France-based 4G chipmaker Sequans has opened a new office in Shanghai. Sequans said it established the local presence to better serve its Chinese customers and to more readily respond to the company's rapidly growing business demands in China. Concurrently, Sequans announced the appointment of Alex Shang to the position of China country manager. Shang has [...]

The first official Apple Store in Shanghai will open on July 10, 2010. Adjacent to Shanghai International Financial Center in the Pudong area of city, the new Apple Store, which is Apple's 295th store in the world, is designed as a cylindrical building 44 meters high. The interior design of this store has reportedly been [...]

The once-postponed mobile phone reading service of China Telecom will now reportedly be formally launched in late July 2010.
An insider revealed to the local media that the related departments of China Telecom have started planning and deploying resources for the launch of this new service and the company will set up a mobile reading base [...]

According to information from the Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning, starting from June 18, 2010, it will sell two types of Blackberry handsets on its nationwide retail network, marking Blackberry's entry into the Chinese consumer retail market.
Suning said that the company has signed a strategic agreement with Blackberry to become an exclusive home [...]

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 [...]

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, the island's smartphone maker HTC has decided to inject additional capital of USD45 million in the Shanghai-based HTC Electronics for capacity expansion.
Meanwhile, HTC will invest USD19.5 million in another mainland subsidiary, HTC Communications, for sales channel expansion. This move is reportedly a preparation for the sales of China [...]

Beijing, China (April 13, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — LehmanBrown International Accountants today kicked off its 2010 Graduate Recruitment Program with a series of Campus Recruitment Talks, held in-conjunction with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), one of the largest professional accounting bodies in the world. The Graduate Recruitment Program is run nationwide with [...]

The joint construction and sharing of Shanghai's telecom infrastructures has played an important role in the city's major projects, including the World Expo site, Hongqiao traffic hub, and Lingang new city, and the three major Chinese telecom operators claim to have realized full joint construction and sharing of mobile base stations for the 2010 Shanghai [...]

Shanghai, China (April 08, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — On April 2, 2010, Huashan Hospital Pudong welcomes the opening of its first international healthcare center. Located in the JinQiao Area in Pudong, the hospital offers the best medical facility and excellent clinical experiences for the Expat community in Shanghai. Our friendly foreign doctors and western background [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has finally published an official announcement, confirming that it will invest CNY39.8 billion to acquire a 20% stake in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
China Mobile Guangdong and SPD Bank have signed an agreement, under which China Mobile Guangdong will conditionally acquire the stake for cash consideration of CNY39.8 billion; while SPD [...]

Shanghai Municipal Publicity Department and China Unicom have signed a framework agreement to implement an in-depth cooperation for propaganda within the city.
The two parties will reportedly cooperate in mobile phone video services, mobile phone music services, digital reading initiatives, and mobile phone payment platforms, providing cultural products and services to consumers for performing arts ticketing, [...]

Xiamen-based mobile phone manufacturer Amoi Electronics Company has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its net profit attributable to shareholders for 2009 was CNY697.62 million.
The report stated Amoi's operating revenue was CNY306.85 million in 2009, decreased by 82% from CNY1.68 billion in 2008; while its earnings per share were CNY1.62.
The firm said [...]

China Mobile's Beijing branch and the Beijing-based hypermarket retailer Wumart Stores have signed a strategicmore….

Shanghai, China (February 04, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Residents and visitors to four of China's biggest cities can now access subway maps on their mobile phones. ExploreMetro has created an interactive map of the Shanghai Metro for iPhone and iPod touch called 'Explore Shanghai', which is already ranked in the top 10 travel apps [...]

In response to previous media reports that Chinese telecom operators will terminate mobile phone numbers [...]

To coordinate with the special campaign jointly launched by China's nine government departments to fight [...]

Having already fed the Chinese market for over 20 years, the international fast food giant [...]

International cell phone maker Nokia and Shanghai-based New Alliance have jointly announced that they will [...]

Just days after China Mobile slammed shut the ability for wireless value-added service providers to [...]

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has announced the launch of its 2009 recruitment drive.
The company published the recruitment program on its official website and states it will offer dozens of jobs, covering research and development, technology services, finance, economics, supply chain management, and legal. In addition, the company is reportedly placing recruitment information on [...]