China Unicom, the country’s second largest telecom operator, is expecting a big rise in its subscriber number after it launched the country’s first official sales of iPhone Friday night.
Analysts Saturday estimated the monthly rise to be 1.8 million in November, a sharp increase from September’s 935,000.
Unicom started selling iPhones equipped with 3G service in 285 [...]
In China’s 3G-market arena, China Mobile has always been the front-runner. It was the first carrier to launch 3G services, the first to run an online application store, and the first to release its own mobile operating system.
But the world’s largest cellphone operator now seems likely to lose the numero uno status for launching the [...]
China’s entry into the World Trade Organization has had a far-reaching effect on the country’s high technology sector.
With the government gradually ceding control of the technology sector to encourage market competition during the past decade, companies have discovered the real potential of Chinese consumers.
With more competitors coming in the field, technology products and services are [...]
Nokia Corp launched its first China-standard 3G phone yesterday in Beijing, marking closer cooperation between the world’s biggest mobile phone maker and China Mobile, the world’s No. 1 mobile carrier.
Nokia, which now has produced models for all three 3G systems, has established a research team for TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access), a 3G [...]
China Telecom, the country’s third-biggest mobile phone carrier, will cut the mobile phone roaming fee in Taiwan and Macau up to 83 percent from next month.
The move makes China Telecom the first carrier to cut the per minute rate to 1 yuan (15 US cents) or less.
China Telecom’s new roaming fee in the regions will [...]
Apple’s iPhone 3G will make its debut on the Chinese mainland market on October 30 as scheduled and aspiring users will have to sign a two-year contract with China Unicom, the country’s No. 2 telco said yesterday.
Getting users to sign a contract is one way for China Unicom to lure subscribers to its network and [...]
