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 [...]
Mobile phones are becoming ever smarter, more complex and offer a growing range of functions. It wasn’t so long ago that a mobile phone was simply that, a phone. But by the mid 1990s text messaging arrived, followed shortly after by WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), which gave users the first if slightly clunky mobile access [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier, faces little profit growth in the coming quarters as costs to build a new 3G network weigh and increasing competition push it toward lower value subscribers.
Profits for China’s top three mobile carriers have been under pressure since late last year when China Mobile and its two main rivals, [...]
