Alcatel (ALA) has signed deals with Shanxi Mobile worth Euro 24 million for telecommunications expansion in the Chinese province.
China Will Soon Promulgate RFID Standard
March 30th, 2006
Chen Wei from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has disclosed that China is pressing on making an RFID national standard to serve the forecasted RMB5.97 billion market for this year.
Advanced ID Corporation Announces Initiative To Help Contain Bird Flu-Avian Influenza
March 29th, 2006
Advanced ID Corporation announced that it is making its DataTRACTM, UHF / RFID Livestock – Poultry Traceability product available on an aggressive international basis.
Guangzhou Cable Uses NDS For New Digital Cable Service
March 29th, 2006
Guangzhou Radio and Television Network Company has selected NDS VideoGuard conditional access for the launch and transition of the company's digital cable TV services from analog for its subscribers in Guangzhou.
China Mobile Will Launch Pushmail Service
March 27th, 2006
China's mobile service provider China Mobile (CHL) is testing a mobile email service and discussing fees related to this service.
Spirent To Measure China's 3G Network Equipment Performance
March 27th, 2006
China Mobile is using Spirent's (SPM) Landslide Performance Analysis System to test 3G Packet Core Network equipment, including Serving GPRS Support Nodes (SGSN) and GPRS Gateway Support Nodes (GGSN).
Asia Netcom Increases Bandwidth By 50%
March 24th, 2006
Asia Netcom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Netcom (CN), has completed a major network upgrade that will bring a 50% increase in lit capacity to its pan-Asia submarine cable systems, EAC.
UTStarcom Receives Nasdaq Delisting Notification
March 23rd, 2006
UTStarcom (UTSI) announced that on March 20, 2006, it received a notice from Nasdaq indicating that the company is not in compliance with Marketplace Rule 4310(c) (14) because it has not yet filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
China Mobile To Launch Largest Mobile Phone Ad Platform
March 23rd, 2006
China Mobile (CHL) and Feituo Wuxian Technology Company will cooperate to provide a mobile phone based advertising service for China's domestic enterprises.
Beijing Netcom To Upgrade ADSL To Prevent Account Stealing
March 22nd, 2006
In response to the frequent loss of users' ADSL accounts through phishing, Beijing Netcom has launched an educational campaign to prevent further loss of ADSL accounts.
Xiamen Unicom Takes Measures Against Illegal Short Messages
March 20th, 2006
Xiamen Unicom has worked out several measures in an effort to block the illegal sending of wireless short messages.
Sichuan Telecom Upgrades Next-Generation Ethernet Service Infrastructure
March 20th, 2006
Sichuan Telecom is deploying Riverstone's 15008 and RS 3100 routers to upgrade its existing metro Ethernet network in Luzhou prefecture, Sichuan province.
Mastering RFID In China: Edward Zeng, Founder of SparkiceLab
March 20th, 2006
RFID is booming in China, and nobody knows this better than Edward Zeng, who is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of both Sparkice, a leader in BtoB Global Commerce; and Sparkice Lab, China's leading Visibility Service Provider powered by RFID.
Beijing's Mobile Phone Calling Fee Likely To Fall
March 19th, 2006
Local Chinese media report that the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) is likely to work out a measure to reduce the high mobile phone calling fees that have been the root of many complaints from Beijing consumers.
Capital Airport Will Adopt RFID To Monitor Outbound Luggage
March 17th, 2006
Beijing Capital International Airport is planning an RFID system for outbound luggage transport and security checks to improve its luggage freight efficiency and accuracy.
China Mobile (HK) Reveals 2005 Profit Jump
March 16th, 2006
China Mobile's (CHL) 2005 annual financial results were reported today and show an operating revenue of CNY243,041 million, representing an increase of 26.3% from previous year.
Motorola Makes Three New China Investments
March 16th, 2006
Motorola (MOT) has announced three new investments in China.
China Mobile May Bring BlackBerry To Mainland Market
March 15th, 2006
World's wireless solution provider Research in Motion (RIMM) is discussing with China Mobile about launching a BlackBerry service in the mainland market.
MII Requires Fixed Telecom Operators To Provide Calling List
March 15th, 2006
Xi Guohua, deputy minister from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), says that this year MII will actively urge telecom operators to provide a monthly calling log for consumers.
China Tietong Hopes New Pricing Policies Will Please Consumers
March 14th, 2006
China Tietong says it will support consumers by offering double refunds for any erroneous charging.