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China reports decline in handset users growth in October
2008-12-1
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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,...
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Huawei 08 Terminal Business to Surge 74%
2008-12-1
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Huawei believed that the growth of the world cell phone market would be slowed down by the sluggish economy. But it is still optimistic about its own growth in the future,because emerging markets are the company's chief focus and the company has expanded its cooperation with operators.
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Ericsson China stays cheery during economic storms
2008-12-1
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Ericsson has refused to scale back investments in China as it prepares for the launch of a lucrative 3G market.
Johan Bergendahl of Ericsson explained that the industry is shifting its focus from the West to Asian Pacific countries such as China and India. However, Bergendahl did admit that the...
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China Mobile Limited to Provide 3G by March 2009
2008-11-27
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China Mobile Limited (NYSE:CHL) has bounced back from its drop on Wall Street,yesterday. CML, the world's largest mobile phone provider, gained 3 points (7%). Positive momentum followed CML's annoncement at the 9th China Mobility International Summit in Beijing, where it claimed that users in ...
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China picks up 3G pace, Mobile completes gear deals
2008-11-27
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* China Mobile has $4.4 bln in deals for 2nd phase of network
* China Mobile in handset talks with Motorola, Sony-Ericsson
* Slowing economy could curb network expansion, new revenues
China took another step toward its long-cherished goal of operating high-speed telecoms services, with China M...
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China Mobile Forays into Cellular Operating System Field
2008-11-27
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China Mobile Communications Corporation is developing its own mobile phone operating system and is to launch mobile phones with such operating systems soon, a China Mobile executive said in an opening statement.
Some corporations including Lenovo Group Ltd. (SEHK: 0992) will likely become manuf...
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China's Mobile Services Market Continues Strong Growth
2008-11-27
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China's CCID Consulting has reported that in Q3 2008, China's mobile value-added services maintained rapid development. The Olympic Games brought about more telecom services, but without benefiting carriers significantly. After years of rapid development, China's mobile value-added services industry...
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China Unicom Plans 3G Launch by Year-End
2008-11-26
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China Unicom expects to start a trial WCDMA network in seven cities by the end of this year - said Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of the mobile network operator. Sources within the company suggest that the seven cities will be Shanghai, Shenzhen, Foshan, Liuzhou, Zhengzhou, Baoding and Wuxi, with ...
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China Unicom to test W-CDMA 3G network in seven cities
2008-11-26
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Chang Xiaobing, chairman and CEO of China Unicom, has stated that he expected the Chinese government to speed up the issuing of 3G licenses. Once a W-CDMA (UMTS), one of the international 3G standards, license is issued to China Unicom, they will start testing their 3G network in seven Chinese citie...
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China Telecom Bets More on CDMA
2008-11-26
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China Telecom Corporation Limited (SEHK: 0728, NYSE: CHA and PINK: CHJHF) is enhancing its scramble for the Chinese mobile telecoms market with its CDMA services.
The assets about the business were bought in October 2008 from China Unicom Limited (SEHK: 0762, NYSE: CHU and PINK: CUNCF), which d...
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China Unicom Finalizes Management Team
2008-11-26
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China Unicom has basically finished the latest round of personnel adjustment of, which was kicked off after it merged with China Netcom under the national telecom restructuring plan.
So far it has finalized general managers and vice general managers of all departments. And the middle management...
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Second-Phase CMMB Network to Cover 137 Chinese Cities
2008-11-26
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The SARFT underlined that the newly-purchased CMMB terminals should have CA chips. And it suggested CMMB terminal companies actively team up with those domestic chipmakers that are able to independently design chips, such as Founder and Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD).
By now, the ...
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China Unicom to Launch 1st WCDMA Trial Network on Dec 31
2008-11-26
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China Unicom is scheduled to launch its first WCDMA trail network on December 31, 2008 and users in Wuxi now can apply to participate in the experiment by sending shortage messages.
Chinese regulators are likely to issue 3G licenses at 2008-end. China Unicom, which expects to obtain the WCDMA li...
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ZTE expects China 3G tech adopted abroad by 2009
2008-11-25
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ZTE Corp, China's No. 2 telecoms equipment vendor, expects the country's high-speed third-generation technology to be adopted outside of China as soon as 2009, despite "flaws" that will need to be ironed out.
The homegrown telecoms standard known as TD-SCDMA needed to be perfected over several y...
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GSMA, Huawei and Leading Operators to Ignite the Embedded Mobile Market
2008-11-25
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The GSMA, the global trade body for the mobile industry, and Huawei, a leading provider of next-generation end-to-end telecommunications solutions, have joined forces to help the mobile industry realise the huge potential market for consumer and industrial goods that can connect to 3G mobile network...
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MIIT Issues List of Chinese Telecom Troublemakers
2008-11-25
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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published a report on China's telecom service quality for the third quarter of 2008, which lists 130 irregular activities committed by Chinese telecom value-added service providers who were punished by local telecom administrations across C...
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Nokia Reaffirms Commitment to TD-SCDMA
2008-11-25
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Nokia has reaffirmed its commitment to TD-SCDMA at the Mobile Asia Congress in Macau. Colin Giles, president of Nokia China, said at the event: "Nokia firmly supports the development of TD-SCDMA.
"Our goal is to not only develop TD-SCDMA products that can deliver outstanding user experiences to...
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China May Delay 3G License Awards - Again
2008-11-25
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China's government is reported to be considering another delay in offering 3G licenses, partly to give more time for the home grown TD-SCDMA technology to iron out problems, and partly for economic reasons.
"It seems the government will not be in a hurry to issue 3G licences now," said Marvin L...
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TD-SCDMA Rollout and Policy Changes Are Clouding China's Telecommunications Operator Space
2008-11-25
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Europe : Research and Markets announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "China Telecommunications Industry Outlook: Industry Strategic Outlook 2008" to their offering.
Recent regulatory and competitive changes in the Chinese telecommunications industry have led to a great ...
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MIIT to Issue 3G Operating Permits Soon
2008-11-21
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Sources at China Telecom and China Unicom have revealed that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) will shortly issue Basic Telecommunications Business Permits to China's three main telecommunications operators. The scope of these permits will include the operation of 3G busines...
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