When the Chinese government issued the long awaited third generation (3G) license to three domestic telecom operators a year ago, few imagined the number of the country’s 3G users would reach nearly 15 million within one year.
Tags: 3G, CDMA2000, China-Mobile, China-Telecom, industry, mobile, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA
China’s telecommunication industry reported 842.43 billion yuan ($123 billion) in main business revenue in 2009, up 3.9 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Thursday.
Wireless telecommunications contributed 60.43 percent of the revenue, while 27.77 percent of the revenue was from fixed-line business and 11.8 percent from data communications, according to a [...]
Edelman, the world’s leading independent public relations firm, and Brandtology, one of the larger independent business and brand service providers, Tuesday unveiled their second edition of the quarterly Digital Brand Index for China, which tracked netizen behavior and technology brand activities in the last quarter of 2009.
Between October and December 2009, the index monitored 472 [...]
China’s Internet companies are excited at the prospect of increasing their presence on mobile platforms.
The sector is enjoying rapid development following the introduction of third generation (3G) networks. But before they can replicate their success or experiences with traditional Internet platforms, they are having to cope with new challenges.
Tags: 3G, Internet, mobile, PC
China has vowed to step up its ongoing crackdown on mobile WAP sites offering pornography for mobile phone users, as such sites are taking measures to avoid supervision.
An official from the national office against pornographic and illegal publication told Xinhua Thursday that the office had ordered local authorities to “fully clean up” such WAP sites [...]
Chinese search engine Baidu Inc yesterday launched two services for mobile users, in an effort to gain an edge and market share in the world’s largest mobile market.
Baidu launched its client software that combines search and other functions it offers on the PC Internet. With this software, mobile users can access search services much faster [...]
