Buyers snap up smuggled iPhones

Despite warnings that up to 80 percent of smuggled iPhones on the market are fake, there is strong demand for bootleg handsets in Beijing.
China Unicom has reported lackluster sales of just 100,000 since the iPhone was officially launched in China on Oct 30.

Tags: 3G, Apple, China-Unicom, iPhone, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, telecom

Nokia China 3G phone launched

Cellphone maker Nokia yesterday launched its first cellphone for TD-SCDMA, the Chinese-developed 3G standard, and will enhance its cooperation in application services with China Mobile Communications Corp, the world’s biggest mobile operator by subscribers.
The newly launched Nokia 6788 (N6788) mobile device is integrated with a wide range of applications including China Mobile’s online software and [...]

Nokia launches 3G China Mobile handset

Nokia Corp launched its first China-standard 3G phone yesterday in Beijing, marking closer cooperation between the world’s biggest mobile phone maker and China Mobile, the world’s No. 1 mobile carrier.
Nokia, which now has produced models for all three 3G systems, has established a research team for TD-SCDMA (time division-synchronous code division multiple access), a 3G [...]

Mainland debut for Apple’s iPhones

Apple’s iPhone is scheduled to debut in China’s mainland, the world’s biggest mobile phone market, in three weeks in a partnership with China Unicom, the telecommunications carrier said yesterday.
The iPhone’s official entry has been keenly anticipated and expected to increase competition in the smart phone market with rivals such as Nokia and Dopod, said Wu [...]

Online store a 3G ‘gold mine’

China Mobile will officially launch its mobile phone application online store by the end of August as the telco diversifies its revenue by tapping other services.
The Mobile Market online store will help the country’s No. 1 mobile carrier to keep its advantage in the 3G, or third generation, era over rivals China Unicom and China [...]

Chinese mobiles finding favor in Cambodian market

Distributors here have said that the number of Chinese-sourced mobile phones being sold in Cambodia each month is climbing rapidly, local newspaper the PhnomPenh Post reported on Tuesday.
Not only are they cheaper than leading brands, but some have features including the ability to use two SIM cards, built-in radio and TV receivers and MP3 and [...]

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