China Unicom Ltd has signed an agreement with Apple Inc to launch the latest iPhone on China’s mainland, the world’s biggest mobile phone market, Shanghai Daily learned yesterday.
Under the deal, the telco will sell the iPhone bundled with its telecommunication fee packages when it officially starts commercial 3G services, a China Unicom source told Shanghai [...]
China Mobile will invest a total of 58 billion yuan (US$8.53 billion) this year on the third phase construction of the domestically-developed 3G network, which is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
The investment, which surpasses the company’s total investment in its two-phase construction of the 3G network, will expand signal coverage [...]
Chinese telecom operators have invested 80 billion yuan ($11.71 billion) in the first half of this year to build a third-generation (3G) services network, according to figures from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
But mobile users in the country have been slow to accept the new service, Chinese media said.
Zhu Jun, deputy director [...]
China’s top three telecommunication operators, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom, invested 80 billion yuan to boost the third-generation (3G) network so far this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Wednesday.
China Mobile, the leading mobile network operator, has opened 3G service in 38 companies based on the domestically-developed TD-SCDMA 3G standard, [...]
Datang Telecom Technology Co’s net profit jumped 70 percent year-on-year in the first half, thanks to the booming sales of 3G products, the Beijing-based firm said yesterday.
The domestically listed telecommunications firms, including Datang Telecom, ZTE Corp and China Unicom, benefit from the launch of 3G in China, the world’s biggest mobile phone market, analysts said.
Datang [...]
Apple Inc’s iPhone may debut in China sooner than expected after the US tech firm yesterday was reported to have started manufacturing the Chinese edition of its popular smart phone.
One of China’s largest portal websites Neteast.com yesterday reported that Foxconn Technology Group, Apple’s manufacturing partner, has started producing the iPhone specially designed for the Chinese [...]
