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, [...]
China Telecom Ltd yesterday said its net profit in the first three quarters of this year sank 34 percent on weakening demand for traditional fixed-line phone services.
It earned 11.4 billion yuan (US$1.7 billion) for the nine months ended September 30, compared with 17.2 billion yuan in the same period a year earlier, the Beijing-based company [...]
China’s mobile communications business accounted for more than 60 percent of the total telecommunications industry income in the first nine months, a record high since the country started to collect such figures a decade ago, the industry regulator said Monday.
The portion of fixed line income fell 4 percentage points year on year to 28.2 percent [...]
