It may sound like an illness in China, but Microsoft is aiming at Chinese mobile phone users with a new deal to include its Bing.com search engine on Motorola Android phones sold in the country.
Motorola this week announced a global alliance with Microsoft to deploy Bing services on Motorola devices powered by Android. This new [...]

According to China's Vsens, the wholly-owned customized terminal subsidiary of China Unicom, its new customized 3G smartphone, XT701, made by Motorola, is now ready for sale.
This is China Unicom's first smartphone product based on the latest Android 2.0 platform and the product, with Wi-Fi function, is sold at the price of CNY4,299.
Consumers who are interested [...]

According to the report on the performance of China's communications industry for January 2010 published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on its official website, the country's telecom operators completed total business volume of CNY231.25 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21.6%; while their revenue from core businesses increased by 5% year-on-year to CNY66.97 [...]

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 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 [...]

Shanghai Municipal Publicity Department and China Unicom have signed a framework agreement to implement an in-depth cooperation for propaganda within the city.
The two parties will reportedly cooperate in mobile phone video services, mobile phone music services, digital reading initiatives, and mobile phone payment platforms, providing cultural products and services to consumers for performing arts ticketing, [...]

Xiamen-based mobile phone manufacturer Amoi Electronics Company has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its net profit attributable to shareholders for 2009 was CNY697.62 million.
The report stated Amoi's operating revenue was CNY306.85 million in 2009, decreased by 82% from CNY1.68 billion in 2008; while its earnings per share were CNY1.62.
The firm said [...]

According to Cctime.com, a Chinese communications industry portal, 30 Chinese mobile service providers, including Hurray and Sohu, have been punished for various irregular operations in recent weeks in Shandong.
The website reported that these 30 service providers are involved in irregular service billing, fake promotions, irregular operation of short message order services, non-standard pricing, and confusing [...]

Chinese wireless value-added services company Hurray Holding Company Ltd. announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
Total revenues for the quarter were USD6.2 million, representing a decrease of USD0.7 million quarter-over-quarter and a decrease of USD8.2 million year-over-year. Wireless value-added services revenues were USD2.3 million, representing a [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom and the Shanghai-based steel manufacturer Baosteel Group have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement for overall operation of a traditional communications business, 3G business, and the Internet of Things business.
This is reportedly the most important Internet of Things project ever for China Telecom.
China Telecom and Baosteel Group have maintained a [...]

According to National Business Daily, China Mobile, one of the largest mobile operators in China, has received a new dictate on pay cuts.
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission has asked China Mobile to cut employee salaries by 10% for five consecutive years starting from 2010.
In fact, China Mobile, which is said to be offering [...]

A total of 23 billion short messages were sent in China during the 2010 Chinese New Year holiday, which was an average of 30.8 wireless messages sent per person based on the 747 million mobile phone users in the country.
Data released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that SMS sent during the [...]

China's "shanzhai" mobile phone manufacturers are planning to bring their production facilities to India to gain recognition of India's huge mobile phone market and obtain legal status for their products in India.
The word "shanzhai" or "shanzai", literally meaning "remote village" in Cantonese, has become a popular name for Chinese fakes and the slang now refers [...]

Baidu Wireless, a service of Chinese search engine Baidu, has signed a proposal letter with about a hundred of mobile internet service providers in China — including Sina.com — on creating a green mobile Internet.
The parties call for joint actions be taken among the industry to purify Internet information and create a green mobile internet [...]

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 [...]

Newport Media has commenced mass production of its complete 65nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor single-chip solution for the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting digital television standard.
The NMI500 mobile digital TV receiver integrates an RF tuner, demodulator, memory as well as Mobile Broadcast Business Management System conditional access functions.
The device is manufactured using low-cost, 65nm CMOS process technology [...]

Based on its commitment to deploy commercial wireless services based on Long-Term Evolution, China Telecom has now been granted membership in the GSM Association.
According to the GSMA, China Telecom will begin the commercial deployment of LTE as early as 2010.
LTE was developed to enable a significant increase in the bandwidth achievable over mobile networks, while [...]

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