Mobile communication?giant China Mobile has frozen contracts with its mobile Internet partners in order to stem criticism that pornography was being sold through its network.
The move means it will not collect fees for its online partners, rendering paid services unavailable.
China Mobile’s music business unit has also temporarily ended cooperation with 256 Internet retailers.
“All service providers [...]
China’s major wireless telecom companies, all State-owned enterprises, are coming under pressure to eradicate access to porn through wireless application protocol (WAP) sites on mobile phones.
“The telecom operators collect fees from mobile WAP services and these operators will take most of the profits generated by porn content on WAP sites,” Wang Song, an official with [...]
China Telecom aims to sell BlackBerry handsets and Palm smartphones in China by early next year, as it tries to gain share from its two larger mobile telecom rivals, a source familiar with the situation said yesterday.
China Telecom, the smallest of the country’s three major mobile operators, is fighting to compete in the country’s increasingly [...]
China’s regulators yesterday said charges for fixed-line telephone services should not exceed charges set in 2001 to encourage market competition and protect consumer rights.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission yesterday said: “We have set up an upper price to protect consumers, and telecommunications [...]
China Mobile, the world’s top mobile carrier by subscribers, yesterday said its call traffic has bounced back to pre-global downturn levels, lifted by a rebounding economy.
China Mobile’s international business dropped during the crisis but has now returned to normal levels, Chairman Wang Jianzhou said at an event in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province.
A return of [...]
A mobile phone for pregnant women, a World Expo 2010 platform and a car with a 3G phone were displayed at the China International Industry Fair 2009, which opened yesterday in Shanghai.
Industry officials said telecommunications carriers were trying to cash in on data applications as income gradually declines from traditional voice services.
China Telecom showcased its [...]
