Weida Communications, Inc. said it completed a series of contractual arrangements resulting in its acquisition of effective management control and 51% profit-sharing interest in Guangzhou Weida Communications Co., Ltd.

Efforts by Western telecom equipment manufacturers to break into the potentially lucrative Chinese market are actually helping upstart competitors in China to make their own significant inroads into Western markets, according to two major new studies released today by Heavy Reading, the market research division of Light Reading Inc.

Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, CEC Telecom Co., Ltd. (CECT), recently launched a new model Mini PDA Mobile Phone — CECT T868 — supposedly to satisfy white-collar ladies by meeting the demand for handsets of "good taste and practical use," and that such PDA phones … Read More>>

Alcatel Corp has said it has won a new contract with China Netcom and also launched a center for Next Generation Network in China.

China Telecom has awarded Flag Telecom, a provider of international wholesale network transport and communications services, a multi-million dollar contract for multiple STM-16s providing a 30Gbits/s capacity between China and the United States.

NEC Corporation has announced that NECTelecommunications (China), a new company and a business entity established in May 2004 is to actively pursue mobile solution business in China, introduced a new branding strategy "Get Personal" (Chinese-English translation) to further expand its mobile business in China.

China has successfully developed a mobile phone chip, according to a senior official with the Ministry of Information Industry, quoted in the Chinese press.

Skype, a free peer-to-peer voice software which can be downloaded from the Internet, has recently launched a new function called SkypeOut, a radically new kind of IP service. The communication signals of SkypeOut are transmitted via the Internet, instead of through normal telecommunications networks.

Authorities revealed that China Netcom's Chongqing Beibei Branch in Sichuan gave kickbacks of at least CNY20000 to Lijinyashe, a residential complex in Chongqing's Beibei District, and signed an agreement with Lijinyashe for the sharing of service-related income in the hope of preventing competitors from entering the complex.

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has signed a network solutions contract with China Mobile to carry out phase II of its IP backbone (CMNet) upgrade and optimization.

Alcatel announced that it has been awarded a contract by China Telecom to deploy 1.3 million Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) in southern China. This amount represents 40% of the total bid and makes Alcatel the lead supplier.

China Unicom announced yesterday through Xinhua that the telecom giant has severed relationships with 45 Internet Service Providers (ISP) who are involved in pornographic message services in China.

China Mobile's interim results, posted today, for 2004 showed that as of June 30, the company's mobile subscriber base reached 158.6 million, representing a net increase of 17.02 million subscribers when compared to the end of 2003.

China Unioncom Digital Technology Co. Ltd, Through Its China Broadband Solutions Network Together with American IDC Corp, Will Jointly Rollout the "ETV" Bit Technology Streamed from Chinese TV Stations to Broadband Internet Equipped Households in China.

iaSolution Inc. has recently collaborated with HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) to introduce two styles of high-level mobile Java handsets.

An alliance was established on Friday in Beijing to boost the development of SCDMA (Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access), a homegrown wireless access system, reported Saturday's China Daily.

Sun Media Investment Holdings, Ltd., led by Chinese broadcaster, Yang Lan, and Lenovo Group have formed a joint venture, Sun 365 Multi-media Holdings Ltd., to develop broadband multi-media content and applications in China.

The copyright of China's first novel written for mobile phone users has been sold to a Beijing-based telecommunications carrier for 180 thousand yuan, more than US$21,000.

China United Telecommunications Corporation (China Unicom), the country's second-largest mobile operator yesterday officially announced its dual-mode mobile phone service, which displays several differences from its rival China Mobile's service.

Ericsson has signed a GSM expansion contract with Chongqing Mobile Communication Company Limited (Chongqing Mobile) in Chongqing to supply complete network solutions including telecom services.