China Unicom has reportedly started the public test of its online application store Wostore and the platform will be formally put into operation later this month. With the formal launch of Wostore, China's three major telecom operators will all have their own application stores. At the same time, the online application market will become a […]

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC has brought new smartphone products under a new brand of HTC to the Chinese mainland market, aiming to become a top five smartphone vendor in this marketplace. The company has released four HTC brands, including Tianxi and Tianyi based on China Mobile's TD-SCDMA network, and Wildfire and Desire based on […]

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, the island's smartphone maker HTC has decided to inject additional capital of USD45 million in the Shanghai-based HTC Electronics for capacity expansion.
Meanwhile, HTC will invest USD19.5 million in another mainland subsidiary, HTC Communications, for sales channel expansion. This move is reportedly a preparation for the sales of China […]

The China Telecom Shandong branch announced that it has cooperated with six well-known mobile phone makers, including Hisense, Coolpad, ZTE, Huawei, Lenovo, and Dopod, in the setting up a mobile terminal joint lab.
This is reportedly the first joint lab co-founded by a telecom operator and so many mobile terminal makers in China. The establishment of […]

Initiated by China Telecom, the operator of the CDMA2000 network in China, China's "CDMA2000 Mobile Phone Design and Development Industry Alliance" has been founded in Beijing with over 100 members, including mobile phone chip platform providers, mobile phone design companies, and brand manufacturers with independent development abilities.
Yang Xiaowei, vice general manager of China Telecom and […]

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced that its first flagship store under its 3G brand "Wo" has been opened in Beijing.
Located in the southern hall of China Unicom's headquarters building in the Financial Street, the three-floor Wo flagship retail store covers a total area of about 800 square meters. So far, 56 types of […]

Taiwanese mobile phone brand Altek has announced its entry into the Chinese electronics retail chain […]

China Telecom Beijing branch has announced plans to increase its subsidies for users who buy its 3G mobile phones from the previous 30% to 70%.
According to the new policy, users who deposit a designated sum of money in their mobile phone accounts and promise to reach the monthly minimum consumption limit will gain China Telecom's […]

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has officially started the sales of its Ophone handsets in Shanghai and launched a promotional activity at the same time.
During this promotion, users who buy the Ophone handsets from China Mobile Shanghai's designated business halls or from the designated stores of D.Phone will gain a subsidy of CNY1,800, including CNY1,500 […]

Days after news of rival China Unicom's non-exclusive iPhone deal with Apple, Chinese telecom operator China Mobile formally launched its Ophone platform and Ophone handsets today.
According to Wang Jianzhou, president of China Mobile, the Ophone platform is the first mobile Internet-oriented smart mobile terminal software platform that has been developed by a telecom operator. It […]

According to Andrew Bowins, spokesperson of the world's second largest PC maker Dell, the company is jointly developing a mobile phone product with China Mobile.
However, Bowins did not provide local media with details about the type of the mobile phone or the launch time. The information is also confirmed to local media by Rainie Lei, […]

China Mobile has inked deals with ten Chinese and overseas mobile phone manufacturers to develop Ophone, a mobile phone product based on China Mobile's Open Mobile System.
According to local Chinese media reports, the ten companies reportedly are Lenovo, Dell, Dopod, Samsung, Motorola, LG, Yulong Coolpad, ZTE, Hisense, and TCL. Of these companies, ZTE will launch […]

Having launched its first batch of 3G network interface cards, China Telecom will soon start the commercial operation of its 3G mobile phone services and the company has already launched a user experience activity in Beijing, in which 2,000 users will be the first to experience China Telecom's 3G services.
China Telecom has already opened its […]

TCL Group has published a notice stating the group has invited Dr. Charles Yang to be its vice president to be in charge of the brand business for TCL's mobile communications sector.

TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance has announced that with the consent of the Council of the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance, China Mobile will join the alliance along with nine other firms.