China’s telecom sector income up 8.1% in Jan-Oct

The income of China’s telecom sector registered in the first ten months this year amounted to RMB 679.79 billion, representing a year-on-year rise of 8.1%, according to Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Over the Jan.-Oct. period, the business volume went up 22.5% from a year earlier to RMB 1.85 trillion and the fixed investment [...]

Handset users growth declines in October

China registered 3.22 million new mobile phone subscribers in October, far less than the average monthly increase of 8.5 million recorded in the first nine months to September, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said Saturday.
By the end of last month, China had more than 627.26 million handset users, the MIIT said in [...]

Regulator notes rise in telecom complaints

There was an increasing number of complaints from consumers about the Chinese telecommunications industry in the third quarter, mainly about broadband and mobile Internet services, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the industry regulator, said yesterday.
These were due, in part, to industry reorganization, which began in June. Under the reorganization, China Mobile acquired China [...]

China 3G pace gathers speed

China took another step toward its long-cherished goal of operating high-speed telecom services, with China Mobile dishing out over $4 billion of deals and smaller rival Unicom hoping to win a 3G license soon.

Tags: 3G, China-Mobile, China-Unicom, Datang, investment, TD-SCDMA, telecom, ZTE

Telecom companies eager to explore Palestinian market despite obstacles

With some 500 checkpoints throughout the Palestinian area and the split between the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Palestinians cannot visit each other easily. Under such circumstances, telecom companies are eager to explore local market despite many obstacles.
The fifth annual Information Communication Technology (ICT) exhibition “Expotech 2008,” held in both the West Bank city of [...]

SK Telecom to partner with Unicom on W-CDMA

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, [...]

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