Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC has published its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2011, stating that its net profit decreased by 25.5% year-over-year during the reporting period. This is reportedly the first time for HTC to see profit down over the last two years. According to the report, due to the competition from Apple's [...]
China Unicom Hopes To Sell Cheaper Phones Next Year
20 December 2011
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom announced its strategic focus for 2012 and said it will focus on the sales of phones with the prices between CNY1,000 and CNY2,000. On December 12, 2011, China Unicom and ZTE, the Chinese telecom equipment maker, jointly launched a customized phone named Skate V960, which is recognized as a strategic [...]
China Telecom Forges Ties With Taiwan Company
14 March 2011
Taiwan-based Asia Pacific Telecom and Chinese mainland China Telecom have decided to launch a strategic cooperation in three major areas in the second quarter of 2011. According to reports in Taiwanese local media, the two parties will officially start a joint procurement mechanism, focusing on the buying of smartphones with prices of under CNY1,000. The [...]
China Unicom Unveils Linux Smartphone System To Rival Apple's iOS
03 March 2011
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom, which currently is an official reseller of the Apple iPhone, has launched its self-developed smartphone operating system, Wophone, which the company claims to be the first smart terminal operating system with independent intellectual property rights in China. China Unicom reportedly started the development of the operating system and the basic [...]
China Unicom's App Store To Be Formally Launched This Month
01 November 2010
China Unicom has reportedly started the public test of its online application store Wostore and the platform will be formally put into operation later this month. With the formal launch of Wostore, China's three major telecom operators will all have their own application stores. At the same time, the online application market will become a [...]
China Telecom Stores Seven Million 3G Mobile Phones For Summer Promotion
30 June 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
China's 360 Launches Free Mobile Phone Security Software
08 March 2010
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
17 February 2010
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 [...]
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….
Rumor: Google Cancels gPhone Development Plan In China
19 January 2010
According to reports in local media, Google has unilaterally canceled development of its gPhone with [...]
China Telecom Beijing Increases Subsidies For 3G Mobile Users
09 November 2009
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's Huawei To Provide WiMAX Network Equipment To Clearwire In U.S.
19 August 2009
United States WiMax network operator Clearwire has announced that it has selected the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies as its WiMAX network infrastructure provider.
Under the agreement signed between the two parties, Huawei will provide WiMAX wireless access network equipment to Clearwire to aid its deployment of nationwide super-fast mobile Internet services. The WiMax infrastructure [...]
Dell Confirms Launch Of Smartphone In China
19 August 2009
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
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 [...]
China Telecom Launches User Experience Activity In Beijing
12 May 2009
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 [...]
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 [...]
Samsung Selects Chinese Firm For Chipsets
30 March 2009
China-based wireless baseband chipset provider Spreadtrum Communications has become Samsung's newest supplier.
Spreadtrum's QS520 GSM/GPRS and QS1001 EDGE transceivers have been designed into Samsung's mobile phone models that are to be shipped internationally. The company says it has commenced volume shipment of these two products to Samsung.
Dr. Leo Li, Spreadtrum's president and CEO, stated, "We have [...]
Samsung Wins Big In China Telecom's First 3G Mobile Phone Tender
17 February 2009
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
10 February 2009
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 [...]


