The launching of the third-generation services by China’s leading cell phone operators this fall signals the start of a battle for top position in the world’s largest mobile phone market.
For smaller rivals China Unicom and China Telecom, the goal is to topple long-time leader China Mobile.
Tags: 3G, CDMA2000, China-Mobile, China-Telecom, China-Unicom, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA
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 yesterday.
The portion of fixed line income fell 4 percentage points year on year to 28.2 percent [...]
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 Unicom has agreed to buy back its stake from SK Telecom for HK$10 billion (US$1.3 billion) after SK offered to cease a three-year alliance.
The country’s second-largest mobile phone carrier said it will repurchase the 3.79-percent stake held by SK Telecom at HK$11.105 per share, 1.4 percent lower than Unicom’s last close in Hong Kong [...]
Apple’s iPhone is scheduled to debut in China’s mainland, the world’s biggest mobile phone market, in three weeks in a partnership with China Unicom, the telecommunications carrier said yesterday.
The iPhone’s official entry has been keenly anticipated and expected to increase competition in the smart phone market with rivals such as Nokia and Dopod, said Wu [...]
China Telecom will give its users free incoming call services starting next month, making the company the first carrier to adopt a long-awaited one-way charge system for all customers.
The move by the country’s third-largest mobile carrier, announced yesterday, has been expected by phone users for the past decade and received new impetus earlier this year [...]
