Last update: Monday 29 April 2013 [72 news items]
China Telecom sees sequential growth in 1Q13
Apr 29, 14:33
China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile and a fixed-line telecom carrier in China, posted consolidated revenues of CNY77.818 billion (US$12.5 billion) for the first quarter of 2013,...
China Mobile reports higher 2012 profits than competitors
Mar 25, 10:43
China Mobile, the TD-SCDMA telecom carrier in China, recorded net profit of CNY129.3 billion (US$20.49 billion) for 2012, much higher than those for China Telecom, the CDMA2000 carrier,...
China market: China Telecom likely to adopt FDD LTE
Jan 4, 16:38
China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 operator in China, is likely to adopt FDD (frequency division duplexing) LTE as its 4G standard because the company is undertaking FDD LTE tests...
China Mobile aims to sell over 100 million TD-LTE end devices in 2013
Dec 13, 21:41
China-based telecom service provider, China Mobile, has stated that its 2013 sales target for TD-LTE end devices is to exceed 100 million units and believes smartphones will account...
Nokia increasing competition in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Dec 7, 14:02
Nokia is strengthening its deployment in the entry-level to mid-range smartphone market with the launch of Lumia 620, a move which will affect the sale of Windows Phone 8 handsets...
China market: China Mobile hopes China Telecom will adopt TD-LTE, says report
Sep 4, 15:56
China Mobile, while having been promoting TD-LTE in overseas markets and preparing to start operations in the China market, hopes that China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom...
China Telecom 1H12 revenues up, profit down on year
Aug 24, 11:10
China Telecom saw total revenues of CNY138.021 billion (US$21.85 billion) for the first half of 2012 increase 14.8% on year, but corresponding net profit of CNY8.814 billion decreased...
China Telecom to procure 40 million CDMA 3G smartphones
Jun 18, 16:21
China Telecom, the only CDMA2000 operator in China, will cooperate with four nationwide distributors and several nationwide retail chains to procure 40 million CDMA 3G smartphones...
China Telecom procures PON equipment in large volume
May 18, 11:19
China Telecom has finished 2012 open-bid procurement of PON equipment, with China-based vendors ZTE and FiberHome Technologies as well as Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell being major...
China Telecom sees 3G user base nearly triple in 2011
Mar 21, 16:10
China Telecom, the only CDMA2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, had 36.29 million 3G subscribers as of the end of 2011, hiking 195.3% from a year ago and accounting for 28.5% of...
China market: China Telecom to sell CDMA2000 iPhone 4S
Feb 22, 15:54
China Telecom has announced that it will begin contract-sale of a CDMA2000 version of iPhone 4S in the China market on March 9, 2012.
China market: Top-3 telecom carriers promoting CNY1,000 smartphones
Jan 18, 13:37
While China Unicom has launched smartphones priced at CNY1,000 (US$158) recently, rival carriers China Telecom and China Mobile are also ready to enter the segment soon, according...
China Telecom to procure 45 million 3G smartphones in 2012
Jan 18, 01:00
China Telecom, the only CDMA2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, will procure 45 million 3G smartphones, of which most will be for sale at CNY700-2,000 (US$111-316), in 2012, according...
VIA refutes report about being acquired by China telecom carrier
Jan 10, 01:25
VIA Technologies, commenting about a recent report stated that China-based telecom carrier Datang Telecom Technology (DTT) has recently discussed with VIA chairman Cher Wang the ...
Sep 27, 10:46
PT/Expo Comm China 2011, an annual ICT exhibition claimed to be the largest in Asia, is taking place in Beijing from September 26-30, with major focuses on TD-LTE, Things of the Internet...
Taiwan gives green light to cross-strait submarine cable
Sep 22, 12:11
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved an application by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for laying a submarine cable between one of its outlying islands and a city...
China Telecom posts 1H11 net profit of over CNY9.8 billion
Aug 24, 13:54
China Telecom on August 23 published its financial report for the first half of 2011, recording revenues of CNY120.208 billion (US$18.37 billion), EBITDA (earnings before interest,...
Unitech inks cooperation with China Telecom subsidiary
Aug 3, 13:32
Unitech Electronics, a maker of automatic data capture devices, has signed an MOU with China Telecom's subsidiary in Fujian Province, southeastern China, for cooperation to develop...
Chunghwa Telecom offers Wi-Fi roaming services in China through cooperation with China Telecom
Aug 2, 01:45
Chunghwa Telecom on August 1 announced the launch of data roaming services for its mobile Internet-access subscribers traveling in China by use of Wi-Fi hot spots established by China...
China Telecom to make CNY250 million procurement from Delta Electronics
Jul 20, 11:12
China Telecom, the only CDMA2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, on July 19 signed with Taiwan-based Delta Electronics for procurement of power supplies used in telecom networks...
China market: China Telecom subsidizes 42% of purchases of mid-range smartphones, says report
Jun 24, 01:00
China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, has offered subsidies to cover 42% of purchase prices for 11 selected mid-range 3G smartphones, according to report...
China Telecom procures 39.9 million CDMA handsets, says report
Jun 20, 10:34
China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, on June 17 signed for procurement of 39.9 million CDMA handsets, according to China-based tech.163.com.
Chunghwa Telecom, China Telecom to cooperate on cloud computing
May 19, 16:24
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest telecom carrier in Taiwan, and China Telecom on May 18 signed an MOU in Beijing, China, for cooperation to develop cloud computing technology and...
China market: China Telecom offers HTC dual-mode 3G handset S710d
Apr 20, 12:25
Smartphone vendor HTC and China Telecom have unveiled HTC S710d, a customized 3G handset model for the carrier for immediate lunch in the China market, according to HTC.
China Telecom awaits SIM card CDMA iPhone 4, says APT executive
Mar 10, 10:34
With the introduction of the CDMA iPhone 4, industry observers had expected China Telecom to become China's second telecom company to carry the Apple smartphone, but no official launch...
China market: China Telecom to add 1 million Wi-Fi hotspots in 2011
Mar 2, 11:35
China Telecom, the only CDMA 2000 mobile telecom carrier in China, will expand its Wi-Fi network around China by adding at least one million hotspots and plans to invest CNY100 billion...
China Telecom to procure 60 million end-use devices for 2011
Feb 23, 11:10
China-based carrier China Telecom will procure up to 60 million end-use products in 2011 and about two-thirds will be 3G devices, said company chairman Wang Xiaochu during his visit...
China sees 3G user base grow by over 36 million in 2010, says media
Feb 11, 11:49
The number of 3G subscribers in China increased 36.834 million to 47.052 million at the end of 2010, China-based IT Times cited the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology...
Jan 13, 01:50
Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has cooperated with China Telecom to undertake trial runs of iEN (intelligent energy networks) in several cities of China and is talking about cooperation with...
China government sets hard to reach 3G user base target, says report
Dec 24, 13:45
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) aims at 150 million subscribers of 3G communication services in the China market in 2011, a difficult goal viewing that...
China market: China Telecom to invest CNY15 billion in EPON in 2011
Dec 8, 15:31
China Telecom, the largest fixed-line telecom carrier in China, is setting up EPONs (Ethernet Passive Optical Networks) around China and will invest CNY15 billion (US$2.25 billion)...
China market: 3G users top 38 million at end of October, says MIIT
Nov 25, 01:05
There were a total of 38.64 million subscribers of 3G mobile communication services in the China market as of the end of October 2010, according to statistics released by the Ministry...
China market: HTC, China Telecom launch dual-mode smartphone
Oct 28, 01:30
HTC and China Telecom on October 27 jointly announced the launch of T9199, a CDMA EV-DO/GSM dual-mode smartphone, in the China market.
China market: China Telecom offers most inexpensive smartphones
Sep 21, 01:30
China Telecom, the only 3G mobile telecom carrier adopting CDMA2000 in the China market, has offered two smartphone models, N600 produced by China-based ZTE and C8500 by China-based...
Aug 26, 17:10
Fixed-line and mobile telecom carriers in China have been reshuffled into three main ones, China Mobile Communications, China United Telecommunications and China Telecom, with 3G...

- AUO aims at 20% market share for eTP touch panels for notebooks in 2013
- Digitimes Research: US new solar installations may only reach 3.5GW in 2013
- Solar cell prices may increase to US$0.43/W in Taiwan
- Sony Mobile to extend cooperation with ODM firms, says marketing executive
- Senao expanding retail chain in eastern China
- UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors
- Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
- Facebook sets up OCP Taiwan
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
- Asia to be largest LTE market, says Nokia Siemens Networks greater China head
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
- TPV Technology suffers 1Q13 net loss of over US$10 million
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
- Taiwan April manufacturing production index down, says MOEA
- Polarizer makers under price-cut pressure from clients
- AUO to supply panels for use in 2nd-gen Nexus 7, say sources
- US fab-tool book-to-bill stays above parity, says SEMI
- Intel, MediaTek and Elan taking up 60% of global touchscreen controller market
- HannStar to reach 95% utilization in 2Q13
- Windows 8 expected to take up 5-8% of global tablet shipments in 2013, say Taiwan makers
- Digitimes Research: Global LED tube light shipments to reach 220 million units in 2013
- Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
- Global LCD monitor OEM shipments down 14% on year in 1Q13, says TPV
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- Imagination says third party IP becoming a key driving force for silicon vendors
- EverFocus launches ECOR960 X1 16CH with better image quality and more affordable price
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
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- ATO Solution Co., Ltd. to launch 1Gb SLC NAND Flash after 256Mb/512Mb mass production for the first time in Fab-less industry
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- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- China economy to stay commodity-oriented, says JPMorgan (April 16) - Bloomberg
- S Korea in US$15.3 billion stimulus bid to spur economic growth (April 16) - BBC News
- Gold hit by sharpest tumble in 30 years (April 16) - CNN

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