Chinese electronics and PC maker Lenovo has published its financial report for the first quarter of 2010 fiscal year ended June 30, stating that it gained net profit of USD55 million. From April to June 2010, Lenovo's worldwide sales of PC increased by 48.1% year-on-year and its comprehensive sales increased by about 20.9%. The group's [...]
Chinese Companies Form Green Mobile Phone Alliance
09 June 2010
About 100 companies from China have jointly established a security-focused Green Mobile Phone Alliance in Shanghai.
These companies include Spreadtrum Communications Inc, Lenovo and Hisense, and they have also published a green mobile phone alliance pact. The pact states that members of the alliance will work together to fight against malware and unauthorized software pre-installed in [...]
China UnionPay Promotes Establishment Of Mobile Payment Industry Alliance
26 May 2010
China UnionPay has collaborated with commercial banks, mobile communication operators, and mobile phone manufactures for the establishment of the Mobile Payment Industry Alliance in China.
The Mobile Payment Industry Alliance aims to break the barriers in different industries to set up a platform for communication and close coordination for Internet payment services. Parties of the alliance [...]
Lenovo Teams With China Unicom For LePhone Promotion In China
13 May 2010
Lenovo and China Unicom have announced plans to launch Lenovo's new smartphone LePhone on May 17, 2010.
The market price for LePhone is reportedly at CNY2,899. However, the smartphone will not be sold as bare mobile phone and China Unicom has designed an exclusive contract program for LePhone. Consumers who want to buy LePhones can either [...]
China Telecom Shandong Establishes Mobile Terminal Joint Lab
06 May 2010
The China Telecom Shandong branch announced that it has cooperated with six well-known mobile phone makers, including Hisense, Coolpad, ZTE, Huawei, Lenovo, and Dopod, in the setting up a mobile terminal joint lab.
This is reportedly the first joint lab co-founded by a telecom operator and so many mobile terminal makers in China. The establishment of [...]
China Telecom Includes 100 Enterprises In Its CDMA2000 Alliance
08 March 2010
Initiated by China Telecom, the operator of the CDMA2000 network in China, China's "CDMA2000 Mobile Phone Design and Development Industry Alliance" has been founded in Beijing with over 100 members, including mobile phone chip platform providers, mobile phone design companies, and brand manufacturers with independent development abilities.
Yang Xiaowei, vice general manager of China Telecom and [...]
Chinese TD-SCDMA Alliance Welcomes Foreign Members For The First Time
08 February 2010
During the recent "TD-SCDMA Innovation Festival", Lv Yan, CEO and president of Lenovo Mobile andmore….
China's Lenovo Unveils New Smartphone Brand
12 January 2010
Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group has unveiled its first smartphone product named Lephone, along with [...]
Chinese Wireless E-commerce Gets Boost With New Customized Mobile Phones
21 December 2009
Taobao.com, the Internet shopping subsidiary of the Chinese business-to-business e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that [...]
New 3G Ophone Launched By Lenovo
16 December 2009
The O1, China's first 3G Ophone, formally launched by Lenovo in Beijing this week.
This mobile [...]
China Mobile Will Subsidize Ophone Users
29 September 2009
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has officially started the sales of its Ophone handsets in Shanghai and launched a promotional activity at the same time.
During this promotion, users who buy the Ophone handsets from China Mobile Shanghai's designated business halls or from the designated stores of D.Phone will gain a subsidy of CNY1,800, including CNY1,500 [...]
iPhone What?? China Mobile Launches Ophone Handsets
31 August 2009
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 Mobile Teams With Ten Companies On Ophone Promotion
21 July 2009
China Mobile has inked deals with ten Chinese and overseas mobile phone manufacturers to develop Ophone, a mobile phone product based on China Mobile's Open Mobile System.
According to local Chinese media reports, the ten companies reportedly are Lenovo, Dell, Dopod, Samsung, Motorola, LG, Yulong Coolpad, ZTE, Hisense, and TCL. Of these companies, ZTE will launch [...]
Baidu Cooperates With Mobile Phone Companies In Wireless Search Development In China
06 May 2009
Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com has reportedly achieved cooperation with several mobile phone companies, including Samsung, Lenovo, Tianyu, and MediaTek, to further enhance its leading position in China's wireless search sector.
Early in 2006, Baidu.com already cemented strategic cooperation with the international mobile phone giant Nokia to provide Nokia's users with convenient access to Baidu.com's wireless [...]
Yongle To Start Selling G3 Netbook In Shanghai Today
23 April 2009
Chinese electronics retailer Yongle said it will start to sell the G3 netbook, a customized convenient notebook developed by China Mobile, in its 63 retail stores in Shanghai from April 23, 2009.
Yongle is reportedly the first electronics retailer in Shanghai to sell the G3 netbooks and a first batch of 10,000 G3 netbooks will be [...]
Uh, Oh: China Mobile Hopes To Compete With New OPhone
17 April 2009
With rumors that China Unicom might be soon ink a formal deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to China, Chinese telecommunications rival China Mobile is hoping its new OPhone will keep the company competitive.
China Mobile has reportedly started testing the OPhone and gained good results. The OPhone handsets based on the enhanced data rate [...]
Six PC Makers Selected As 3G Netbook Partners For China Mobile
16 April 2009
Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has selected six PC makers, including Lenovo Group, Founder Technology, Tongfang, Haier, HP, and Dell, as its 3G netbook partners.
China Mobile will reportedly implement in-depth marketing cooperation with these six companies in product promotion and activity planning.
Similar with the sales of customized mobile phones, China Mobile will give certain subsidies [...]
Huawei Will Launch China's First Android Mobile Phone In Q3 2009
19 February 2009
At the four-day Mobile World Congress held this week in Barcelona, Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei displayed its first Android-based high-end smartphone, which is due to enter the market in the third quarter of 2009.
Chen Chongjun, director for Huawei's terminal marketing project department, says that this Android-based high-end smartphone is a milestone product in the development [...]
AsiaInfo Proudly Proclaims Revenue Increase
12 February 2009
Telecom service provider AsiaInfo Holdings announced its cheery financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2008, with total revenues meeting guidance.
Total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 were USD53.7 million, an increase of 31.7% year-over-year and 19.8%, sequentially. Meeting guidance, non-GAAP net revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008 was [...]
Report: China's Mobile Phone Sales Decreased 2.7% In Q3 2008
08 January 2009
According to the latest report on China's mobile terminal market in the third quarter of 2008 released by the market research firm Analysys International, 34.79 million mobile phones were sold in China from July to September 2008, decreasing 2.7% compared with the second quarter of 2008.






