Telcoms asked to cut extra SMS fees

China has asked telecom operators in the country to stop charging extra fees for sending short messages to users in competing carriers to check the customer base erosion problem faced by smaller operators.

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China calls for unified SMS interconnection fees

China has urged its telecom operators set RMB 0.10 as a uniform fee for short messages across the country from January 15, confirming a report carried by state radio Wednesday.
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) made the announcement in a joint notice published on NDRC’s [...]

China Mobile: Tea Leaves Give Mixed Reading

There has been a lot of confusion around China Mobile’s (CHL) future prospects in the wireless market. China Mobile is currently building out a 3G network standard known as TD-SCDMA, created in China and rife with protectionist tones and technical snafus. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has mandated that China Mobile build [...]

China Telecom to launch CDMA and Wi-Fi services in Q1 2009

China Telecommunications Corp. (China Telecom) announced on Oct. 25 that it plans to launch combined CDMA and Wi-Fi services in the first quarter of 2009.
Zhang Xin, deputy general manager of China Telecom’s household customer business unit, told a press conference that the combined service will allow customers to use various technologies, including mobile phones, computers, [...]

ZTE, Huawei: Big Winners of China Telecom’s CDMA Orders

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., ZTE Corporation and Alcatel- Lucent shared the CNY 27.9 billion CDMA equipment contracts from state-owned telecommunications operator China Telecom.
China Telecom, which was encouraged to take over the CDMA network from China Unicom in the nation’s telecommunications industry regrouping, unveiled the result of its bidding invitation for CDMA equipment on August 20 [...]

ZTE Unveils TD-SCDMA Handset

ZTE Corporation (”ZTE“), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is enhancing 3G mobile TV viewing experience during the forthcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as it officially rolls out U728, the industry’s first-TD-SCDMA TV handset, a wireless device that is capable of receiving crisp and quality TV signals. This is ZTE’s way [...]

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