Himax hopes to cooperate with China Mobile for pico projectors

Newswatch - Aug 25, 11:18

Taiwan LCD driver IC design house Himax Technologies is looking forward to having its liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) pico projector solutions adopted by China Mobile Communications...

China Mobile and Foxconn discussing e-book reader production, reveals chairman

Aug 24, 14:00

China Mobile plans to team up with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) for the production of e-book readers, company chairman Wang Jianzhou said recently in Taipei. Wang...

HTC and China Mobile sign TD-SCDMA partnership MOU

Aug 24, 10:46

HTC (High Tech Computer) on August 24 signed a MOU with China-based carrier China Mobile to cooperate in the development of TD-SCDMA technology and related products, according to...

China Mobile 3G subscribers top one million in July 2009

Aug 21, 15:35

The total number of 3G subscribers of China Mobile reached 1.09 million at the end of July 2009, an increase of 129,000 from the previous month, according data released by the largest...

China Mobile chairman to visit Taiwan on August 21

Aug 20, 16:14

China Mobile chairman Wang Jiangzhou will arrive in Taipei on August 21 for a 9-day visit. In addition to visiting Taiwan-based carriers such as Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Far EasTone...

China market: LGE to launch Ophones in 4Q09

Aug 12, 15:52

LG Electronics (LGE) plans to launch Ophones based on China Mobile's Open Mobile System (OMS) in the fourth quarter of 2009, the China-based sina.com has reported citing sources at...

China market: China Mobile to open online app store in mid-August, say sources

Aug 12, 15:07

China Mobile will have a subsidiary begin operation of Mobile Market, an online software store supporting its customized handsets based on Ophone, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms...

HTC to launch at least three Android handsets in China in 2009

Aug 5, 11:35

HTC (High Tech Computer) and its China marketing partner Dopod will launch at least three Android-powered handsets in the China market in 2009, including WCDMA-enabled HTC Hero and...

Demand for 3G-, WLAN- and PON-enabled equipment picking up in China

Jul 29, 14:32

Demand for 3G- and WLAN-enabled devices and passive optical network (PON) equipment is rapidly expanding in China as 3G operators are focusing their efforts on improving the efficiency...

Siano debuts CMMB mobile-TV chip with conditional access and descrambling

Jul 27, 11:29

Siano Mobile Silicon has announced the SMS1186 CMMB TV receiver chip, a drop in replacement to its SMS1180, which adds on-chip decoding support for Pay-TV services which are emerging...

China Mobile chairman confirms scheduled visit to Taiwan

Jul 23, 14:23

China Mobile chairman Wang Jiangzhou has confirmed a visit to Taiwan in the second half of August. Wang is scheduled to attend a seminar on the future development of telecom industry...

China Mobile chairman likely to visit Taiwan in August, say sources

Newswatch - Jul 17, 10:29

China Mobile chairman Wang Jiangzhou is likely to visit Taiwan in August with plans to meet executives of Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) and MediaTek, according to industry...

China-based handset software developer Borqs raises new funds

Newswatch - Jul 14, 11:09

China-based Android-platform applications developer Borqs International Hodling, which has a close relationship with China Mobile, recently finished raising additional capital of...

Ericsson said to land contracts worth over 11 billion yuan with China 3G operators

Newswatch - Jul 10, 18:18

Ericsson has signed up a supply contract with China Mobile worth 6.8 billion yuan (US$995.6 million) and another with China Unicom for 4.8 billion yuan, according to recent local...

China Mobile reportedly to launch handset applications store in September

Newswatch - Jul 9, 11:30

China-based mobile 3G operator China Mobile plans to launch an online applications store, the Mobile Market, for its handset clients in September, according to media reports published...

Taiwan makers to benefit from large demand for WLAN APs from telecom carriers in China

Jun 24, 11:30

China-based mobile 3G operators China Telecom and China Mobile both plan to purchase large volume of WLAN access points (APs) for their respective deployments of WLAN hot-spot networks...

China operators slow down 3G expansion projects

Jun 18, 11:40

China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have all recently slowed down the expansion of their 3G businesses amid mounting complaints of poor 3G network performance from consumers...

A dozen operators to launch LTE services in 2010, says ABI Research

Jun 17, 16:43

The tally of wireless operators committed to deploy LTE networks and offer LTE-based services to their subscribers in 2010 has climbed to at least 12, according to ABI Research. By...

Willtek taps Taiwan TD-SCDMA testing market

Jun 10, 14:21

Willtek Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of the US-based Wireless Telecom Group, will promote its TD-SCDMA testing equipment to Taiwan-based makers of handsets, netbooks,...

China Unicom to launch Android-powered Uphone soon, says paper

Newswatch - Jun 9, 12:04

China Unicom, while negotiating with Apple for the distribution of iPhone 3G in China, is expected to launch an Android-powered smartphone, the Uphone, which is built using its in-house...

China Mobile subsidiary to purchase network equipment from Taiwan

Jun 5, 15:37

Representatives of China-based Xiamen Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, have contacted a number of Taiwan-based network equipment makers, including Asustek Computer, Accton Technology...

Inventec Appliances to roll out Android- and OMS-based smartphones

Jun 5, 15:08

Inventec Appliances has teamed up with China-based Borqs International Holding to develop Android-based handsets, according to company sources, who added that the pair will also develop...

China said to spend US$146 billion for 3G networks in next three years

Jun 5, 10:54

China plans to pour in as much as one trillion yuan (US$146.4 billion) for the establishment of its 3G networks in the next three years, according to Liu Liqing, chairman of the China...

Five handset makers qualify as China Mobile TD-SCDMA suppliers with MediaTek handset chips, says paper

Newswatch - May 19, 17:12

China Mobile has listed several handset makers which it has qualified as suppliers for its 600 million RMB (US$87.85 million) TD-SCDMA deployment. Five of the makers, including ZTE,...

China market: Acer to work with China Mobile for 13.3-inch CULV notebook bundles

May 19, 14:34

Acer is reportedly cooperating with China-based telecom provider China Mobile to bundle its 13.3-inch CULV notebooks with mobile telecom subscriptions, according to market sources.

MediaTek chips selected by LGE, ZTE for China Mobile TD-SCDMA bidding, says paper

Newswatch - May 12, 12:17

LG Electronics and ZTE have separately teamed up with MediaTek in order to enter the handset supply chain of China Mobile's TD-SCDMA deployment, which is expected to help the Taiwan-based...

Samsung and ECS eager to cooperate with China Mobile, say reports

Newswatch - May 8, 16:30

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Samsung Electronics are both aggressively looking to cooperate with China Mobile, to supply netbook products.

Taiwan government reiterates ban on China Mobile's investment in FET

May 8, 14:55

Taiwan officials have reiterated that the government will not approve China Mobile Communications' investment in local carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) because of legal...

China Mobile not allowed to invest in FET, says Taiwan government agency

May 7, 16:34

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC), in response to local carrier Far EasTone Telecommunications' (FET) signing with China Mobile Communications for strategic alliance...

China market: Eight players bidding for China Mobile TD-SCDMA project

May 5, 12:11

Biddings for China Mobile's 8.6 billion yuan (US$1.26 billion) third-phase TD-SCDMA procurement project will start in mid-May, with six China players and two international players...

China Mobile to invest in Taiwan-based mobile telecom carrier FET for 12% stake

Apr 30, 16:38

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the three largest operators of mobile communication service in Taiwan, on April 29 signed with China Mobile Communications, the largest...

China market: China Mobile to launch Android-based Ophone handset in May, says paper

Newswatch - Apr 20, 15:13

China Mobile plans to launch an iPhone-like smartphone, the Ophone, in the China market in May, in order to compete with the iPhone which is reportedly slated for launch by China...

China defies global decline in wireless carrier spending, iSuppli says

Apr 16, 10:29

China is expected to defy the downturn in the global wireless infrastructure equipment business in 2009, as the nation's 3G network rollout drives world-beating double-digit growth...