Friday the 13th did not play well for Apple today, as the company suspended the sale of its iPhone 4S smartphones in its Chinese retail outlets. Earlier today, a legion of scalpers waiting in line had a few fierce conflicts at the Sanlitun Apple Store in Beijing. This apparently caused Apple to announce that they [...]

Chinese security software provider Rising has started selling its security software for Android smartphones in Japan at the price of JPY2,980, which is about CNY247, and it plans to team with local mobile phone makers for market expansion in the future. According to reports in Chinese local media, the Japanese-language Rising mobile security software is [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has announced its eSurfing cloud computing strategy, brand, and solution, and it plans to launch eSurfing cloud devices and cloud storage products in 2012. China Telecom established a cloud computing project team in 2009 and the company has completed tests in Shanghai, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangxi. According to Yang Jie, [...]

Chinese Internet security company Qihoo 360 has published a report covering Chinese mobile phone security for the first half of 2011, stating that from January to June 2011, about 2,559 new mobile viruses and malware were found in China, affecting 13.24 million mobile phone users. The Android and Symbian operating systems were the most affected [...]

Chinese Internet security provider Kingsoft Network and Wi-Fi service provider WiWide have announced that the two companies have formed a strategic partnership to provide cloud security Internet services to 6,000 business users across China. The cooperation will make Kingsoft the first anti-virus company that offers its security services in business venues, and the project is [...]

China Internet Network Information Center has published the 27th China Internet Development Report, stating that by the end of December 2010, the number of Chinese netizens had reached 457 million, an increase of 73.3 million compared with the same period in 2009. The report also said that the number of mobile Internet users in China [...]

Chinese Internet company Tencent and the security solutions provider Kaspersky have reached a cooperation agreement to jointly develop the Chinese mobile phone security sector. Under the agreement, Tencent's wireless business department will team with Kaspersky in the research of advanced mobile security ideas and technologies. Meanwhile, Kaspersky's mobile security and anti-virus functions will be integrated [...]

China's ZTE Corporation has received validation from the U.S.-based National Institute of Standards and Technology in regards to 140-2 Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program in wireless infrastructure equipment. ZTE is the first Chinese telecom provider ever to receive the NIST FIPS 140-2 security validation. Falling under the U.S. Federal Information Security Management Act, NIST is the [...]

A representative from China Unicom's product innovation department revealed that the operator's mobile phone payment service is undergoing trial use in four cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chongqing, and the service will be formally put into commercial use in these cities from November 2010. The representative said that China Unicom's mobile phone payment service [...]

China's State Council and Central Military Commission have jointly published "Regulations for Radio Control", stating that starting from November 1, 2010, China can implement nationwide, cross-province, cross-autonomous-region, or cross-municipality radio control, for the sake of the security of the country. Under the regulations, on the requirements of maintaining national security, safeguarding major national tasks, and [...]

About 100 companies from China have jointly established a security-focused Green Mobile Phone Alliance in Shanghai.
These companies include Spreadtrum Communications Inc, Lenovo and Hisense, and they have also published a green mobile phone alliance pact. The pact states that members of the alliance will work together to fight against malware and unauthorized software pre-installed in [...]

To avoid delay of telecom projects, officers from India's Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Telecommunications, and intelligence organizations have jointly decided to allow Indian operators to import Chinese-made telecom equipment that are authorized by international security audit firms, or with the guarantee of banks.
Electronic Warfare Associates in Canada, Infoguard in the [...]

China Telecom Beijing branch has announced the launch of a new Internet Data Center service platform with 3G applications to realize sending of contents, including IDC operating statistics, video monitoring information, and server security information to mobile phones of corporate users.
During the launch of the new platform, China Telecom Beijing introduced its IDC services which [...]

Chinese security software provider Kingsoft has announced the launch of the official edition of its mobile phone security software.
The company said that the downloading, installation, and update of this new software product are completely for free. The software currently supports smartphone operating systems like Symbian S60 and Android.
Kingsoft said its mobile phone security software can [...]

With online and wireless security more important than ever, the Communications Network Security Professional Committee of the China Association of Communications Enterprises has been created in Beijing to address issues surrounding spam, hacking, and phishing activities.
The members of the committee include China's three major telecom operators, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom as well [...]

IBM has developed a spam message testing and analyzing system for China Mobile, one of the world's largest mobile operators, to help the company track the message sending habits of its users.
According to local media reports, China Mobile is using the new system in answer to a campaign launched by the Chinese government against unwanted [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom's Beijing branch has recently launched a promotion by providing free trials of broadband "green" accounts to help protect Chinese youth from harmful information.
The broadband green accounts are based on China Unicom Beijing's family broadband accounts. Users of the company's family broadband service will gain an additional account with the suffix [...]

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 [...]

Following a week of media reports and rumors about pornographic mobile texting, China Mobile has [...]

Chinese Internet security software provider 360 has announced plans to acquire Msafe.com.cn, a Chinese mobile [...]