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 [...]
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 [...]
China Unicom Opens First 3G Mobile Phone Flagship Store In Beijing
17 February 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced that its first flagship store under its 3G brand "Wo" has been opened in Beijing.
Located in the southern hall of China Unicom's headquarters building in the Financial Street, the three-floor Wo flagship retail store covers a total area of about 800 square meters. So far, 56 types of [...]
LTE Commitment Gives China Telecom Membership In GSMA
16 February 2010
Based on its commitment to deploy commercial wireless services based on Long-Term Evolution, China Telecom has now been granted membership in the GSM Association.
According to the GSMA, China Telecom will begin the commercial deployment of LTE as early as 2010.
LTE was developed to enable a significant increase in the bandwidth achievable over mobile networks, while [...]
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….
Rumor: Google Cancels gPhone Development Plan In China
19 January 2010
According to reports in local media, Google has unilaterally canceled development of its gPhone with [...]
China's Lenovo Unveils New Smartphone Brand
12 January 2010
Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group has unveiled its first smartphone product named Lephone, along with [...]
China's Three Telecom Operators Publish 3G Results
08 January 2010
China's three major telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom have published the [...]
China Unicom Launches First WCDMA/GSM Dual Mode Handset
07 January 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom and Chinese mobile phone maker Coolpad have jointly launched the [...]
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 [...]
China Unicom Posts Latest Revenue Report
04 November 2009
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has published its latest unaudited financial report end September 30, 2009, and states it made net profit of CNY9.34 billion in the first three quarters of 2009.
The report also said the company made total revenue of CNY114.93 billion during the same period and its average earnings per share was CNY0.393.
Of [...]
Guangdong Unicom Helps With Digital Tourism
16 October 2009
Guangdong Provincial Tourism Bureau and Guangdong Unicom have signed a strategic partnership agreement to boost the tourism development of Guangdong province.
Guangdong Unicom will assist the information technology construction of Guangdong's tourism sector making use of its advantages in information technology, networking and services. It will provide tourism enterprises in the province with basic communications and [...]
China Unicom Inks Broad Investment Deal With Telefonica
07 September 2009
China Unicom and Telefonica have agreed both to cooperate in various business areas such as joint acquisitions and to push forward a share swap.
Both parties have entered into a subscription agreement in which China Unicom and Telefonica agreed to invest the equivalent of USD1 billion in the other party through the acquisition of each party's [...]
China Unicom Eyes New App Store
03 September 2009
While China Mobile and China Telecom are promoting their own respective mobile phone applications online stores, China Unicom has also announced plans to set up a similar online store, targeting WCDMA handsets.
According to China Unicom, the company is currently cooperating with related departments to develop the platform for the app program's online store and its [...]
China's Tianyu Wants To Be Top Global Handset Maker
28 August 2009
During China Telecom's recent meeting for the placement of 3G handset orders, Xiao Chaojun, vice president of Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment, positioned the company's product lines into three tiers, with the aim of becoming one of the top five handset makers in the world within three years.
The first tier are mobile phones with retail prices [...]
Carrefour, China Unicom Cooperate In Telecom Value-added Services
13 August 2009
French retail giant Carrefour and China Unicom Guangdong branch have formed a strategic alliance and have signed a cooperative agreement.
Under the agreement, Carrefour will introduce China Unicom's WO brand 3G experience stores in its 16 outlets in five cities in the Pearl River Delta area. These stores will provide services such as 3G personal services, [...]
China Unicom To Add 50 Cities Into WCDMA Network
05 August 2009
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced plans to invest additional CNY1.5 billion to add 50 cities of seven provinces into its WCDMA network.
Of the total investment, CNY1.1 billion will be used in the construction of wireless networks and CNY400 million will be allocated to supporting transmission facilities. At present, China Unicom's branches in the [...]
Chinese Telecom Operators Invested CNY80 Billion In 3G During H1 2009
28 July 2009
According to Zhu Jun, deputy director for the communication development department of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in the first half of 2009, China's three major telecom operators totally invested about CNY80 billion in 3G projects.
Zhu made the remarks to local media and said since the issuance of the 3G licenses in China, [...]






