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, [...]

Datang Telecom profits up 70%

Datang Telecom Technology Co’s net profit jumped 70 percent year-on-year in the first half, thanks to the booming sales of 3G products, the Beijing-based firm said yesterday.
The domestically listed telecommunications firms, including Datang Telecom, ZTE Corp and China Unicom, benefit from the launch of 3G in China, the world’s biggest mobile phone market, analysts said.
Datang [...]

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 [...]

China Mobile to cover 98% of villages

China Mobile will invest 70 billion yuan in the next three years to build and upgrade its networks in the country’s vast rural areas and promote the application of its 3G services in the countryside, as part of efforts to seek new growth engines amid slowing subscriber growth.
The world’s largest mobile carrier by number of [...]