Netbooks with built-in 3G chipsets will be on sale in Shanghai on Monday.
They will allow users Internet access anywhere there is a mobile phone signal, China Mobile’s Shanghai branch said yesterday.
The netbooks, which cost from 3,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan (US$439 to US$732), feature 10.1-inch screens, Intel CPUs and a chipset supporting China Mobile’s 3G [...]
Acer Inc expects to launch its mobile smartphones for the first time on China’s mainland in an expansion strategy by the world’s No. 3 personal computer vendor, Chairman J.T. Wang said yesterday in Beijing.
Acer will promote them in cooperation with mobile carriers.
The Taiwan-based firm also expects its major personal computer business to continue growing 25 [...]
Progress on China Unicom’s WCDMA network is on track as more than 20 cities have carried out a series of video call tests which are seen as key in a third-generation network, telecommunications equipment makers said yesterday.
The tests carried out over a period of time signaled a faster pace for China Unicom’s 3G ambitions as [...]
China Mobile is to establish an additional 1,000 3G base stations in Shanghai by World Expo 2010, which will then make its 3G network quality equal to the current 2G network, the country’s No. 1 telecommunications carrier said yesterday.
The carrier is also to reduce fees and launch new applications, such as laptops with built-in 3G [...]
China Unicom, expected to start 3G services in May, is negotiating with Apple Inc to launch the iPhone 3G in China’s mainland, and if an agreement is sealed it will probably be the first legal iPhone sold in the domestic market, sources said yesterday.
Though the iPhone hasn’t been introduced in the mainland officially, several million [...]
Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group, a major home-grown 3G technology developer, signed an agreement with the Shanghai government yesterday to co-develop the next-generation mobile technology and make the city a major hub for 3G.
Under the agreement, Datang Group plans to invest heavily in 3G, or third generation, and 4G technology research, 3G equipment manufacturing [...]
