China Mobile will launch 3G phones that cost less than 1,000 yuan (US$147) by using United States-based Marvell’s multi-function chipset, the chief executive and president of the American firm said yesterday in Shanghai.
At present, China Mobile’s Ophone handsets that use the home-developed 3G standard TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access), often cost 3,000 yuan [...]
Spain’s Telefonica yesterday said it had reached a deal with China Unicom whereby each would buy US$1 billion worth of each other’s shares as part of a strategic alliance.
The Spanish telecoms company said in a regulatory statement that its stake in China Unicom would rise to about 8.06 percent, while the Chinese telco would hold [...]
The number of mobile phone users in China surpassed 700 million by the end of July, double the total population in the United States, as more people switched from fixed-line phones, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said yesterday.
The telecommunications revenue reached 477.49 billion yuan (US$69.9 billion) in the first seven months, a growth [...]
Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li is planning one last appeal of a court decision that blocked him from buying out PCCW, the city’s major telecommunications company.
Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited, Li’s Singapore-listed company, has filed a legal notice saying it plans to challenge the earlier ruling in Hong Kong’s highest court, according to a statement [...]
Shenzhen-Based ZTE Corp expects to overtake Sony Ericsson to become the world’s No. 5 mobile phone maker by the end of this year - the first Chinese firm to feature among the Top 5.
ZTE, now the No. 6 handset maker globally, will also expect to “be close” to the No. 4 position held by Motorola, [...]
China Unicom said yesterday it had reached an agreement with Apple Inc to sell iPhones in China in the last quarter of this year, ending months of speculation about when the highly popular product would finally reach the mainland.
As the only company in China that supports the network standard needed for the iPhone, known as [...]
