China Unicom’s CDMA network from October 1 will now be owned by China Telecom, reports a local news source. CDMA assets to change hands include all ‘133’ and ‘153’ prefixed CDMA telephone numbers, CDMA transmission equipment, some sales outlets of China Unicom in ten northern provinces, CDMA terminals and other CDMA-related system and equipment. The assets will be paid in three stages by China Telecom; the first instalment will be of 70% which is to be made in three days of delivery, with 20% due within 60 days. The remaining 10% to be paid before March 31 2009. China Unicom will transfer 40% of it’s CDMA employees in the ten northern provinces to China Telecom; and rest 19.76% for the other provinces.
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China Telecom will own China Unicom’s CDMA network from Oct1 (China)
- August 5th, 2008
- 12:46 pm
TD-SCDMA network in 28 cities (China)
- August 4th, 2008
- 1:32 pm
After the Beijing Olympics, China Mobile has got the approval from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to start the second phase of construction of its TD-SCDMA network in 28 cities. Among the 28 cities, 10 cities are not provincial capital where the first stage construction took place. The total investment in the network has reached $4.38 billion according to a Media report.
TD-SCDMA phones for Olympics (China)
- August 2nd, 2008
- 7:45 am
China Mobile has purchased 40,000 TD-SCDMA phones running on China’s domestic third generation wireless technology for use during the Olympic Games, including some to be given to volunteers. The parent company of Hong Kong-listed China Mobile Ltd.,purchased handsets from providers including ZTE Corp. , Lenovo Group Ltd., and Guangzhou New Postcom Equipment Ltd. Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access is developed as an local alternative to 3G standards already widely in use around the world.
Nokia to invest $150 million more in direct venture arm prioritising India and China (US)
- July 31st, 2008
- 8:26 am
Nokia will invest about $150 million more in its direct venture arm, Nokia Growth Partners, more than doubling the size of its current fund. The priority for the new money is India and China.
Menlo Park, CA-based Nokia Growth Partners was set up in 2004 to directly manage $100 million of Nokia’s money. Its investments include mobile/online streaming service Kyte, Finland-based graphics firm Bitboys, and India’s Sasken Communications, among others.
ZTE Mobile Telecom and Telegent Systems team to deliver free-to-air mobile TV (China)
- July 30th, 2008
- 12:24 pm
Telegent Systems, makers of TV mobile with its high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, has announced that it has been selected by Shenzhen ZTE Mobile Telecom Co.Ltd, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, to provide its free-to-air mobile TV solution for selected ZTE mobile handsets sold worldwide. Under the agreement, Telegent will be the exclusive supplier for the free-to-air mobile TV feature for a period of two years.
Operators worldwide view free-to-air mobile TV as a way to differentiate their s globervice offerings and attract and Telegent being the proven performer in the globalmarket has been selected for the service.
Telegent’s mobile TV solution enables consumers to receive all local broadcast channels no matter where they are, providing consumers with a compelling, free and easy-to-use method of watching the same news, sports and other programming that they receive on their TV sets at home. For operators, free-to-air TV handsets provide access to the most popular content without requiring any investment in new standards, infrastructure or programming. Telegent’s solutions are currently available in more than 80 handset models worldwide sold in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and Africa.
Intel to support development of China’s mobile TV standard CMMB (Taiwan)
- July 29th, 2008
- 12:31 pm
According to sources in the Taiwan handset industry, Intel will support the development of China’s mobile TV standard China mobile multimedia broadcasting (CMMB) by supporting mobile Internet device (MID) and ultra mobile PC (UMPC) platform products supporting CMMB technology.
In line with Intel’s move, a number of IT makers, including Asustek Computer, Lenovo, Haier, Samsung Electronics and Fujitsu, are reportedly planning to launch CMMB-compatible MID or UMPC products, the sources indicated.
The upcoming CMMB-compatible MID/UMPC devices will feature a display ranging from 6- to 10-inch sizes and run on either Windows Mobile or Linux operating systems, the sources noted.
The development of CMMB MID and UMPC products follows the steps that have taken by Dopod, Samsung and Motorola in the development of CMMB-compatible handsets, pointed out the sources.
Indian version of Chinese handsets with warranty (India)
- July 28th, 2008
- 2:19 pm
Consumer goods giants Videocon, B K Modi owned Spice Mobiles, Usha Lexus, Delhi based Intex and Reliance Communications, are joining the bandwagon by leveraging their brands and offering warranties which are not available on the Chinese products. Almost 6 million GSM phones are sold every month in India. With the entry of new players and telcos moving to rural areas , it is expected that the market will grow further.
Indian companies are confident of taking on the big multinationals. The domestic companies are importing phones from countries such as China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, affixing their brand names, and offering warranties and after-sales services not provided by the non-branded Chinese products.
Videocon plans to launch GSM mobile phones around Diwali. “In a couple of years, we will be able to compete with the multi-national companies. Most importantly, we have brand acceptability. Moreover, we not only have the infrastructure, but also service capabilities to go to every customer,” said HS Bhatia, Vice President and Business Head-GSM mobiles, Videocon.
China Unicom expects pretax gain of $5.52 billion from CDMA sales (China)
- July 28th, 2008
- 9:36 am
China Unicom reportedly said, it expects a pretax gain of US$5.52 billion (CNY37.6 billion) from the sale of its CDMA operation to China Telecom Corp.
China Unicom said the sale price for the CDMA operation remains unchanged from the CNY43.8 billion price the company gave last month.
China Unicom said it will use the sale proceeds to expand its GSM network coverage and enhance information technology support systems, to prepare for the introduction of third-generation services.
600 million mobile users in China
- July 25th, 2008
- 2:30 pm
The world’s biggest cellphone market now tops with 600 million mobile users as subscribers increasingly abondon fixes lines government said. According to Ministry of Information Industry, from January to June, the nation of 1.3 billion recorded 53.5 million new cellphone users. Mobile phone users in the country increased to 601 million at the end of June, up by 8.6 million from the end of May. On the contrary, fixed-line subscribers fell by 9.3 million in the first six months to 356 million.
Mobile service is becoming more popular in the country after operators lowered tolls in March for making phone calls outside a user’s registered local service area and cancelled charges for answering calls in some cities.
China has been leapfrogging into the age of mobile telephony because of the huge costs associated with installing fixed lines across a nation the size of the United States.
China Mobile opened a tender for 40,000 units for mobile TV-equipped TD-SCDMA handsets
- July 23rd, 2008
- 6:59 am
China Mobile opens bids for mobile TV-equipped TD-SCDMA handsets, which is expected to operate 3G services under the homegrown TD-SCDMA platform. It has opened the for 40,000 units of mobile TV-equipped TD-SCDMA handsets as the official Shanghai Securities News reported.
The report said that the mobile TVs will operate under the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard.
Mobile phone manufacturers including Lenovo, ZTE, Samsung and Coolpad have reportedly joined the tender.
