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Korean Mobile Payments Provider Gains Chinese Investment

21 February 2017

Alibaba's affiliate Ant Financial Services Group is betting big on growing South Korea's Kakao Pay past its current user base …

China's Bustling Instant Messaging World Adds New Entrant

08 March 2016

RongCloudChinese instant messaging cloud service provider RongCloud has completed its first round financing of CNY50 million, which was led by …

WeChat Amps Up Competition With New Phone Call Function

11 January 2016

China's WeChat, the instant messaging app by Tencent, has Facebook's WhatsApp, Japan's Line, and Microsoft's Skype service in its sights …

Is China Mobile Now Competing With Whatsapp And Wechat?

13 January 2015

Chinese information technology solutions provider Ultrapower's wholly-owned subsidiary is helping China's biggest mobile provider compete with instant messaging apps like Facebook's Whatsapp, Tencent's Wechat, and Apple's iMessage.

Chinese Android App Store Inks Deal with Japanese Messaging App

07 May 2014

Chinese Android app store Wandoujia has reached a deal with Japan's top messaging app Line for Wandoujia to run Line's business and marketing in mainland China. Under the deal, Wandoujia will reportedly provide technical support for Line's operation in mainland China. They will also jointly enhance Line's localized content resource and operation, integrate brand marketing […]

JD.com Goes Social With Mobile Instant Messaging App

16 January 2014

Chinese B2C e-commerce website JD.com announced the launch of its free instant messaging product "Jingdong Dongdong" for individual users. This product is mainly used for communications between individual users. It also has a customer service consulting function. JD.com previously released the PC beta version of this product and the one launched this time is an […]

Tencent's WeChat Boasts 50 Million Registered Users

20 June 2013

Chinese Internet company Tencent announced that its WeChat service has gained over 50 million registered users. Specially designed for overseas users, WeChat has expanded into Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Mexico and the Middle East countries. It has become one of the most downloaded social apps on the Apple App Store […]

China Mobile Will Soon Unveil Instant Messaging App

05 June 2013

In a bid to compete directly with Microsoft's Skype and Tencent's Weixin WeChat, China Mobile International Limited will formally launch a self-developed instant communications and network telephone application named Jego by the end of this month. Initially targeting the large Chinese overseas diaspora and international users who want to contact their friends and relatives in […]

Xiaomi To Acquire MSNLite Team For PC-based IM Development

14 August 2012

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced plans to acquire the MSNLite team, which will focus on the research and development of the PC version of Xiaomi's instant messaging application after the acquisition. Local media reports that MSNLite was developed by Lite studio in April 2010 and it is an application that can be fully compatible […]

China's Tencent Invests CNY400 Million In South Korean Mobile Chat Application

28 May 2012

Chinese Internet company Tencent revealed in its financial report for the first quarter of 2012 that the company acquired a 13.84% stake in KakaoTalk, a South Korean mobile communication application, for CNY403 million. According to Tencent, this overseas investment was completed in April 2012. By investing CNY403 million in cash, the Chinese company gained 3.6 […]

Tencent's New Chinese E-commerce Platform Will Launch Soon

25 August 2011

Chinese Internet company Tencent has announced at its e-commerce annual meeting that the company plans to launch a B2B2C platform in the fourth quarter of 2011. The new platform is currently under development. It will adopt a new brand logo and will be operated synchronously with Tencent's existing C2C website, Paipai.com. Wu Xiaoguang, senior executive […]

China's Tencent Enters Mobile Market With 3G Smartphones

16 June 2011

Chinese Internet giant Tencent has announced that it is cooperating with China Telecom and five mobile phone manufacturers in the launch of six smartphone products, which have the embedded QQ-service platforms. These six smartphone products are made by five Chinese mobile phone makers, including Huawei, ZTE, Coolpad, K-Touch, and Hisense. Based on China Telecom's CDMA […]

China's Tencent, Huawei Form Strategic Mobile Phone Partnership

27 December 2010

Huawei Device, a subsidiary of the telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies, and the Internet company Tencent have reached strategic cooperation; and the first project jointly developed by the two parties — HiQQ smartphone — has been officially launched. By embedding Tencent's newly-launched mobile phone application platform QQ Service, the Huawei-made HiQQ smartphone has access to […]

Tencent Develops Chinese Mobile Security Sector With Kaspersky

15 December 2010

Chinese Internet company Tencent and the security solutions provider Kaspersky have reached a cooperation agreement to jointly develop the Chinese mobile phone security sector. Under the agreement, Tencent's wireless business department will team with Kaspersky in the research of advanced mobile security ideas and technologies. Meanwhile, Kaspersky's mobile security and anti-virus functions will be integrated […]

Rumor: NetEase.com May Take 50% Stake In MSN China

23 April 2010

According to reports in local media, the Chinese Internet portal NetEase.com is in contact with MSN China and intends to take a 50% stake in MSN China from Shanghai Alliance Investment.
Shanghai Alliance Investment is the shareholder of Shanghai MSN Network Communications Technology, which is responsible for the operation of MSN China. On the completion of […]

Intel, Tencent Join Hands For New Mobile Internet Platform

14 April 2010

Intel has announced that it will cooperate with the Chinese Internet company Tencent to jointly develop the next-generation mobile Internet platform, MeeGo.
The cooperation is expected to bring a series of Tencent's featured applications to MeeGo. At the same time, the Chinese instant messaging and Internet value-added services provider will be able to expand its products […]

China's Lenovo Unveils New Smartphone Brand

12 January 2010

Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group has unveiled its first smartphone product named Lephone, along with […]

China Mobile IM Service Available For All Mobile Phone Users From November

13 August 2009

Starting from November 2009, users of China Unicom and China Telecom will be able to apply and use China Mobile's Fetion instant messaging service.
This move aims to promote the mobile instant messaging intercommunication of users within and outside of China Mobile's network and to break the instant messaging barrier of Chinese telecom operators.
Prior to this […]

China Telecom Will Close Mobile Phone Dual-mode Card Service

01 July 2009

Chinese telecommunications operator China Telecom has announced that it will formally close its C to G dual-mode card service, which allows China Telecom's CDMA network users to roam to China Unicom's GSM network, from August 1, 2009.
China Telecom Shanghai told local media that, according to plan, China Telecom will not provide the C to G […]

China Unicom Will Stop Instant Messaging Service In Jiangsu

02 June 2009

China Unicom Jiangsu branch has published a notice stating that it will close the free trial of its instant messaging service from July 1, 2009.
The notice states that according to China's telecom restructuring policies, the former instant messaging service platform of China Unicom has been transferred to China Telecom and China Unicom will not be […]

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