Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has signed a strategic framework agreement with the provincial government of Hubei to improve the information level and to boost the electronic information industry of the province. Li Xiansheng, executive deputy director of Hubei, said at the signing ceremony that information technology is an important driving force for the development of [...]
China Mobile and HTC have signed a TD-SCDMA terminal cooperative memorandum in Taiwan to jointly develop 3G handsets. Under the memorandum, the two parties will set up a long-term partnership and cooperation in technical research, product development, market research, and customer service. According to Wang Jianzhou, chairman and CEO of China Mobile, the cooperation between the two [...]
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 Mobile has published its performance for the first half of 2009 and states it made net profit of CNY55.329 billion. According to statistics provided by the company, its operating revenue increased by 8.9% year-on-year to CNY212.913 billion during the period while its net profit increased by 1.4% to CNY55.329 billion. The company will pay an [...]
Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has announced plans to recruit 100,000 experienced mobile phone application products users to test the applications provided in its new mobile phone application online store Mobile Market. According to information published in Mobile Market's developer community, users participating in this testing team can use the relevant applications for free during the [...]
French retail giant Carrefour and China Unicom Guangdong branch have formed a strategic alliance and have signed a cooperative agreement. Under the agreement, Carrefour will introduce China Unicom's WO brand 3G experience stores in its 16 outlets in five cities in the Pearl River Delta area. These stores will provide services such as 3G personal services, [...]
Chinese wireless value-added services firm KongZhong Corporation has announced its unaudited second quarter 2009 financial results. Total revenues for the second quarter of 2009 increased 37% year-over-year and increased 9% quarter-over-quarter to USD32.3 million. Net income in the quarter was USD3.55 million, a 41% increase compared with the first quarter of 2009 net income of USD2.52 [...]
To meet the demands of the fast-growing 3G mobile phone users in China, the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Coolpad has launched the first major 3G video call center in China. According to Coolpad, this move aims to rapidly handle the service issues of customers with the help of the new 3G technologies and to enhance customers' [...]
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has announced that with the cooperation with all the three major Chinese telecom operators, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, it has formally launched its 3G mobile phone bank services. Compared with its former mobile phone bank, ICBC's new 3G mobile phone bank has more customized operating pages, which [...]
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced plans to invest additional CNY1.5 billion to add 50 cities of seven provinces into its WCDMA network. Of the total investment, CNY1.1 billion will be used in the construction of wireless networks and CNY400 million will be allocated to supporting transmission facilities. At present, China Unicom's branches in the [...]
