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Telefonica to raise its stake in China Netcom with €750m investment
2008-9-5
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Telefonica, which owns O2 in the UK, is spending €750m (?10m) to raise its stake in one of China's biggest telecoms groups, ensuring it has a foot in the door of the world's biggest and fastest-growing market.
The Spanish giant is already set to raise its 5 per cent holding in China Netcom...
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China Telecom, Unicom Struggling to Contain Behemoth ChinaMobile
2008-9-5
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After China’s recent reshuffle of its telecoms companies, China Mobile has emerged as the 300 kilo gorilla in mobile communications and its rivals, China Telecom and China Netcom, are leaning on supervisory departments to erect stricter limits over the beast to curb its rapid expansion.
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Samsung picks up maximum CDMA handset orders from China Telecom
2008-9-5
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South Korea-based Samsung has emerged as the biggest winner in the CDMA contracts floated by China Telecom in its planned procurement of 5 million CDMA cell phones, a move forming the part of the country’s restructuring program.
Samsung bagged the biggest order of 1 million sets, represent...
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China Mobile GSM Network Reaches 97% Population Coverage
2008-9-4
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China Mobile says that it has expanded its GSM network coverage to reach 97% of the country's population. The company is now focusing on growing its subscriber base in the rural markets as the urban areas are increasingly saturated.
"Even remote areas not connected to the power grid nor ...
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Datang Telecom to acquire 35% stake in UniScope Technologies
2008-9-4
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Sep. 4, 2008 (China Knowledge) - Shanghai-listed Datang Telecom Technology Co Ltd<600198>, one of the leading communications technology providers in China, announced that it is planning to acquire 35% stake in UniScope Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Ltd for RMB 155 million.
Datang Telecom is ...
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Apple and China Mobile still in talks
2008-9-4
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Even though almost a year has passed since Apple and carrier China Mobile began their discussions, the two are still in talks in an attempt to find an agreement for bringing the iPhone to China. And though CEO of China Mobile, Wang Jianzhou revealed the two companies were still discussing, he did no...
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Mobile Handset Shipments Into China Fall 16.4% in Q2
2008-9-4
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EJL Wireless Research, a research firm that offers the latest and proprietary market analysis and consultation upon the wireless markets, has announced a research report that focused on the mobile handset production and shipment scenario in China during the second quarter of this year.
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China Mobile wants to test LTE ASAP
2008-9-4
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The world's largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, China Mobile, said it was eager to begin testing 4G TD-LTE soon, a time division duplex (TDD) version of LTE that will be backward compatible with the struggling Chinese 3G standard TD-SCDMA. However, the lack of chipsets are holding back ...
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China Unicom to Kick off WCDMA Networks This Year
2008-9-4
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China Unicom will at the soonest kick off WCDMA network construction at the end of this year and is scheduled to invite bidding for WCDMA equipment procurement contracts in this November, according to an executive from the telecom carrier.
First it will set up WCDMA network in some provinces in...
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China and India Top Mobile TV Usage
2008-9-3
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China and India have the largest mobile TV audiences, according to a new global survey carried out by Telegent, a manufacturer of single-chip mobile TV solutions. Close to three quarters of respondents to the survey in both countries confirmed that they watch mobile TV.
Following the ope...
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China Unicom 3G Network to Be Deployed Nationwide
2008-9-3
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China Unicom's parent company, China United Communications Corporation has revealed that it plans to build a nationwide WCDMA based network and will start issuing tenders for the contracts in November.
The company had been expected to start with a piecemeal deployment starting in the sou...
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Samsung, ZTE win CDMA handset order from China Telecom
2008-9-3
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Sep. 3, 2008 (China Knowledge) - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, South Korea's top electronics manufacturer, was reported to have won 20% of China Telecom's<728><CHA> CDMA handset procurement tender, according to sources.
China Telecom intends to purchase 5 million CDMA handsets. ZTE Co...
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Huawei Dploys Largest HLR in Pakistan
2008-9-2
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Huawei says that it has deployed the world' s largest next generation Home Location Register (HLR) solution for Telenor Pakistan. Huawei' s HLR solution is fully-distributed and has been deployed in the country' s three major cities of Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, and will serve 40 million subscri...
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China National Audit Office Says Continued Investment In Telecom Sector A Waste
2008-9-2
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The National Audit Office in a report to the fourth session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress indicated the continuing investment in the telecom sector was a waste as the nation is beset under-utilized cables and other infrastructure already available.
Auditor-Gene...
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China's continuing telecom investment causes waste
2008-9-1
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Continuing investment was a major problem in the nation's telecom sector as much waste had been caused by under-utilized cables and other infrastructure, China Times reported on Saturday.
The Beijing-based newspaper cited auditor-general Liu Jiayi reporting on Wednesday to the fourth session of...
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China Mobile Signs With Xiamen To Build Wireless City
2008-9-1
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China Mobile (CHL) has signed a wireless cooperation memo with the Xiamen Municipal Government to build a wireless city.
Unlike other Chinese cities which adopt Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology is their wireless construction, Xiamen will become the first wireless city in China that based on the TD-SCD...
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Chunghwa Telecom H1 Revenues Rise - but Profits Drop
2008-8-29
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Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom has reported that its first half revenues increased by 5.4% to NT$100.9 billion (US$3.2 billion), of which 28.5% was from fixed-line services, 35.9% was from mobile services, 24.6% was from Internet and data services, and the remaining 11.0% was from other revenues, includi...
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China Mobile TD-SCDMA Users Reach 104,000
2008-8-29
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China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) president Wang Jianzhou said at China Mobile's mid-year earnings report conference yesterday that China Mobile currently has 104,000 TD-SCDMA trial users, of whom 60,000 come from Olympic trials and 11,000 come from commercial trials.
Vice President Li Yue said ...
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China Mobile silent on iPhone talks
2008-8-29
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CHINA Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou has refused to reveal details about talks with Apple regarding introducing the iPhone in China as both companies had signed a confidentiality agreement.
But Wang's statement at press conference announcing China Mobile's first-half financial statement yesterday...
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Beijing plans more change for telecoms
2008-8-29
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China Telecom, the country’s biggest fixed-line operator, which has acquired a mobile business as part of an industry-wide restructuring, expects Beijing to this year introduce further measures to promote competition in the world’s biggest telecommunications market.
Wang Xiaochu, ch...
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