China market: 3G connections to grow at CAGR of 160% from 2010-14, says Ovum

Jun 4, 15:56

According to a new report from consulting firm Ovum, to continue the strong mobile revenue growth seen in China, operators are driving 2G to 3G migrations in saturating urban markets...

China market: FET cooperates with China Mobile to offer voice roaming

May 28, 09:15

Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has announced the offering of voice roaming service in China through cooperation with China Mobile Communications...

Taiwan and China mobile telecom associations sign five cooperation MOUs

Apr 26, 14:41

The Taiwan Telecommunication Industry Development Association (TTIDA) formed by the five 3G mobile telecom carriers in Taiwan, and its China counterpart, the Association of Communications...

China market: China Mobile sees strong 3G user growth in March

Apr 22, 12:18

China Mobile Communications, one of the three 3G mobile telecom carriers in China, saw the number of its 3G subscribers increase by 3.41 million in March 2010, the highest-ever monthly...

China Mobile opens trial TD-LTE network at 2010 Shanghai World Expo site

Apr 16, 12:37

China Mobile Communications, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, on April 15 inaugurated its first experimental TD-LTE network at the site of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

China Mobile to trial TD-LTE in Qingdao, Xiamen and Zhuhai, says report

Apr 15, 11:23

China Mobile Communications, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, will establish three experimental TD-LTE (time division-long term evolution) networks separately in three...

China Mobile to trial TD-LTE networks in 3 China cities in 2H10, says company executive

Apr 9, 16:11

China Mobile will trial its TD-LTE networks in three cities in China in the second half of 2010, company vice president Sha Yuejia said at a technology seminar held in Taipei recen...

China market: Smartphone sales to top 100 million in 2013, says China Mobile executive

Apr 8, 11:55

Sales of smartphones in the China market are expected to top 100 million units in 2013, accounting for 40% of total handset sales, according to Huang Xiaoqing, general manager of...

FET to sign MOU with China Mobile to set up TD-LTE experimental networks

Newswatch - Apr 7, 15:44

Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) plans to sign an MOU with China-based 3G carrier China Mobile on April 7 for the joint set-up of a TD-LTE experimental network and...

China market: Mobile phone users increase to nearly 766 million in February, says MIIT

Apr 2, 10:36

There were 765.97 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of February 2010, up 1.24% on month and 16.10% on year, with a user density of 56.3%,...

Sequans announces LTE IC for China market

Mar 17, 12:07

France-based 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications has announced its first LTE chip, SQN3010, will soon be sampling with key customers. The chip has been in development for many months...

China market: Mobile phone users increase to over 756 million in January 2010, says MIIT

Mar 12, 10:39

There were 756.6 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of January 2010, growing by 1.23% on month and by 16.45% on year, according to statistics...

Top China-based telecom executives to visit Taiwan in March, says paper

Newswatch - Feb 24, 14:02

A group of high-profile executives from three China-based telecom companies, China Mobile, ZTE and Datang Telecom Technology, will visit Taiwan at the end of March 2010 with plans...

China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 747 million in December 2009

Feb 9, 14:53

There were 747.38 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of December 2009, growing 1.19% on month and 16.55% on year, according to statistics...

China 3G handset market to rise by a factor of six in 2010, says iSuppli

Feb 8, 12:04

Domestic shipments of 3G handsets in China are expected to amount to 42.97 million units in 2010, up from 7.2 million in 2009, according to iSuppli. The research firm attributed the...

China market: China Mobile dominates handset-based e-mail services in 4Q09

Feb 5, 10:27

There were 115.8 million active users of handset-based e-mail services in China as of the end of fourth-quarter 2009 and revenues from the services in the quarter totaled 430 million...

China market: China Mobile Android-based OMS 2.0 to also support Windows Mobile and Symbian

Feb 4, 11:01

China Mobile's next-generation OMS 2.0 (open mobile system 2.0) operating system is expected to support Windows Mobile and Symbian platform APIs (application programming interfaces)...

China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 738 million in November 2009

Jan 7, 11:13

There were 738.57 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of November 2009, growing by 1.24% on month and by 16.52% on year, according to statistics...

China market: China Mobile aims to add 30 million 3G users in 2010

Jan 6, 14:20

China Mobile had more than five million 3G subscribers as of the end of 2009 and aims to increase the number by 30 million in 2010, according to the company. Taiwan-based handset...

China wireless data service market to nearly double by 2013, says iSuppli

Jan 5, 12:39

The release of 3G licenses in China is spurring a wireless data boom, with national revenues from such services rising by 18.95% in 2009 and nearly doubling from 2008 to 2013, according...

China market: Censorship of handset content affecting mobile value-added services market

Dec 23, 14:51

The China government's recently implemented censorship of handset content is hampering the mobile value-added services market in China, according to Tom He, chairman of Beijing Digital...

China market: 3G network investments total over 102 billion yuan in January-October 2009

Dec 17, 10:43

China Mobile Communications, China Telecom and China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) invested a total of 102.3 billion yuan (US$14.97 billion) in establishing their 3G infrastructure...

Acer and Asustek to launch customized 3G handsets for China market in 2010

Dec 11, 12:09

Acer and Asustek Computer both plan to launch customized 3G smartphones in cooperation with China-based 3G carriers, including China Mobile and China Unicom, in 2010, according to...

China market: China Mobile dominates handset-based e-mail services in 3Q09

Nov 27, 10:27

China Mobile Communications, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, was the largest provider of handset-based e-mail services in the China market during the third quarter of...

TD-SCDMA subscriber base to increase by over 20 million in 2010, says Leadcore president

Nov 26, 14:50

The number of TD-SCDMA handset subscribers is expected to increase by more than 20 million in 2010, according to an estimate of Sun Yuwang, president of Leadcore Technology, a provider...

China wireless infrastructure equipment spending peaks in 2009, says iSuppli

Nov 23, 14:18

Massive spending on 3G networks by China's three mobile carriers will cause spending on wireless infrastructure equipment in the nation to surge by 27.7% to reach US$6.3 billion in...

China Mobile and SingTel pick up suppliers for LTE trial networks

Newswatch - Nov 20, 15:31

Two leading carriers in Asia, China Mobile and Singapore Telecommunication (SingTel), have kicked off roll-outs of their LTE trial networks, attracting the participation of a number...

China market: Nokia set to launch first TD-SCDMA handset by year-end

Oct 28, 11:10

Nokia has announced its first TD-SCDMA handset, the 6788, which it expects to launch in the China market by the end of December 2009 in partnership with China Mobile.

Japan to account for more than 50% of Asian LTE subscriber base by 2015, says Informa Telecoms and Media

Oct 21, 10:42

Japan will make up more than half of Asia Pacific's forecasted 14.4 million Long Term Evolution (LTE) subscribers by the end of 2015, according to Informa Telecoms and Media. NTT...

China market: Mobile phone user base increases to over 710 million in August 2009

Sep 30, 14:31

There were 710.5 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of August 2009, growing by 1.12% on month and by 15.34% on year, according to statistics...

Alcatel-Lucent inks LTE network deployment contracts with carriers in US and Europe

Sep 10, 14:20

Alcatel-Lucent has tied up with a number of carriers in North America and Europe for cooperation to deploy LTE networks, according to Alain Biston, president of North Asia at Alcat...

China market: Over 702 million mobile phone users in July 2009, says MIIT

Sep 3, 10:46

There were 702.65 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of July 2009, growing by 1.07% on month and by 15.50% on year, according to statistics...

Taiwan still prohibits China Mobile equity investment in FET

Aug 28, 17:04

The Taiwan government currently still prohibits China-based companies to invest in the island's telecom carriers, and will not approve China Mobile's plan to acquire a 12% stake in...

China Mobile to spend more than 120 billion yuan for TD-SCDMA CPE products, says chairman

Aug 25, 14:00

China Mobile will invest 120 billion yuan (US$17.57 billion) to build up its TD-SCDMA networks in the next three years, and the company will spend even more on purchasing TD-SCDMA...