Ericsson has signed two mobile network expansion deals in Sichuan Province, Southwest China, valued at over US$120 million.

Vyyo Inc., a supplier of wireless broadband end-to-end solutions for telephony and high-speed data connections, commented on China's Ministry of Information Industry's (MII) completion of a tender to bid on 3.5 GHz spectrum license grants.

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., a provider of software and solutions in China, today announced that it has signed a BOSS System Maintenance Contract with Zhejiang Mobile, one of the provincial subsidiaries of China Mobile.

Details regarding China Mobile (Hong Kong)'s purchase most recent purchase from its parent company were publicized yesterday.

Qualcomm Incorporated recently announced its participation in a $14 million round of venture capital financing in Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited (Techfaith Wireless), an independent handset design house and one of China's mobile terminal design groups.

French communications equipment maker Alcatel said yesterday it planned to create a joint venture with China's TCL Communications to make and sell mobile phone handsets.

Motorola plans to expand its reach in China with the construction of a manufacturing plant in the Tianjin economic technological development area.

Ericsson announced plans on Wednesday to set up a research and development center in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province.

China will allow its mobile operators to make their own decision on which 3G wireless technology to deploy.

China Mobile Communications Corporate Ltd. (China Mobile), the mobile provider, has awarded Siemens Information and Communication Mobile (Siemens mobile) the contract to set up a WAP gateway installation.

Beijing Changjie Technology Co., Ltd has launched a brand new service–Mobile Phone 114–which works in a similar way to the fixed-line 114 service, enabling users find out detailed information of all rail routes across the country via SMS.

China Unicom will launch a new value-added service–Video Information New Line– this week.

Luminous Networks, a provider of multi-service provisioning platforms (MSPPs) that support voice, data, video, and wavelength services, announced today ChongQing city, the biggest city in western China, has successfully deployed a Luminous transport network to provide telecommunication transmission along a major highway in the region.

Ten Internet routers from Avici Systems Inc. will be used by China Telecom as the company begins an upgrade of its core Internet backbone in an industrialized province in the south of China.

China Telecom Corp Ltd has announced that it is purchasing provincial phone networks from its parent company China Telecom.

Huawei Technologies, a supplier of telecom infrastructure, today announced that the company won China Telecom's national backbone contract.

China Mobile Communications Corporate Ltd. has commissioned the Siemens Information and Communication Group (Siemens mobile) to expand its mobile network in the provinces and municipalities of Anhui, Shanghai and Zhejiang.

Aicent, Inc. announced today that it has signed a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Gateway Service contract with China Mobile Communications Corporation.

UTStarcom, Inc. today announced that it has signed a contract valued at approximately $22 million with China Telecom Corporation (CTC) to expand and optimize the IP-based PAS (Personal Access System) (iPAS) network in the Fujian Province.

UTStarcom, Inc. today announced a contract valued at approximately $20 million with China Telecom Corporation (CTC) to expand and optimize deployments of its IP-based PAS (Personal Access System) (iPAS) in China's Shaanxi Province.