There was an increasing number of complaints from consumers about the Chinese telecommunications industry in the third quarter, mainly about broadband and mobile Internet services, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the industry regulator, said yesterday.
These were due, in part, to industry reorganization, which began in June. Under the reorganization, China Mobile acquired China [...]
The Chinese government is currently studying the modalities of the 3G licensing policy along with ways to implement it and is likely to announce the policy soon, said China’s vice minister of Industry and Information Technology Xi Guohua.
Speaking at the China Mobility International Summit in Beijing today, Xi said the time is now ripe for [...]
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the country’s second-biggest mobile-phone carrier, “hopes” to gain a license for faster wireless services by year-end, Chairman Chang Xiaobing said.
The government will accelerate the process of awarding the licenses as spending on the construction of third-generation mobile-phone networks will boost the economy, Chang said at the Mobile Asia Congress conference [...]
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the country’s second-biggest mobile-phone company, said its two largest shareholders plan to combine by January, as part of a government-led reorganization of the telecommunications industry.
The proposed merger between China United Telecommunications Corp. and China Network Communications Group Corp. is pending approval from regulatory authorities, Unicom said in a statement to [...]
China’s top telecoms carriers displayed next-generation products and services during the China International Industry Fair yesterday. It was the first time telecoms firms have showcased their products since the industry reorganization announcement earlier this year.
Carriers, such as China Telecom and China Unicom, exhibited 3G and fixed-mobile convergence services, such as mobile video monitoring and family [...]
China Unicom, the country’s second-biggest provider of mobile-phone services, says it is studying plans to integrate its fixed-line business with similar assets held by shareholders.
The proposal is part of Unicom’s plan to set up a “unified national network” of fixed-line and wireless businesses, the Beijing-based company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock [...]
