Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry has announced plans to invest at least USD1 billion to build a new plant in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province. According to Edmund Ding, vice president of Hon Hai, the company has inked an agreement with the municipal government of Chengdu. Ding said this is a part of Hon Hai's long-term [...]
Zhang Hui, president of Tengchuang Technology, told local media that the company has gained over CNY100 million in investment from Legend Capital, an independent venture capital subsidiary of Legend Holdings Ltd. Founded by Lenovo Group's former senior vice president Yu Bing, Tengchuang Technology is a professional information technology retail chain supplier in China. With the over [...]
Microsoft and over 90 mobile communication partners have jointly announced at a conference held in Beijing that the first batch of 17 types of Windows phones will be launched in China at the end of 2009. Microsoft's partners include telecom operators; 12 mobile phone manufacturers such as LG, Samsung, and Dopod; and over 70 software developers [...]
Hong Kong-headquartered IP television technology and program provider BNS and the unified communication solutions provider Mitel have jointly developed an integrated solution for high-definition IP television and IP telephones to provide new quality room service experiences to hotel customers in the region. With the help of the LCD touchscreen of Mitel's 5360 telephone, hotel guests will [...]
Vic Gundotra, Google's vice president in charge of global mobile search business, has announced in Beijing that the company will officially launch its Chinese mobile phone voice search service in the following weeks. This new service, which will be initially applied on Nokia's S60 platform, will save users the trouble of inputting words with mobile phones. [...]
Due to overheating issues, Taiwan-based computer manufacturer Acer is now globally recalling five types of laptop computers. The laptops involved are Aspire AS3410, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG. The laptops in question were all made before September 15, 2009. Acer said that the microphone cable of the computers may overheat when extreme pressure is applied repeatedly [...]
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced that it will formally start to sell Apple's iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS handsets in mainland China from October 30, 2009. Prior to this announcement, China Unicom launched a 24-month contract program for the iPhone products. Binding with a two-year iPhone contract, consumers will gain preferential offers when buying [...]
The management committee of Guangzhou Development District has announced that the South Korean LCD panel maker LG Display Company has decided to invest USD4 billion to build its 8.5th-generation LCD panel production line in the district. Jointly constructed by Guangzhou Development District and LG Display, this new LCD panel project will start construction in 2010 and [...]
Chinese telecom equipment provider Datang Telecom Technology Company has launched three new communications products, including the world's first electronics reading device based solely on China Mobile's TD-SCDMA technology. The company's new products also include a mobile phone service that allows users to change their mobile phone interfaces at any time and a new gaming mobile phone [...]
Chinese electronics and home appliances maker TCL Group has announced its sales statistics for August 2009. According to the statistics, TCL Group sold 807,561 LCD TVs during the reporting period, a year-on-year increase of 176.3%; it sold 563,395 CRT TVs, a decrease of 39.1% over the previous year; and it sold 2,600,450 audio-visual products, a year-on-year [...]
