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 [...]

A total of 23 billion short messages were sent in China during the 2010 Chinese New Year holiday, which was an average of 30.8 wireless messages sent per person based on the 747 million mobile phone users in the country.
Data released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that SMS sent during the [...]

Information from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is that in 2009 a totalmore….

Chinese wireless value-added services firm KongZhong Corporation has issued an update on schemes within the [...]

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

According to latest statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2009, [...]

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 [...]

Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group has unveiled its first smartphone product named Lephone, along with [...]

Wireless value-added services revenue precipitously dropped in the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, for [...]

According to Henan Communications Administration, basic telecom operating companies in this province have launched a joint processing platform to fight Chinese mobile text short messages and to further improve the coordination of anti-spam channels.
To promote the control of spam SMS, the administration published a notice about the special campaign, and this campaign will last until [...]

Following the launch of a joint platform for dealing with spam mobile short messages in June 2009, the three major telecom operators in China have now each worked out their respective spam SMS screening services to help users block unwanted short messages.
Among them, China Telecom just formally launched a short message filtering service for its [...]

Chinese wireless value-added services firm Linktone Ltd. announced a small profit in its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.
Linktone recorded wireless value-added services and other revenues of USD18.3 million, compared with USD14.8 million in the first quarter of 2009 and USD14.5 million in the second quarter of 2008. GAAP net [...]

Starting from November 2009, users of China Unicom and China Telecom will be able to apply and use China Mobile's Fetion instant messaging service.
This move aims to promote the mobile instant messaging intercommunication of users within and outside of China Mobile's network and to break the instant messaging barrier of Chinese telecom operators.
Prior to this [...]

China Mobile has exposed 25 websites that reportedly provided false Fetion services to Chinese wireless users.
According to news on Sohu.com, China Mobile reminded users of the Fetion service that it would not make offers to users that they could win prizes by responding to wireless messages. Unfortunately, users have been duped into providing private information [...]

The Chinese wireless value-added services sector has been blown back with news that China Mobile will formally implement centralized management of its wireless music content from January 1, 2010, and all of its color ring back tone content will be introduced from its music base in Sichuan province.
According to the notice issued by China Mobile, [...]

According to the customer service staff of China Mobile Beijing, its mobile phone numbers now are portable among its three major brands, including GoTone, M-Zone, and Easyown.
The company said if users are not satisfied with their current brands, they can apply for other brands and can use the services of other brands once the application [...]

To control the sending of Chinese spam wireless short messages, the three major telecom operators in China, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom, will limit the number of short messages sent by users to 1,000 daily, with the exception of periods around holidays and festivals.
According to Zhu Zhengwu, vice general manager for China Telecom's [...]

Just two weeks after dumping its CEO, Chinese wireless value-added services company Linktone Ltd. says its mobile revenue and overall profit have fallen as it announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.
Linktone recorded wireless value-added services and other revenues of USD14.8 million, compared with USD19.4 million in the fourth [...]

In response to the mobile spam message problem and the irregular use of customer information exposed on CCTV in recent days to honor the World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, China Mobile has held a nationwide television and telephone conference, asking its provincial branches to immediately investigate the problems and plug all possible loopholes.
CCTV's [...]