China Telecom said Tuesday a damaged undersea cable caused by a major earthquake off Taiwan Monday is responsible for disruptions to international telecom services.
The Shanghai branch of China Telecom said the earthquake and earlier undersea landslides caused by Typhoon Morakot had damaged nine underseas cables southeast of Taiwan.
Five of the cables are used by China [...]
Internet users in Shanghai found yesterday that international cyber connections, which slowed significantly on Monday due to storm and quake damage to undersea telecommunications cables, began to flow a little faster.
China Telecom, which operates the country’s biggest fixed-line network, reported that about 60 percent of its international connections were back on line by 7pm yesterday [...]
China Mobile launched its online software and application store on Monday, said Tuesday’s China Daily.
It was the first such store to be run by a telecom carrier and a major move by the world’s biggest mobile phone operator to create new revenue streams as competition intensifies, said the newspaper.
The Mobile Market store, or www.market.com, is [...]
SHANGHAI’S international Internet connections slowed significantly yesterday after earthquakes rocked Taiwan and southern Japan. It was unclear last night how long repairs might take.
Millions of Chinese Netizens were unable to connect to overseas Websites or use popular online chat tools yesterday afternoon.
About 15 million MSN instant message users in Shanghai and other parts of China [...]
China’s mobile phone market has long been dominated by foreign brands. But Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment Co is betting on the country’s 3G cell phone market for a domestic breakthrough.
Tags: 3G, CDMA2000, China-Mobile, China-Telecom, China-Unicom, GSM, TD-SCDMA, telecom, WCDMA
China Telecom has completed the first phase construction of its 3G network nationwide to cover all county-level or above cities, almost six months ahead of the original schedule, the country’s No. 3 mobile carrier said yesterday.
The telco’s Shanghai branch aims to attract a base of 5.5 million mobile users, more than double the current number [...]
