According to data from the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, Letv has registered a new company named Letv Mobile Smart Information Technology (Beijing) Company Limited, with registered capital of CNY20 million. The business scope of this new company covers production and development of mobile phones and sales of communications devices, electronic products, mechanical equipment, […]

Chinese e-commerce website JD.com and top smartphone maker Coolpad announced that the two parties have reached a strategic cooperation agreement and signed a CNY10 billion procurement contract. Li Bin, executive vice president of Coolpad, said that the company previously sought opportunities to sell more directly to the Internet sector and tried the pre-sale model by […]

Sony Mobile Communications, previously known as Sony Ericsson, has announced that its first Sony-branded smartphone product Xperia S LT26i will soon be launched in mainland China, with the recommended retail price at CNY4,298. As the flagship product of the new-generation Sony Xperia smartphone, the launch of Xperia S LT26i marks Sony's enhanced use of its […]

Netherlands-based TomTom has signed a deal with China's AutoNavi Holdings Limited to form a joint venture in China. The joint venture will be 51% held by AutoNavi and 49% held by TomTom. Specific financial terms of the deal, including capitalization of the business and the entity's specific scope of business, were not disclosed. Foreign involvement […]

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has signed a strategic framework agreement with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in Beijing to cooperate in satellite communication and GPS sectors.
This is the first time for China Telecom and CASC, the two companies that took over China Satellite Communications Corporation's businesses on its separation, to reach strategic cooperation. […]

China Techfaith has announced the launch of nine new mobile phones designed specifically for China's 3G network.
The nine new models are from three different product lines and are part of a partnership with aigo, a Chinese digital products manufacturer.
Wilson Cai, deputy CEO of TechFaith, stated, "The launch of nine 3G mobile phones under the aigo […]

China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited (CNTF) has announced the launch of two new CDMA mobile phones, aigo 600C and aigo 800C, for China Telecom's (CHA) new CDMA service brand called Tianyi.

The Taiwanese GPS and communications products developer and manufacturer Garmin Corporation has joined the Google-dominated (GOOG) Open Handset Alliance.