Online store a 3G ‘gold mine’

China Mobile will officially launch its mobile phone application online store by the end of August as the telco diversifies its revenue by tapping other services.
The Mobile Market online store will help the country’s No. 1 mobile carrier to keep its advantage in the 3G, or third generation, era over rivals China Unicom and China [...]

IT’s vital as catalyst to Shanghai’s vision

Shanghai is pouring billions of yuan to upgrade its information technology infrastructure and related services to provide the most advanced pillar of support for the city’s transformation into an international financial and shipping center.
Investment in IT pervades every sector of the economy, delivering faster broadband access, next-generation mobile communications, energy-efficient data centers, expanded international Internet [...]

Telecom giants spend $12b on 3G rollout

Chinese telecom operators have invested 80 billion yuan ($11.71 billion) in the first half of this year to build a third-generation (3G) services network, according to figures from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
But mobile users in the country have been slow to accept the new service, Chinese media said.
Zhu Jun, deputy director [...]

China’s top 3 telecom operators invest 80 bln yuan in H1

China’s top three telecommunication operators, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom, invested 80 billion yuan to boost the third-generation (3G) network so far this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Wednesday.
China Mobile, the leading mobile network operator, has opened 3G service in 38 companies based on the domestically-developed TD-SCDMA 3G standard, [...]

IT spending grows as staff numbers drop

Companies in China are increasing spending on information technology even as they lay off staff to cope with a business slump triggered by the global economic slowdown.
Smaller companies in particular are embracing online trading platforms, video communications systems and Web advertising as they seek to improve their cash flow. Their goal is to cut costs [...]

iPhone to enter mainland soon

Apple Inc’s iPhone may debut in China sooner than expected after the US tech firm yesterday was reported to have started manufacturing the Chinese edition of its popular smart phone.
One of China’s largest portal websites Neteast.com yesterday reported that Foxconn Technology Group, Apple’s manufacturing partner, has started producing the iPhone specially designed for the Chinese [...]