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China's Rising Introduces Mobile Security Software Into Japan

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:02:35 +0000

Chinese security software provider Rising has started selling its security software for Android smartphones in Japan at the price of JPY2,980, which is about CNY247, and it plans to team with local mobile phone makers for market expansion in the future. According to reports in Chinese local media, the Japanese-language Rising mobile security software is [...]

Baidu, NTT DoCoMo Create JV In Japan

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:34:39 +0000

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% [...]

Senior Vice President Departs Nokia Greater China

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:20:21 +0000

Nokia has confirmed that Liang Yumei, senior vice president for Greater China, South Korea and Japan, departed Nokia on June 1, 2011. It is understood that the candidate to succeed Liang has not been determined; however, the business previously operated by Liang will be temporarily taken over by Colin Giles, Nokia's global head of sales. [...]

China, Japan, South Korea Work To Cut Data Roaming Fees

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:48:03 +0000

Telecom operators from China, South Korea, and Japan have signed a strategic agreement to reduce the international data roaming fees among the three countries from March 2011. According to reports in South Korean local media, China Mobile, South Korea's KT, and Japan's NTT DoCoMo have signed the strategic framework agreement at China Mobile's headquarters. The [...]

ZTE Teams With Hitachi For WiMAX Pico In Japan

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:33:36 +0000

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corporation has announced that UQ Communications, the mobile WiMAX license holder in Japan, has started deploying the WiMAX Pico base stations developed by ZTE in collaboration with Hitachi. The initial scale of this project will be over 1,200 base stations and the WiMAX Pico base stations will gradually enter commercial [...]

China Unicom's Branch In Singapore Officially Opened

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:15:59 +0000

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced the official opening of its new subsidiary in Singapore. The Chinese company has appointed Liu Hong the new general manager to be in charge of the daily management of the newly-established subsidiary. China Unicom's Singapore branch is located in Suntec City, providing three types of products and services, [...]

Apple Starts To Sell Wi-Fi iPad On Chinese Mainland Today

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:57:52 +0000

Sales of Apple's tablet computer product iPad with the Wi-Fi function will start sales in the Chinese mainland market from September 17, 2010. Starting at 10:00, the Wi-Fi version iPad will be available in Apple's specialty stores and its authorized retailers on the Chinese mainland, including Best Buy's seven stores in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Suzhou. [...]

MediaTek Forms 4G LTE Technology Alliance With Japanese Operator

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:45:45 +0000

Taiwan-headquartered fabless semiconductor company MediaTek has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with the Japanese communication giant NTT DoCoMo, regarding LTE-PF, a mobile terminal platform based on Long Term Evolution. Upon the completion of the LTE-PF licensing agreement, MediaTek plans to integrate this LTE technology with its 2G and 3G technologies to provide [...]

Hong Kong Provides Most Economical Local Broadband In Asia

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:15:48 +0000

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority reports that a study released by the Asia Pacific Carriers' Coalition shows Hong Kong provides the most economical local broadband access services in the Asia Pacific region. The prices of broadband leased lines in Hong Kong at transmission speed of 1.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 45 Mbps and 155 Mbps [...]

ZTE Signs Contract With Japanese Mobile Operator

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:00:32 +0000

Chinese telecom equipment provider ZTE Corporation has signed a cooperative agreement with the Japanese mobile operator Willcom to provide ZTE's 3G data card product MF633 to users in Japan. As the fourth largest mobile operator in Japan, Willcom is also the largest personal handyphone system operator in the country with 4.6 million users and great influence [...]

Huawei Opens LTE Lab In Japan

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:33:26 +0000

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has announced that the company has set up a long-term development lab in Tokyo, Japan. The lab will not only be used as a research and development center for LTE technologies, but also will provide testing and training facilities for the implementation and commercialization of the next-generation wireless technologies. In addition, [...]

CPCNet To Extend VPN Services From Hong Kong Through Vietnam

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:36:26 +0000

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 [...]

Free Wi-Fi Services Now Offered Through All Of Shangri-La's Luxury Hotels

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:00:49 +0000

Hong Kong's Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, which has 60 hotels throughout China and around the world, says the global financial crisis has pushed it to now offer all guests free Internet services.

"Getting connected while on the road is the number one priority of our business travelers and many of our ... Read More>>

Huawei To Launch First LTE Commercial Network In 2009

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:01:59 +0000

According to Ihab Ghattas, assistant president of Huawei Middle East, the Chinese telecommunications equipment and solutions provider plans to launch its first LTE/SAE commercial network in June 2009, providing LTE/SAE infrastructure to mobile operators.

Ghattas announced the decision in his report "Preparing for the future technology trends – LTE focus" at ... Read More>>

NTT Expands WLAN Roaming Services Into China

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:03:22 +0000

A bilateral roaming agreement will provide Japan's NTT roaming subscribers trial access to over 900 Wi-Fi hotspots managed by China Mobile in six Olympic cities.

As the first phase of NTT's roll out, the coverage will grow to over 4000 hotspots by the end of 2008. Chinese subscribers will also have ... Read More>>

OKI's China Plans Include Telecom Equipment Manufacturing

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Sun, 25 May 2008 19:34:49 +0000

OKI has bought out its partner's share of Changzhou OKI-GEG Telecoms Ltd, a joint company established in 1997 by OKI and Jiangsu Guoguang Electronic Information Technology.

"In 2002 at the same location as OTTC, OKI established OKI Software Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary to offer telecommunication equipment software. Now with the ... Read More>>