Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has signed a strategic framework agreement with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in Beijing to cooperate in satellite communication and GPS sectors.
This is the first time for China Telecom and CASC, the two companies that took over China Satellite Communications Corporation's businesses on its separation, to reach strategic cooperation. [...]

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 [...]

Following the launch of voice search services by Chinese fixed-line telecom operators, the country's mobile communications operator China Unicom (CHU) has announced plans to launch its own voice navigation service 10191, which is expected to be put into commercial use before the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.