China Unicom has completed its first cloud computing procurement project, and four manufacturers won the bidding for various aspects of the project. In 2009, China Unicom established its cloud computing research team and the company started the procurement of desktop cloud platforms from October 2010. After over 2,000 reported tests, including maturity, reliability, and ease [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has signed an agreement with the municipal government of Xi'an, Shaanxi, to invest CNY16 billion for the construction of a wireless city infrastructure. Under the agreement, the two parties will jointly promote the building of Xi'an as a wireless city. They will implement cooperation in various sectors, including the building [...]

According to the report on the governing of the charges of telecommunications service providers released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on August 5, 2008, four service providers were suspended, pending rectification, in the second quarter of 2008.

According to China's Ministry of Information Industry, the May 12 earthquake has caused a direct economic loss of up to CNY3 billion to China's communications industry with 3833 telecommunications bureaus and 25735 mobile base stations affected, 24496 kilometers of communications lines damaged and 117112 communications poles broken.