Hyannis Port, United States (August 12, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — It's hard for us to believe: the amazing Eunice Kennedy Shriver went home to God this morning at 2 a.m.
She was the light of our lives, a mother, wife, grandmother, sister and aunt who taught us by example and with passion what it […]

China Unicom Shanghai has published a report which states because the integration of its customer service and supporting systems have been completed, the current 10060 customer service hotline will be closed on August 30, 2009.
The 10060 customer service hotline formerly belonged to China Netcom, which was acquired by China Unicom during the telecom industry restructuring […]

Chinese wireless value-added services firm KongZhong Corporation has announced its unaudited second quarter 2009 financial results.
Total revenues for the second quarter of 2009 increased 37% year-over-year and increased 9% quarter-over-quarter to USD32.3 million. Net income in the quarter was USD3.55 million, a 41% increase compared with the first quarter of 2009 net income of USD2.52 […]

To meet the demands of the fast-growing 3G mobile phone users in China, the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Coolpad has launched the first major 3G video call center in China.
According to Coolpad, this move aims to rapidly handle the service issues of customers with the help of the new 3G technologies and to enhance customers' […]

A board member has resigned at Chinese wireless value-added services provider Hurray Holding Company Ltd.
Effective July 31, 2009, Robert Mao resigned from the board. Hurray has now named Wenwen Niu as a replacement.
Niu is the publisher and creator of The Founder magazine and a professional industry commentator in China. The company has not given a […]

Monte-Carlo, Monaco (August 10, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Gamers playing the popular massively multi-player online games can now earn real money from their 'virtual goods' by selling direct to each other.
PWNex.com aims to become the premier destination for both buyers and sellers of 'virtual goods' and services for hugely successful games such as World of […]

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has announced that with the cooperation with all the three major Chinese telecom operators, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, it has formally launched its 3G mobile phone bank services.
Compared with its former mobile phone bank, ICBC's new 3G mobile phone bank has more customized operating pages, which […]

Beijing, China (August 07, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Wirtgen China, the Chinese arm of the German-headquartered Wirtgen Group, has been actively supporting the kindergarten in Tiantai Town, Qionglai, Sichuan which was a victim of the May 12, 2008 earthquake. Right after the earthquake disaster happened in Sichuan, on May 12, 2008, many Wirtgen China employees […]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (August 07, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — This workshop will change the way you look at the channel. Each session will present a conceptual model for examining the issues and explore the contributing factors to the problems facing business executives and decision makers. The course will provide the information and the tools to […]

China Mobile will officially launch its mobile phone application online store in mid-August 2009 to encourage development and downloads of mobile phone software in China.
The online software store, which is named Mobile Market, is jointly constructed by ASPire Technologies, a Chinese wireless data service provider, and China Mobile Guangdong. It is operated by China Mobile's […]

U.S.-based company to manufacture and market U-Tron LED lights under the Intelight brand name.
Beijing, China (August 06, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — U-Tron (Beijing) Electronics Co. Ltd. (U-Tron) announces today that it has signed an OEM agreement with the Tucson, Arizona-based electronics company Intelight. Under the terms of the agreement, Intelight will produce and distribute U-Tron […]

With a total investment of CNY6.6 billion and an area of 490,000 square meters, China Mobile's southern headquarters in Guangzhou has recently been completed.
The new base reportedly integrates product research, industry cluster promotion, technology disaster recovery, and business cooperation; it will be put into operation at the end of 2009.
According to China Mobile, the product […]

China Mobile Shenyang Branch has set up a high frequency transmission base station near a kindergarten in Shenyang's Dongling district, which parents and teachers think may threaten the health of the children in the kindergarten.
CMSB's transmission base station was built on the roof of a 2-floor building. Being about 20 meters tall, the base station […]

Nokia's distributors have submitted a report to China's National Development and Reform Commission, State Administration of Taxation and State Administration for Industry and Commerce which alleges how Nokia has been involved in tax evasion and tax fraud in China.
Liu Youming, a representative from Nokia's distributors, told Chinese media that the distributors had sent a legal […]

Beijing, China (August 05, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation teamed up with Special Olympics East Asia (SOEA) on July 31st to demonstrate the power of football by bringing together Foundation staff, Special Olympics East Asia coaches and volunteers to deliver a very unique coaching clinic for local Special Olympics athletes with intellectual […]

Beijing, China (August 05, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Basketball without Borders, the NBA and FIBA's global basketball development and community outreach program, returns to China for the fourth time during July 31st to August 2nd in Beijing. As part of the league's commitment to social responsibility, a special basketball clinic is organized for 60 local […]

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced plans to invest additional CNY1.5 billion to add 50 cities of seven provinces into its WCDMA network.
Of the total investment, CNY1.1 billion will be used in the construction of wireless networks and CNY400 million will be allocated to supporting transmission facilities. At present, China Unicom's branches in the […]

U.S. electronics retailer Best Buy has announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation with China Unicom to sell the latter's 3G products in its stores in China.
These products will include China Unicom's 3G mobile phones, data cards, packages, and 3G Internet services.
Lu Dongliang, vice general manager for China Unicom Shanghai, told local media that […]

China Telecom Guandgong, the company's largest branch in China, has announced plans to further support the development of China's online game industry.
Based on its eight million broadband user group, China Telecom Guangdong's new plan will cover channel-sharing promotion, flexible service cooperation, online game exhibition, and online game competition.
For channel-sharing promotion, China Telecom Guangdong will launch […]

Hong Liang Lu, one of the early founders of the business that became UTStarcom Inc., has stepped down as executive chairman of the board of directors, though he will continue to serve in some capacity on the board.
Peter Blackmore will continue as president and chief executive officer. Thomas J. Toy, currently lead director, will assume […]