IPTV-Based Video Advertising Network Begins In China

China Telecom’s subsidiary Guangxi Telecom will be using UTStarcom’s (UTSI) RollingStream IPTV platform to deploy a new interactive advertising system, making Guangxi Telecom the first service provider in China to deploy IPTV for building-based video advertising.
UTStarcom says it will provide Guangxi Telecom with 3,600 concurrent IPTV streams for the initial deployment of the interactive advertising [...]

SK Telecom to maintain holdings in China Unicom

SK Telecom, Korea’s largest wireless telecom operator, will look for ways of maintaining its stake in China Unicom, the second largest wireless telecom operator in China, at the existing 6.6% level, said sources citing Suk Hwan Lee, CEO of SK Telecom China region, as saying on Wednesday.
SK Telecom’s stake would get diluted to 3.7% after [...]

Government Clampdown on China Mobile Proves Illusory

The Chinese government plan that sapped $39 billion in market value from China Mobile Ltd. may only end up strengthening the wireless carrier’s grip on the world’s biggest telecommunications market.
On May 24, regulators ordered three smaller, state-owned providers to merge into two competitors that might be strong enough to chip away at China Mobile’s 69 [...]

China Unicom denies plan to sell Apple’s 3G iPhone

China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom), a state-owned mobile operator in the country, denied earlier reports that it will sell Apple Inc’s new 3G version iPhone in mainland China in August.
“We do not hear about any Apple’s 3G iPhone sales deal between China Unicom and Apple. There is no concrete contact between both sides at [...]

Telefonica wants 10 pct of China Unicom

Spain’s Telefonica hopes to buy a 10 percent stake in wireless operator China Unicom to take advantage of opportunities from Beijing’s plan to overhaul its telecoms industry, the Financial Times said on Thursday.
Telefonica, which owns 7.2 percent of fixed-line carrier China Netcom, wants to become partner to a firm that under that restructuring blueprint will [...]

Telco and banking chips lead index fall

Shanghai’s key stock index dipped 0.65 percent yesterday as blue chips in telecommunications and banking sectors lost ground.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks the yuan-denominated A shares and hard currency B shares, edged down 22.65 points to end at 3,436.40. The index touched an intraday high of 3,469.06 and an intraday low of 3,409.23.

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