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LG Will End Mobile Development Activities In Beijing

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:59:13 +0000

South Korean conglomerate company LG will reportedly close the mobile phone research and development department in LG Electronics China R&D Center in Beijing and cut half of the staff in the department. According to reports in Chinese local media, the company said it hopes to minimize the number of layoff workers by further internal staffing. [...]

China Telecom Stores Seven Million 3G Mobile Phones For Summer Promotion

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:56:31 +0000

A representative from the Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has revealed that the company has stored seven million 3G mobile phones, covering over 60 types of 20 brands, for the launch of a summer promotion to entice Chinese consumers to buy new phones. China Telecom will reportedly start the large-scale promotion before August 31, 2010, collaborating [...]

Ctrip.com Launches Mobile Website

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:31:10 +0000

After a half-year trial operation, Ctrip.com has launched its wireless mobile website m.ctrip.com. Consumers now can log on to the site via their mobile phones to book hotel rooms, buy airline tickets, and manage personal information. Zhu Jianmin, senior vice president of Ctrip.com, stated to local media the WAP site is a complement to Ctrip.com's phone [...]

China Telecom Includes 100 Enterprises In Its CDMA2000 Alliance

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:01:00 +0000

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 [...]

China's 360 Launches Free Mobile Phone Security Software

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:00:30 +0000

Chinese security software provider 360 has announced plans to launch a permanently free-of-charge mobile phone security software product to help users solve increasing problems of spam SMS and nuisance calls. Zhou Hongwei, chairman of 360, told local media that combining 360's security technologies with successful experience in fighting malware, trojans, and viruses, the company will provide [...]

China Unicom Opens First 3G Mobile Phone Flagship Store In Beijing

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:00:07 +0000

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 [...]

China Telecom Beijing Increases Subsidies For 3G Mobile Users

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:37:28 +0000

China Telecom Beijing branch has announced plans to increase its subsidies for users who buy its 3G mobile phones from the previous 30% to 70%. According to the new policy, users who deposit a designated sum of money in their mobile phone accounts and promise to reach the monthly minimum consumption limit will gain China Telecom's [...]

China Mobile Will Subsidize Ophone Users

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:00:47 +0000

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

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:49:10 +0000

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 [...]

Dell Confirms Launch Of Smartphone In China

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:00:44 +0000

According to Andrew Bowins, spokesperson of the world's second largest PC maker Dell, the company is jointly developing a mobile phone product with China Mobile. However, Bowins did not provide local media with details about the type of the mobile phone or the launch time. The information is also confirmed to local media by Rainie Lei, [...]

China Mobile Teams With Ten Companies On Ophone Promotion

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:35:21 +0000

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 [...]

China Telecom Launches User Experience Activity In Beijing

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:15:40 +0000

Having launched its first batch of 3G network interface cards, China Telecom will soon start the commercial operation of its 3G mobile phone services and the company has already launched a user experience activity in Beijing, in which 2,000 users will be the first to experience China Telecom's 3G services. China Telecom has already opened its [...]

Samsung Wins Big In China Telecom's First 3G Mobile Phone Tender

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:42:46 +0000

China Telecom has signed contracts with seven mobile phone makers to purchase 3G CDMA2000 EVDO mobile phones from these companies, and Samsung has come out on top. China Telecom's Vice President Yang Xiaowei and its two vice general managers for the terminal management center, Mao Daojie and Ma Wu, attended the signing ceremony for the winning [...]

China Mobile Urging Nokia To Accelerate TD-SCDMA Mobile Phone Production

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:01:58 +0000

According to local Chinese media reports, the upper management of China's leading telecommunications operator China Mobile will soon go to Finland to promote Nokia's research and production of TD-SCDMA mobile phones. To stimulate manufacturers' enthusiasm, China Mobile will, with the help of relevant government departments, provide policy support to international mobile phone manufacturers who support the [...]

Huawei Joins Open Handset Alliance

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:02:16 +0000

According to information from the Open Handset Alliance, China's telecommunications manufacturer Huawei and 13 other companies, including Vodafone, Toshiba and Sony Ericsson, have jointed the alliance to lend support to the Android open source platform-based Google phone.

The new members say in a joint statement that they promise to support the ... Read More>>

China Mobile Will Open Sales Channels For TD-SCDMA Terminals

ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:16:09 +0000

China Mobile's (CHL) provincial branches have started to contact local mobile phone stores to open sales channels for TD-SCDMA terminals and more than 400 stores in Beijing and more than 160 stores in Shenyang will soon participate in sales of TD-SCDMA terminals.

Most TD-SCDMA terminal manufacturers only have one or two ... Read More>>