Japan's SoftBank Group formally announced that they have reached a deal with China's ZTE to implement field testing of 5G …
SoftBank Formally Announces ZTE 5G Testing Deal
19 June 2017
Cheetah Mobile's Live Show Subsidiary Gains USD60 Million Investment
05 May 2017
Chinese mobile Internet security company Cheetah Mobile announced that its live show subsidiary Live.me Inc signed a USD60 million fund …
China's Tencent Becomes Largest Gaming Company In The World
28 March 2017
China's Tencent Games achieved operating revenue in 2016 of USD10.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17%, which makes it the …
China's BOE May Become New Supplier For Apple
23 February 2017
Apple is reportedly discussing with China's BOE Technology Group about the supply of OLED displays for its future iPhone products. …
Alipay Available At Nearly 4,000 Vendors In Japan
22 November 2016
Chinese travelers to Japan can rely on more payment options as Alipay says it is now supported by nearly 4,000 …
Alipay Becomes Exclusive Mobile Payment Channel In Mainland China MUJI Stores
17 November 2016
MUJI and Alipay announced that MUJI's nearly 200 stores in mainland China will support payments via Alipay. At the same …
Alipay Provides Payment Services At Ten More Overseas Airports
05 October 2016
Chinese Internet third-party payment service provider Alipay announced that they had reached cooperation with an additional ten overseas airports. Those …
Sharp's Post-Foxconn Acquisition Plan Is To Dive Into Smartphones
06 September 2016
Even though rivals Coolpad and Xiaomi are showing declining smartphone numbers, Sharp has deviced to jump into the mobile phone …
Chinese Outbound Tourists To Singapore Gain Enhanced Payment Services
18 July 2016
The leading Chinese online payments provider is seeking worldwide partners to establish a mobile service ecosphere with overseas airports, department …
Chinese Tourists At Heart Of New Thai Mapping Deal
20 June 2016
Chinese search engine company Baidu announced that they have reached a strategic deal with the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The …
Global Users Will Soon Trust Baidu Maps Around The World
21 April 2016
Chinese search engine Baidu.com, which censors its nuanced and oft-irrelevant search results, is now hoping its global maps will be …
Baidu Wallet Expands Forex Payment Services Outside China
19 April 2016
Chinese fintech companies are spreading globally, with Baidu Wallet the latest service to make offerings outside of mainland China. The …
Chinese App Developers Hit Apple's Money Jackpot
01 February 2016
Uncork the champagne, because it's raining cash for mobile app developers in China. Apple's chief marketing officer Phil Schiller reportedly …
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 …
ZTE Signs Malaysian Deal For 5G Mobile Development
07 August 2015
China-based ZTE Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia's U Mobile Sdn Bhd for the development of Pre5G mobile broadband technologies. The partnership will help U Mobile deliver substantial network performance upgrades using ZTE's proprietary Pre5G technologies including Massive MIMO. The MOU, signed in Shenzhen by Too Tian Jen, Chief Technology Officer of […]
China's Tencent Invests In Another American Mobile Game Firm
18 May 2015
Tencent reportedly invested USD60 million in the acquisition of a 20% stake in Pocket Gems, a start-up mobile game company in America. Tencent will gain one position on the board of directors at Pocket Gems, according to reports in foreign media. Founded in 2009, Pocket Gems is headquartered in San Francisco and the company is […]
Carriers From China, Japan, South Korea To Enhance 5G Cooperation
08 March 2015
During the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement conference held in Barcelona, mobile communications carriers from China, Japan and South Korea, including China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo and KT, released a joint plan to enhance 5G technical cooperation. Taking the opportunity of Mobile World Congress 2015, the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement conference was initiated by KT. The joint […]
Sony China To Cut Employees In Local Offices
17 February 2015
Sony (China) Ltd., which sells TVs and digital products, will implement a large-scale layoff across China that mainly targets regular employees in local offices. According to reports in Chinese local media, Sony has over 40 subsidiaries and offices in 13 regions in China, including Beijing, Chengdu, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin, […]
Lenovo Renews Joint Venture With NEC
14 October 2014
China's Lenovo Group and Japan's NEC agreed to extend their joint venture agreement through 2026. The agreement signed by the two parties included amendments to the initial transaction. Amendments to the NEC brand license agreements stated that the parties to the NEC brand license agreements entered into the NEC brand license amendment agreements on October […]
China Mobile, China Telecom Participate In Google's Optical Cable Project
14 August 2014
Google announced that carriers from various countries, including China Mobile, China Telecom, and France's Global Transit, will jointly invest in a trans-Pacific high-speed Internet cable system named "Faster". The total investment of this Faster project is estimated to be about USD300 million and participating companies include China Mobile, China Telecom, Global Transit, Google, Japan's KDDI, […]