone applications online stores, China Unicom has also announced plans to set up a similar online store, targeting WCDMA handsets.
According to China Unicom, the company is currently cooperating with related departments to develop the platform for the app program's online store and its [...]

Days after news of rival China Unicom's non-exclusive iPhone deal with Apple, Chinese telecom operator China Mobile formally launched its Ophone platform and Ophone handsets today.
According to Wang Jianzhou, president of China Mobile, the Ophone platform is the first mobile Internet-oriented smart mobile terminal software platform that has been developed by a telecom operator. It [...]

China Unicom and Apple have jointly announced that the two parties have reached a three-year agreement to sell Apple's iPhone handsets in China.
China Unicom announced the information in its semi-annual performance report published today and stated the iPhone handsets will be formally put into the Chinese market in the fourth quarter of 2009. The company [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Sun Danyong, a 25-year old employee in Shenzhen of Foxconn, the manufacturer for Apple's iPhone, has committed suicide reportedly over mistreatment he received after a iPhone prototype was lost.
According to local Chinese media, Sun, who had been handling a shipment of 16 iPhone prototypes, was investigated by Foxconn's Central Security Division after one of the [...]

China Unicom has announced plans to launch additional protections for 3G mobile phone Internet fees by limiting the monthly Internet fees and the monthly traffic for users.
The company stated no matter what kind of 3G packages users have chosen, their monthly mobile phone Internet fees will be capped at CNY500. At the same time, if [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom is reportedly talking with the Canada-based Research In Motion to introduce the latest BlackBerry handsets into the Chinese market.
According to news in Chinese media, handsets are said to be undergoing tests and the schedule for the launch of those mobile phones in China has yet to be decided. According to [...]

Another rumor about iPhone's entry into China has spread on the Chinese Internet. According to the network approval list of the State Radio Monitoring Center of China, a GSM/WCDMA mobile phone product of Apple has passed the model examination in China.
Because the iPhone is the only mobile phone product produced by Apple, the rumor that [...]

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, Chinese telecommunications operator China Unicom will launch Uphone, a smartphone product based on Google's Android platform, in late June or July 2009.
On the other hand, China Unicom's negotiation with Apple about the introduction of Apple's 3G iPhone into China has lasted for several months, but no official agreement [...]

U.S.-based Apple said while publishing its latest financial report that it hopes the iPhone products could enter the Chinese market in 2010, which most likely means the iPhone will not be officially available in China this year.
In its financial report for the second quarter of the 2009 fiscal year, starting from December 28, 2008, and [...]