Following news last week that 40 Shandong retailers refused to sell Nokia mobile phones, some of Nokia's dealers in Shanghai have also reportedly stopped selling Nokia brand mobile phones in protest of the company's policies.
According to news on Hexun.com, the dealers have taken the move in collaboration with the actions of dealers in other regions [...]

China Mobile (CHL) has unveiled its TD-SCDMA network development plan for 2009, which says the company will invest CNY58.8 billion to complete network coverage of 238 prefecture-level cities in China.

Zhang Yuhang, vice director for the Application Promotion Department of the Municipal Informatization Office of Beijing, said during the Wireless City Summit 2008 held in Beijing that the capital city's wireless city construction will cover all of Beijing's urban and suburban areas before the end of 2011.

According to the report in Taiwan's Economic Daily News, cross-strait telecommunication operators are preparing to jointly reduce the roaming fees between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan at a rate of about 50%.

Sharp is jumping into the Chinese mobile video broadcasting sector with a new mobile TV tuner that supports China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting.

According to Xie Jinhui, vice director of the Academy of Broadcasting Planning of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China, the administration is planning to build a central-level company for China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting.

Do you like Chinese food? Visitors to Beijing now have easy access to translation assistance when ordering food in restaurants, hailing a taxi, or navigating the hutongs of the ancient capital city.

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has signed a contract with China Mobile to provide a system monitoring and management platform and related services to China Mobile's headquarters during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

What's up, what are you doing? Participating in the Olympics, and you?

The Olympic Radio Management Joint Office has issued a radio control order, which says that during the 2008 Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, the radio transmitting equipment in Beijing will be controlled during eight time periods.

Blue Bamboo says its Chinese partner KuaiPay has designed and integrated a closed loop contactless payment system for the Holland Heineken House, which is located in the Nongzhanguan area of Beijing.

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.

He Ning, general manager of China Mobile Beijing branch, told local media that the company has still not reached an agreement with the Beijing Subway authorities on the allowing mobile phone signlas in the newly-built Line 10 subway.

China Mobile (CHA) told First Financial Daily that the second stage construction plan of TD-SCDMA has been formally approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

China Netcom (CN), the cooperative partner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the fixed communications service sector, has announced plans to jointly provide high-definition Olympic programs to TVB, one of Hong Kong's biggest free television broadcast companies, with PCCW Global.

China Mobile (CHL) has sent an internal memo to its partners which outlines the business management organization during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

According to Beijing Radio Administration Bureau, two illegal base stations of Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Datang Corporation, have been closed for interfering with the Olympic radio frequency band.

Li Yizhong, minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said in a meeting that the ministry has established a 3G inter-ministerial coordination group to promote the commercial testing and to ensure the success of TD-SCDMA.

China Netcom Beijing branch and Beijing Municipal Administration and Communications Card Co, Ltd. have jointly launched a new service, which is focused on using the communications card as an IC phone card.

Li Yizhong, minister of the new Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China, says the ministry has established a 3G inter-ministerial coordination group to promote the commercial test and ensure the success of TD-SCDMA.