Indian coup for Huawei

Huawei Technologies Co has signed a US$500 million contract with Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM), India’s largest mobile carrier, China’s biggest private telecom equipment company said yesterday.
It was Huawei’s first huge-volume overseas order this year and marks another move for the Shenzhen-based company to expand in the global market.

Tags: 3G, GSM, Huawei

Huawei Launches New Green Base Station Solution

Chinese telecom equipment provider Huawei has launched a green base station solution which can help operators save over 60% in their energy consumption.
The GSM network solution adopts such advanced energy-saving technologies as distributive framework design, innovative power magnifiers and energy consumption management, and it can help save energy and reduce emission from the equipment, temperature-control [...]

Telefonica raises interest in China

Spanish carrier Telefonica said Friday that it has raised its holding in Chinese fixed line operator, China Netcom, from 5 per cent to 7.22 per cent, at a cost of Eur309m.
Reports suggest that in the future, Telefonica intends to raise its stake to 10 per cent or more.

Tags: 3G, CDMA, China-Mobile, China-Netcom, China-Telecom, China-Unicom, GSM, [...]

China Unicom Launches New Positioning Service

China Unicom Ltd. launched a new positioning service - intelligent navigation service - for Chinese customers on January 16, 2008, jointly with Shanghai CTH MAX Infotech Co., Ltd.
Based on mobile phones and GPS terminals of vehicles, the service is featured with path planning service based on real-time traffic information. It integrates data application of China [...]

TD-SCDMA to face uphill battle outside China

TD-SCDMA is expected to be the dominant 3G technology in China due to the heavyweight government support it receives. However, according to ABI Research analyst Hwai Lin Khor, “TD-SCDMA is likely to face an uphill battle outside of Mainland China, even in Hong Kong.”

Tags: 3G, China-Mobile, China-Netcom, China-Telecom, GSM, TD-SCDMA

Morgan Stanley lifts ratings on China Telecom, China Netcom

Morgan Stanley newly lifted its rating on China Telecom and China Netcom from “underweight” to “neutral” respectively, saying their prices will go up, thanks to the anticipation for China’s telecom industry reshuffle.
The investment bank said the discussion about the reshuffle will be promoted in the first quarter of 2008.

Tags: China-Netcom, China-Telecom, GSM