Bailian Group, one of China's largest retailers, has developed plans for the second phase of the China Implementation Reference Project, a pilot program that seeks to expand usage of Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) and radio frequency identification (RFID).

Lemmi Fashion, a Germany-based producer of children's apparel, has chosen Hong Kong's Checkpoint Systems to supply the company and its strategic partners with RFID hangtags.

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has announced first quarter results for the period ended March 31, 2006.

Seven mobile communications operators in Asia have announced the Asia Pacific Mobile Alliance (APMA), providing global roaming and other value-added service for business people and tourists.

Latest statistics from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) shows that the short message service in China hit a historical record in the first quarter of the year with the daily average quantity of SMS reaching 1.098 billion and daily average income exceeding CNY100 million.

Thailand's Shin Satellite has reached an agreement with China Satcom to cooperate in order to launch iPSTAR broadband services in China.

Guangdong Unicom has launched a double-module card, which is expected to help it and its parent company China Unicom keep the development of their GSM and CDMA networks in balance.

Oracle's sensor-based RFID solution has successfully passed relevant Chinese tests and evaluations and now can support the RFID reader Vision R9100 produced by Beijing Vision Electronics.

China Mobile (CHA) says that it hopes to jump into the wireless music industry by cooperating directly with recording companies.

Chang Xiaobing, president of China Unicom (CHU), has disclosed to Hong Hong media that his company is seeking a global partner for its CDMA service.

ZTE has stunned investors this week with a new report showing that its net profit in the first quarter of this year may drop by up to 50%.

UTStarcom (UTSI) announced that China Netcom has signed a contract for the deployment of UTStarcom's RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution in Harbin.

Chinese mobile service provider China Mobile (CHA) announced that its eco-friendly Green Box program, which it launched with Motorola and Nokia last year, will now have more participants.

Last weekend, China Mobile issued a report to all of its service providers and said it had punished six companies who were involved in offering unregulated services.

The Ministry of Information Industry's (MII) latest statistics on PHS phone production shows that production of Little Smart PHS phones has slowed.

Dai Dingyi, deputy director of China Logistics Network Alliance, says that RFID adoption in China is growing faster than expected.

The pioneering work at Wal-Mart to mine the supply chain benefits of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) will continue unabated under the Wal-Mart Information Systems Division's new leader.

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has announced the development of a Customer Management platform for Shanghai Unicom.

UTStarcom (UTSI) says that, effective May 5, 2006, its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Mike Sophie will resign.

China Mobile, along with China's Central Youth League, has launched a special program in Beijing in support of rural youth centers.