Baidu Map has reached strategic cooperation deals with the tourism bureaus of the four Northern European countries: Norway, Finland, Sweden …
Baidu Map Inks Deals With Northern European Tourism Bureaus
30 November 2016
Travelers In Europe Can Now Use Baidu's Chinese Maps
15 June 2016
Baidu Map announced that it is officially available in 32 countries in Europe. Baidu Map already has entered 18 countries …
Former HTC China Head Hops To Electrolux
14 February 2014
Ren Weiguang, former head of HTC China, has joined Electrolux as general manager of the China region. Ren revealed that he took office on February 10, 2014. He said the reason for choosing Electrolux is because the company is like Nokia was in the old days with strength and good prospects. Ren also said that […]
Alibaba Invests USD15 Million In American Luxury Website
06 February 2014
Right before the Chinese New Year holiday, American high-end luxury website 1stdibs announced that the company has gained USD15 million from the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba. 1stdibs focuses on the sale of retro designed jewelry, clothing, art, and luxury goods. Its main target consumers include designers, stars, and a high-end consumer group. Consumers can purchase […]
Huawei's JV Gains USD1.3 Billion European Contract
23 April 2013
Italian telecom operator Wind Telecommunicazioni announced that Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei will lead a joint venture to provide the latest LTE mobile broadband technologies to Wind. An Italian local technology company named Sirti will participate in this joint venture. Wind, a telecom operator subsidiary of Russia's VimpelCom, will provide a network upgrade contract with […]
China Mobile Decreases International Roaming Fee In Five Countries
07 November 2012
Great news for travelers as China Mobile announced that it began lowering international roaming fees in five countries at the start of November 2012. These countries are the U.S., Indonesia, Philippines, Austria, and Sweden; and the average decreased rate is about 52.35%. For example, the roaming fee for dialing from Indonesia is reduced from CNY29.99 […]
Huawei Applies For New Corporate Branch In Taiwan
05 May 2011
Chinese mainland telecom equipment maker Huawei has submitted applications to the Taiwan government to set up a new subsidiary in Taiwan. According to reports in Taiwanese local media, the new subsidiary aims at enhancing cooperation relationship between Huawei and the Taiwan industry chain. This move makes Huawei the first mainland telecom equipment maker that has […]
Apple To Start Selling iPad 2 In Hong Kong From April 2011
28 March 2011
Apple Inc. has announced that it plans to start selling iPad 2, the second-generation of its tablet computer product, in 25 countries and regions from March 25, 2011, and the new product will be available in Hong Kong from April. According to the official press release of Apple, iPad 2 will first enter the markets […]
Huawei Sales Up 19% In 2009
02 April 2010
Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has published its annual financial report for 2009, stating that its sales worldwide increased by 19% year-on-year to CNY149.1 billion.
The report shows that in 2009 Huawei realized net profit of CNY18.3 billion, its net profit rate was 12.2%, and its operating profit rate was 14.1%.
Promoted by the 3G network […]
ZTE, Vodafone Jointly Launch R&D Lab In Germany
10 March 2010
Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corporation has announced plans to open a research and development lab in the test and innovation center operated by Vodafone's German subsidiary in Dusseldorf to enhance its R&D and test capacity in Europe.
The two parties signed an agreement on the cooperation during the CeBIT 2010, held in Hanover, Germany.
The new […]
China Unicom Completes Entire GPRS Upgrade
01 August 2008
According to China Unicom (CHU), the company finished its upgrade from GSM to GPRS in the 31 cities and provinces across China by the end of June 2008 and all of its pre-paid and post-paid users are now able to enjoy the GPRS services.
Government Leaders Witness Chinese Telecom Pact With Ericsson
16 April 2008
Ericsson (ERIC) signed GSM expansion framework agreements this week with China Mobile and China Unicom valued at about US$1.3 billion and US$140 million, respectively.