Representatives of Qinghai Mobile and Tibet Mobile say that after the second phase of construction, GSM will cover more than 95% of the entire Qinghai-Tibet railway and passengers and residents along the railway will be able to enjoy the great convenience brought by this advanced technology.
Chinese Radio Stations Will Get Mobile Phone TV Licenses
July 31st, 2006
Following Shanghai Media Group and CCTV's acquistion of mobile phone TV licenses, another two radio broadcasting institutions in China, China Radio International and CNR, are expected to officially receive their licenses soon.
MII Blocks Foreign Companies Entering Chinese Telecom Market
July 30th, 2006
China's Ministry of Information Industry has issued a circular, requiring that domestic telecommunications companies not rent, transfer or sell telecom service operation permits to foreign investors.
Motorola And Huawei Arrange 3G R&D Center
July 27th, 2006
Motorola (MOT) and Huawei have jointly announced a new cooperation to provide more powerful and complete UMTS solutions and HSPA solutions to clients around the world.
CDC Corp's Newpalm Hit With Mobile Sanctions
July 26th, 2006
China Mobile (CHL) has published the names of three new companies that will be punished because of failure to comply with telecom directives.
Tietong Deploys Caspian In High Speed Network Backbone
July 25th, 2006
IP and MPLS network provider Caspian announced that China Tietong has deployed Caspian A120 Media Controllers in its high speed network backbone.
Nokia's Mobile Softswitch Boosts Hunan Mobile's Capacity
July 25th, 2006
Nokia (NOK) has won a GSM core network contract with Hunan Mobile to supply its MSC Server mobile softswitch for four cities in Hunan Province.
Mobile Carriers' New Policy Won't Have Bad Impact
July 23rd, 2006
At the same time as companies like KongZhong (KONG) and Linktone (LTON) have seen their stock prices plummet, business information provider Analysys says China Mobile and China Unicom's new polices on mobile value-added service subscription will have a more positive impact than negative impact on the sector.
China Mobile Announces Its Wireless Music Strategy
July 19th, 2006
China Mobile (CHL) has just released its wireless music strategy and launched a wireless music club M.Music.
China Publishes Blacklist Of 102 Wireless Service Providers
July 18th, 2006
China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the regulator in China's telecom sector, has published a list of 102 companies that have engaged in illegal operation of wireless value-added services.
Jiangsu Telecom Launches Collect Call Service
July 17th, 2006
Jiangsu Telecom has launched a collect call service called 11803. The new service is available to both fixed phone and Little Smart users.
Lucent Technologies Provides New Systems To HK Telco
July 16th, 2006
Lucent (LU) will provide its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) platform to Hong Kong's New World Telecommunications, enabling the telco to create and deliver simple, seamless, secure, portable, personal multimedia services for their subscribers over its optical IP network to different types of end user devices.
China Unicom Steps Into Mobile Phone Ads Market
July 13th, 2006
Following its competitor China Mobile (CHL), China Unicom (CHU) has announced the launch of its own mobile phone advertisement service.
China Netcom Enhances Provincial Offerings
July 13th, 2006
Shandong Netcom and Shanxi Netcom, two subsidiaries of China Netcom (CN), have selected Alcatel's (ALA) IP solution to expand and optimize their metropolitan networks across the Shandong and Shanxi provinces and broaden their IP-based data service portfolio.
SmarTone-Vodafone Expands Voice Portal
July 12th, 2006
Hong Kong's SmarTone-Vodafone will be using Intervoice (INTV) Media Exchange to upgrade and expand the company's existing Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Portal.
China Telecom Plans Commercial IPTV Coverage Expansion In Shanghai
July 12th, 2006
UTStarcom (UTSI) has signed a follow-on contract to deploy its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution to China Telecom (CHA), the largest fixed-line telecom operator in China.
Nokia To Bring DVB-H To China
July 9th, 2006
Nokia (NOK) China says that it is talking with China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and plans to test mobile phone television technology DVB-H next year and put it into commercial use by 2008.
Nokia Wins Big Chinese GSM/GPRS Expansion Contract
July 6th, 2006
Nokia (NOK) and Henan Mobile have signed a deal worth US$150 million to expand GSM and GPRS networks in Henan province.
Cisco Gets Primary Supplier Nod For ChinaNet 2006 Expansion
July 6th, 2006
China Telecom (CHA) has selected the Cisco (CSCO) Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network architecture as the foundation of its 2006 ChinaNet network expansion and has named Cisco as the primary equipment provider for the project.
picoChip Signs Beijing WiMAX Partnership Agreement
July 6th, 2006
picoChip has signed a development partnership agreement with China GrenTech.