China Mobile (CHL) has chosen Sybase 365 to extend its international SMS connectivity to an additional 44 countries and more than 130 operators.

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority is prepared to help facilitate fixed and mobile network operators to engage in commercial negotiations relating to the withdrawal of the regulatory guidance on "Mobile Party's Network Pays".

South Korean telecom operator SK Telecom announced on Tuesday that it would invest US$1 billion to jointly build a digital content and design center in China with several of its partner and subsidiary companies.

Though it has not reached a final agreement with China Unicom (CHU) on the price of acquiring the latter's CDMA network, China Telecom (CHA) has already begun to make arrangements for the operation of the network.

China Mobile (CHL) has published an announcement on the second round of TD-SCDMA bidding.

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has been selected by Beijing Netcom for a next-generation network service transformation in Beijing to provide a wide range of advanced services to its customers, such as point-to-point video telephony services.

Zheng Jie, president and general manager of China Mobile Shanghai, completed a 200-meter relay of the Olympic torch on May 23 heralded by a cheering team made up of Shanghai Mobile's employees and members of Shanghai Cancer Recovery Club.

Fujitsu and Fujitsu Frontech Limited announced at the Fujitsu International Forum 2008 that they would sell their super high frequency waterproof RFID tags in overseas markets, including China, starting May.

OKI has bought out its partner's share of Changzhou OKI-GEG Telecoms Ltd, a joint company established in 1997 by OKI and Jiangsu Guoguang Electronic Information Technology.

The personnel adjustment regarding China's telecom restructuring has been published with Wang Jianzhou appointed to work as president and CEO of China Mobile (CHL); Zhang Chunjiang as first vice president and party secretary of China Mobile; Wang Xiaochu as president and CEO of China Telecom (CHA); Shang Bing as party … Read More>>

According to China's Ministry of Information Industry, the May 12 earthquake has caused a direct economic loss of up to CNY3 billion to China's communications industry with 3833 telecommunications bureaus and 25735 mobile base stations affected, 24496 kilometers of communications lines damaged and 117112 communications poles broken.

Following the earthquake in Sichuan, a number of foreign telecom operators have lent a hand for China's disaster relief by either donating money or offering other services.

Hong Kong will create the Unified Carrier License as a single licensing vehicle for fixed, mobile and converged services.

China Mobile's (CHL) Sichuan branch has begun to open sites in areas with dense populations in Sichuan Province so that people affected by the earthquake can keep in touch with their families and friends around the nation.

According to Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, a total of more than 16 million tickets embedded with RFID chips will be used during the Beijing Olympic Games and this is the first time that RFID has ever been used for the Olympic Games.

AsiaInfo Holdings has won a tender with China Telecom to develop an online charging system in Zhejiang province.

China Unicom (CHU) says that due to the earthquake, its G net and C net in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province have both broken.

Top management from China Telecom has disclosed to the local media that a measure regarding China's telecom industry restructuring may be released on May 17, the World Telecommunication Day.

China Mobile has set up an internet cafe on Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

China's National Development and Reform Commission says it will conduct a special check on the charges of telecom and postal service across the country starting in May, with the focus given on illegal pricing and fraudulent activities.