Chinese online game developer and operator The9 has announced with smartphone maker Sony Ericsson that starting this month The9 will be the exclusive operator and technical supporter for Sony Ericsson's PlayNow application store in China. PlayNow application store provides mobile application programs as well as entertainment resources like ringtones and themes for users of Sony [...]
Rovio Eyes IPO In Hong Kong In 2013
23 December 2011
Rovio, developer of the gaming application Angry Birds, reportedly plans to launch IPO in Hong Kong in 2013. According to reports in Finnish publication Tekniikka & Talous, Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing officer of Rovio, revealed that Rovio hopes to become a media company with market value similar with Disney, whose market value is about USD65.3 [...]
Angry Birds Selects D.cn As Chinese Partner
12 May 2011
Rovio Mobile's game Angry Birds has selected D.cn, one of the largest mobile phone game platforms in China, to provide free-to-download services in various editions. Xiao Yongquan, chief executive officer of D.cn, told local media that D.cn has been focusing on the mobile gaming field and it provides comprehensive mobile gaming services to users. While [...]
Tencent, Intel, Razer Form Strategic Partnership For Handheld Devices In China
19 April 2011
Chinese Internet company Tencent has formed a strategic alliance with Intel and Razer to develop a new RazerSwitchblade handheld device with Tencent's games. The concept product of RazerSwitchblade adopts the Windows 7 operating system and Intel Atom processor. It has a 7-inch multi-touch screen and tactile dynamic keyboard. It also pre-installs some gaming products of [...]
Wireless Services Decline In China For KongZhong
26 August 2010
Chinese mobile Internet company KongZhong Corporation today announced its unaudited second quarter 2010 financial results. Total revenues for the quarter increased 9% year-over-year to USD35.3 million and total gross margin was 48% in the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 44% from the previous quarter in 2010. Net income was USD2.6 million, and KongZhong [...]
Chinese Firm Invests In American iPhone Game Developer
08 July 2010
Chinese online gaming firm The9 has made a strategic minority equity investment in Aurora Feint Inc., an American mobile game developer. Jun Zhu, The9's chairman and CEO, stated: "We are confident of the prospect for this mobile platform and believe it will play an important role in the future development of global mobile internet. The [...]
China's Shanda Games To Launch Products For iPhone, iPad In 2010
28 June 2010
According to Tan Qunzhao, chairman and CEO of the Chinese online game developer and operator Shanda Games, the company plans to launch several games for Apple's iPhone handsets and iPad tablet computers in the third quarter of 2010.
According to reports in local media, Tan explained that these games will mainly target overseas users. Because Apple [...]
China Mobile Punishes Wireless Service Providers
06 May 2010
Based on users' complaints and investigations done by its provincial affiliates, China Mobile has punished five mobile phone game service providers and seven wireless music service providers to which it offers network access.
The five mobile game value-added service providers are reportedly MNC, Guangzhou Dongyi Information Technology Company, Beijing Dongfang Huiqun Technology Development Company, Beijing Astrolink [...]
China Telecom To Build Six Content Bases To Propel 3G Apps
27 January 2010
China Telecom plans to establish a product center and will set up six content bases [...]
Linktone Pays USD9 Million For Controlling Stake In Chinese Mobile Game Company
13 January 2010
Chinese wireless value-added services firm Linktone Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire [...]
Linktone's Wireless Revenue Crashes In China
01 December 2009
Wireless value-added services revenue precipitously dropped in the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, for [...]
KongZhong Announces Q3 2009 Financial Results
12 November 2009
Chinese mobile wireless value-added services firm KongZhong Corporation announced its unaudited third quarter 2009 financial results and stated its profit and revenue grew over the previous quarter.
Total revenues increased 40% year-over-year and increased 9% quarter-over-quarter to USD35.1 million. Net income in the quarter was USD4.50 million, a 27% increase compared with the previous quarter's net [...]
China's Kingsoft Launches New Website For Mobile Phone Users
29 October 2009
Chinese software, security, and online game provider Kingsoft has announced the formal launch of its wireless Internet site, wap.shouji.cn, providing various mobile phone application services to users who surf via mobile phones.
Li Wanqiang, general manager of this new website, told local media that as the mobile phone WAP site of Kingsoft, the new website is [...]
China Telecom To Recruit App Store Partners
14 October 2009
Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has published a report stating that it will recruit core cooperative partners for its online mobile phone application store.
These core cooperative partners are meant to be developers and the company requires its cooperative partners to have high technology development and support ability. Meanwhile, they should have the development capability based [...]
KongZhong's Game Passes China Mobile's Test
12 September 2008
Chinese wireless value-added services company KongZhong (KONG) says its Tian Jie Online game passed China Mobile's testing and was launched on China Mobile's Mobile Online Game Platform two days ago.


