Facebook began as a campus-wide social network for students, and a newly-invested business in China is claiming a similar origin …
Chinese Campus Social Networking App Gains Investment
01 June 2016
China's Huawei Plans To Invest EUR100 Million In Romania Over Next Five Years
22 July 2013
With security and spying concerns breathing down its neck in other parts of the world, Chinese telecom device maker Huawei plans to invest EUR100 million in Romania over the next five years. Huawei has been operating businesses in Romania for over ten years and it currently has about 800 employees in this country. Its facilities […]
China Had 564 Million Netizens By End Of 2012; Fewer Using Desktop Computers To Surf
05 February 2013
China Internet Network Information Center recently published its 31st Internet survey report, stating that by the end of December 2012, the number of Internet users in China had reached 564 million and the Internet penetration rate was 42.1%, which was 3.8 percentage points higher than 2011. For the mobile sector, the number of Chinese mobile […]
Lenovo Launches Chromebook For Education Market As Google Tries Flanking Maneuver
28 January 2013
While Google has had a difficult time making inroads into China's Internet sector via its search engine, it does seem to have some success tackling China from the hardware angle with partner Lenovo. Chinese PC maker Lenovo just launched a special edition ThinkPad X131e notebook, targeting primary and secondary school students. Lenovo already launched a […]
China Mobile Completes Wireless City Platforms In 150 Chinese Cities
22 November 2011
Li Yue, president of China Mobile, said that by the end of October 2011, China Mobile has signed wireless city construction agreements with over 160 cities in 26 provinces in China, of which nearly 150 cities in 22 provinces had completed construction of basic wireless city platforms. At the same time, the company has developed […]
China Mobile, Ministry Of Education Sign Framework Agreement
27 September 2011
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile and the Ministry of Education of China have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to jointly promote greater online uses for education. According to the agreement, over the next five years, the Ministry of Education and China Mobile will implement cooperation in various sectors, including infrastructure for education informationization; development […]
China's MIIT To Regulate Telecom Promotions On University Campuses
18 July 2011
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has recently issued opinions on regulating the marketing activities of telecom operators on university campuses. The opinions state that telecom operators should protect the legal rights of young consumers and should not sign exclusive agreements with schools. The opinions said that when implementing marketing on campuses, […]
China Telecom Chongqing To Promote Mobile Payment On Campuses
27 September 2010
The China Telecom Chongqing branch has launched a new mobile payment platform for students, aiming to promote the information development on campuses via the Internet of Things technologies. With this platform, various cards, including student cards, cafeteria cards, and library cards can be integrated into mobile phones to realize real-time management and control as well […]
Wireless Revenues In China Sink For Linktone
08 September 2010
Embattled Chinese wireless services firm Linktone Ltd. announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, and showed a drop in both revenue and profit. Linktone's gross revenues for the second quarter were USD16.9 million, compared with USD19.0 million in the first quarter of 2010 and USD18.3 million in the second […]
China Unicom Beijing Launches Free Trial Of Broadband Green Accounts
22 March 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom's Beijing branch has recently launched a promotion by providing free trials of broadband "green" accounts to help protect Chinese youth from harmful information.
The broadband green accounts are based on China Unicom Beijing's family broadband accounts. Users of the company's family broadband service will gain an additional account with the suffix […]
CodeLab Expands In China With More Customers
04 February 2010
Beijing, China (February 04, 2010) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — IPS is proud to now offer to programming instructors in China the web-based learning system CodeLab, an interactive exercise system for introductory programming classes in Java, C++, C and other programming languages.
At the heart of CodeLab is a set of over 250 unique, fully interactive, hands-on programming […]
Nokia, Pearson: Foreign Companies Running Blindly Into China's Wireless Internet Sector
01 February 2010
Just weeks after China's largest telecommunications operator halted paying firms for some wireless services, two […]
China's Three Telecom Operators Publish 3G Results
08 January 2010
China's three major telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom have published the […]
Nokia Works With CTG To Train IT Talents In China
01 December 2009
Mobile phone giant Nokia has signed an agreement with China Talent Group. Nokia will provide […]
China Mobile, University Of Cambridge Sign Cooperation Memorandum
20 October 2009
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile and the University of Cambridge have signed a cooperation memorandum to jointly establish a research and development entity.
This is the first time for China Mobile to implement an R&D communication and cooperation with a British university.
The memorandum confirms the two parties' intension to enhance exchanges in the next three years. […]
China's Telecom Industry Unveils Its First Charity Foundation
23 September 2009
China Mobile Charity Foundation, the first fundraising foundation within China's telecommunications industry, has been unveiled in Beijing.
CMCF is a fundraising foundation launched by China Mobile with an initial fund of CNY100 million, and it is subject to the supervision of China's Ministry of Civil Affairs. The mission of the CMCF is to offer support to […]
China's Largest Wireless Campus Network Planned At Southwest Jiaotong University
09 March 2009
Southwest Jiaotong University will develop and deploy its wireless campus network using the 3Com Corporation's H3C enterprise wireless networking solution.
The H3C integrated wireless solution will connect the Xipu, Jiuli and Emei campuses of SWJTU, providing wireless access to 50,000 teachers and students in classrooms, lecture halls, dormitories and outdoor common areas. Teachers, students and visitors […]
WLAN Installed At Nanjing University Of Posts And Telecommunications
02 September 2008
Motorola (MOT) has deployed a campus-wide WLAN for Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications to enable multimedia Internet-based teaching, automatic academic office management, Internet access, and long-distance teaching.
China Telecom Online University Signs Training Agreement With ZTE University
01 September 2008
China Telecom Online University and ZTE University have signed a strategic cooperative agreement on close cooperation in resource sharing and training sectors.
China Mobile Beijing Signs Strategic Cooperative Agreement With Beijing Jiaotong University
11 August 2008
China Mobile (CHL) Beijing branch has signed a strategic cooperative agreement with Beijing Jiaotong University to jointly train talents and implement campus information construction.