Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC has brought new smartphone products under a new brand of HTC to the Chinese mainland market, aiming to become a top five smartphone vendor in this marketplace. The company has released four HTC brands, including Tianxi and Tianyi based on China Mobile's TD-SCDMA network, and Wildfire and Desire based on [...]
China Had 21.9 Million 3G Users By May 2010
23 July 2010
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 [...]
Datang And Potevio Merger Will Create TD-SCDMA Powerhouse
19 July 2010
News apparently from Datang reveals that the Chinese government has decided to merge the two stated-owned telecom equipment makers, Datang Telecom and Potevio, before the end of 2010. According to a report on the English-language website of China Daily, upon the completion of the merger, the new company will become the third largest telecom equipment [...]
Coolpad Expands Mobile Phone Focus This Year
04 June 2010
According to Su Feng, vice president of the Chinese mobile phone maker Coolpad, unlike its former high-end orientation, Coolpad will expand to now cover the entire high, medium, and low-end mobile phone markets in 2010. Therefore, the company plans to build at least 2,000 new self-owned sales channel sites this year to increase its overall [...]
ST-Ericsson Launches New Mobile Internet Platform In China
28 May 2010
The world's leading wireless platforms and semiconductors developer ST-Ericsson has launched a new platform in China to enable makers to make multi-function mobile phones with high-speed Internet performance.
The platform, which is known as T6718, combines a TD-HSPA mobile broadband modem with a rich feature set, and it delivers a rich Internet experience, including fast browsing, [...]
China's Potevio, ZTE Sign Strategic Agreement
26 May 2010
Chinese telecom companies Potevio and ZTE have signed a comprehensive strategic agreement to implement a cooperation in the TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE sectors.
The two parties said that with the cooperation, they will optimize the advantages of each other to realize mutual benefits and to provide better communication products and services to the market and customers. Depending [...]
Ericsson Gives Up Chinese CDMA Equipment Market
19 May 2010
Mats H Olsson, Ericsson's head of China and Northeast Asia, said during the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum held in Shanghai from May 17 to May 18, 2010, that Ericsson has decided not to enter the Chinese CDMA equipment market again.
Early in 2005, Ericsson announced that in would gradually withdraw from the CDMA market. However, in [...]
Huawei Sales Up 19% In 2009
02 April 2010
Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its sales worldwide increased by 19% year-on-year to CNY149.1 billion.
The report shows that in 2009 Huawei realized net profit of CNY18.3 billion, its net profit rate was 12.2%, and its operating profit rate was 14.1%.
Promoted by the 3G network [...]
Nokia, China Mobile Launch Joint App Store
25 March 2010
Nokia and China Mobile have announced the launch of a joint mobile phone application store, MM-Ovi, marking a new start for two companies' cooperation in the mobile application sector.
This is also reportedly being marketed as the first joint-brand mobile application store in the world.
According to local Chinese media, MM-Ovi will integrate the contents and channel [...]
China Mobile, CBC Jointly Announce Commercial Use Of Mobile TV Service
24 March 2010
China Mobile and China Broadcasting Corporation have jointly announced that the TD+CMMB mobile TV service developed by the two parties has officially been put into commercial use.
Zhang Haitao, vice director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, told local media that with the commercial use of China Mobile's mobile TV service, mobile phone [...]
China Mobile Net Profit Up 2.3% In 2009
19 March 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its operating revenue increased by 9.8% year-on-year to CNY452.103 billion, while its net profit increased by 2.3% year-on-year to CNY115.166 billion.
The report said China Mobile's profit rate reached 25.5% in 2009; its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization reached [...]
Chinese TD-SCDMA Alliance Welcomes Foreign Members For The First Time
08 February 2010
During the recent "TD-SCDMA Innovation Festival", Lv Yan, CEO and president of Lenovo Mobile andmore….
Coolpad Launches New 3G Mobile Phone Factory In Dongguan
03 February 2010
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Coolpad has revealed to the local media that the first-phase projectmore….
Guangdong To Establish Digital Publication Industry Alliance
06 January 2010
According to Su Yi, director of digital publication management department of Administration of Press and [...]
China's ZTE Sold 14.2 Million Mobile Phones In Q3 2009
14 December 2009
According to ZTE's latest performance report for the third quarter of 2009, the company sold [...]
Apple Launches iPhone In China Tonight
30 October 2009
Apple's iPhone goes on sale tonight through China Unicom, a smaller competitor to behemoth China Mobile.
China's Datang Launches First TD-SCDMA E-book
17 September 2009
Chinese telecom equipment provider Datang Telecom Technology Company has launched three new communications products, including the world's first electronics reading device based solely on China Mobile's TD-SCDMA technology.
The company's new products also include a mobile phone service that allows users to change their mobile phone interfaces at any time and a new gaming mobile phone [...]
TD-SCDMA Gets Push From Symbian Foundation In China
09 September 2009
China Mobile and the Symbian Foundation have inked a deal for cooperation on services for TD-SCDMA.
The first partnership initiative is the simplification of Symbian Signed testing services for developers submitting applications to China Mobile's newly launched application store, Mobile Market. The inclusion of Symbian Signed services will allow China Mobile to provide mobile developers with [...]
China Mobile Helps HNA Group With Aviation Information Technology
03 September 2009
Chinese travel company HNA Group has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Mobile Communications Corporation in Beijing for working on aviation information technology, corporate information application programs and communication outreach services.
China Mobile will provide communication resource services to HNA to improve the group's information application level. Taking advantage of HNA's achievements in tourism, logistics [...]
iPhone What?? China Mobile Launches Ophone Handsets
31 August 2009
Days after news of rival China Unicom's non-exclusive iPhone deal with Apple, Chinese telecom operator China Mobile formally launched its Ophone platform and Ophone handsets today.
According to Wang Jianzhou, president of China Mobile, the Ophone platform is the first mobile Internet-oriented smart mobile terminal software platform that has been developed by a telecom operator. It [...]






