ZTE Corp has won a contract worth 1.33 billion yuan (US$195.6 million) from China Telecom to expand the telco’s newly acquired mobile network, and with this deal it will become the leading player in the domestic CDMA (code division multiple access) network equipment market, the supplier said yesterday.
The deal will likely boost Shenzhen-based ZTE’s chances [...]
China’s top telecoms carriers displayed next-generation products and services during the China International Industry Fair yesterday. It was the first time telecoms firms have showcased their products since the industry reorganization announcement earlier this year.
Carriers, such as China Telecom and China Unicom, exhibited 3G and fixed-mobile convergence services, such as mobile video monitoring and family [...]
Qualcomm and Cheng Uei Precision Industry, a Taiwan-based developer and manufacturer of communications devices, computers and consumer electronics, have entered into a module/modem card patent license agreement.
Under the terms of the royalty bearing agreement, Qualcomm has granted Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) a worldwide patent license to develop, manufacture and sell modules and modem cards [...]
SK Telecom will be working with China Unicom on developing new services and applications for the Chinese operator’s upcoming W-CDMA network, according to a company executive.
Lee Suk-hwan, CEO of SK Telecom China Holding, said both companies have reached consensus [to cooperate on W-CMDA] and will soon start studying the details of partnership.
Tags: 3G, China-Unicom, SCDMA, [...]
In an interview, Qualcomm’s president for Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, John Stefanac warned that mobile operators face a regulatory regime which is not allocating sufficient radio spectrum for 3G services. Citing a recent example in Indonesia, he told the South China Morning Post that the networks were only granted 5-10Mhz of spectrum each, [...]
China Mobile’s 400 million users will be allowed to switch to the carrier’s 3G services with their current numbers from next year, the world’s No. 1 mobile operator said yesterday.
The move, which is expected to boost the homegrown 3G industry, will be trialed in three cities including Tianjin in northern China, Shenzhen, in southern China’s [...]
