According to statistics provided by the three major Chinese telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, the number of 3G users largely increased in November 2011, reaching a total of 110 million. China Unicom reported that the number of its newly increased 3G users was over three million for the first time in [...]

By the end of September 2011, there were 150 million registered users of mobile phone application stores in China, an increase of almost 50% compared with the previous quarter, according to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The statistics showed that by the end of the third quarter of 2011, [...]

China Telecom has published its financial report for the first three quarters of 2011, stating that from January to September, its operating revenue reached CNY182.357 billion, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%. The company's net profit reached CNY13.859 billion, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. The report said that during the first three quarters of 2011, the [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has published its user statistics for September 2011, stating that the number of its 2G mobile users increased by 81.59% compared with the previous month and its 3G users increased by 15.28%. The company said that during the reporting period, its 2G users saw a net increase of 572,000, which [...]

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has published a report on the telecom service quality in China for the third quarter of 2011, stating that 17,099 telecom service complaints were received during the reporting period, an increase of 13.8% compared with the previous quarter. By complaint rate of users, China Unicom was [...]

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has published its performance report for the third quarter of 2011, stating that from January to September 2011, the company realized operating revenue of CNY383.846 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%. The report also showed that during the first three quarters of 2011, China Mobile's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, [...]

From January to August 2011, China manufactured 699 million mobile phones, an increase of 19.3% from last year according to latest statistics released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The ministry said that during the first eight months of 2011, the production and sales within the Chinese communications device industry recovered rapidly. In [...]

Chinese PC and electronics company Lenovo has announced that to further expand its market share, it plans to launch tablet computer products in India before the end of 2011. Lenovo launched three types of tablet computers in July 201, including the IdeaPad Tablet K1 designed for individual consumers; ThinkPad Tablet for business users; and IdeaPad [...]

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 [...]

According to a report published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on its official website, from January to July 2011, China had achieved telecom revenue of CNY668.77 billion, an increase of 16% compared with the same period of 2010. Statistics showed that revenue from main telecom businesses increased by 10.1% year-on-year [...]

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 telecom operator China Unicom has published its operating statistics for June 2011, stating that the number of its 2G mobile phone users increased by 417,000 and its 3G users increased by 1.855 million during the reporting period. China Unicom said that during June 2011, it gained 417,000 new 2G mobile phone users, but it [...]

Chinese Internet giant Tencent has announced that it is cooperating with China Telecom and five mobile phone manufacturers in the launch of six smartphone products, which have the embedded QQ-service platforms. These six smartphone products are made by five Chinese mobile phone makers, including Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad, K-Touch, and Hisense. Based on China Telecom's CDMA [...]

Hong Kong mobile network operators have published the first batch of mobile broadband service performance statistics against their performance pledges, according to Hong Kong Office of the Telecommunications Authority. These service performance statistics cover the last quarter of 2010. "With the publication of these performance statistics, consumers will be able to monitor the performance of [...]

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 [...]

According to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to October 2010, China realized accumulated telecom revenue of CNY2.544 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 20.7%; and that from major telecom businesses was CNY744.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%. For details, the accumulated revenue from the mobile communications sector [...]

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published a report for the operational state of the Chinese communication industry for the first nine months of 2010, stating that the country's mobile communication revenue reached CNY465.1 billion during the nine months, a year-on-year increase of 12%. According to statistics provided by the MIIT, from January [...]

Chinese portal website Sina.com has published its first white paper targeting the Chinese microblog market. The white paper reveals that by the end of 2010, there will be over 65 million registered active accounts in the Internet microblog sector in China; by 2011, the number will be over 100 million. Statistics show that Sina's microblog [...]

According to statistics provided by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the end of May 2010, the number of China's 3G users had reached 21.9 million, an increase of 8.642 million compared with the end of 2009. In addition, China's 3G networks added 2.3 million new users in May 2010, an increase of [...]

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 [...]