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2013 Predictions: TD-LTE devices ready for prime time

In 2012, LTE finally went main stream. Sure, there had been plenty of talk around this popular “4G” network type before, but this past year was all about deployment, deployment, deployment.

VelaTel scoops up Hong Kong-based MVNO

VelaTel Global is expanding its Asian presence, announcing today plans to acquire Hong Kong-based mobile virtual network operator China Motion Telecom for $5.8 million. China Motion currently serves approximately 125,000 customers in Hong Kong, targeting travelers from Taiwan and mainland China with dual number...

China Mobile shows challenges, adds 5.4M customers in September

China Mobile continued to add to its world leadership position, reporting 5.4 million net customer additions for September and nearly 49 million new customers through the first nine months of the year. The carrier ended the reporting period with 698.5 million total customers. The...

Ericsson snags China Mobile TD-LTE deal for Hong Kong

Ericsson snared a significant contract win from China Mobile to deploy TD-LTE equipment for the carrier in Hong Kong. China Mobile is currently the world’s largest wireless operator, having today said it ended the first half of the year with more than 683 million...

Clearwire, China Mobile work on TD-LTE roaming standards

Clearwire continued closing ties with the world’s largest wireless operator around the TD-LTE standard, announcing today the signing of an agreement with China Mobile to provide for international TD-LTE roaming between China and the United States. The agreement, officially entitled a “non-binding memorandum of understanding,”...

CTIA 2012: Clearwire scores Band 41 chip agreement with Qualcomm

NEW ORLEANS – Clearwire continues it march towards an LTE future, announcing this morning at the CTIA trade show that it had signed a deal with Qualcomm to produce a chipset supporting the carrier’s Band 41 radio frequency in the 2.5 GHz band. Clearwire and...

Chinese operators continue strong growth, iPhone influence grows

Chinese wireless operators showed robust year-over-year growth in net customer additions, with all three of the country’s largest carriers showing increased demand for mobile, and more specifically 3G, services. The results also showed increasing impact from Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone device that recently expanded to...

MWC 2012: TD-LTE gets boost from China Mobile plans

BARCELONA, Spain – The move towards the TDD version of LTE gained serious steam last week when during the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, China Mobile President Li Yue laid out plans for the world’s largest operator to deploy more than 20,000...

China Telecom may launch CDMA version of Apple’s iPhone 4S

Beijing Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom, may launch CDMA version of iPhone 4S by the end of February or at the beginning of March, according to a statement issued by the company.

2012 Predictions: 4G deployment trends

We expect to see some traction on the TD-LTE front in India in the second half of 2012. Maravedis forecasts that the TD-LTE subscriber base in India will reach 2.25 million by the end of 2012. RIL, a pan-India license holder, is expected to lead the market in terms of the number of TD-LTE subscribers with a 62% market share in 2012.

Clearwire, China Mobile deepen TD-LTE cooperation

Clearwire (CLWR) reported an agreement with China Mobile (CHL) and the Global TD-LTE initiative for common test specifications and joint interoperability testing for the technology across global band configurations, including the 2.3 GHz to 2.7 GHz bands. Clearwire is set to use its 2.5...

Apple to launch iPhone 4S in China Jan. 13

Apple (AAPL) said its recently launched iPhone 4S model will be available in China and 21 additional countries beginning Jan. 13. Following the launches, the iPhone 4S will be available in more than 90 countries. There was no word from Apple if the device would...

Chinese operators post 12.1M net additions in November

China’s three largest wireless operators continued to attract users, with all three operators adding more than 12.1 million new customers combined during November and just edging out monthly growth posted for October. China Mobile (CHL), which remains the world’s largest wireless carrier, led the way...

Chinese market: big, getting bigger

China's three largest wireless operators continued to show broad growth in October, posting a combined 12 million net customer additions during the month. The bulk of the country's growth continued to come from China Unicom (CHL), which in addition to being the country’s largest operator...

China Mobile adds 5.3M customers in October

China Mobile (CHL) continued to accumulate customers at a breakneck pace, reporting it added more than 5.3 million net customers in October. The growth pushed the world’s largest wireless operator’s customer base to nearly 639 million subscribers. So far this year China Mobile has added...

China Telecom posts flat Q3 results, ARPU dip

China Telecom (CHA), which is the country’s third largest wireless operator behind behemoth China Mobile (CHL) and No. 2 China Unicom (CHU), said it added 8.58 million wireless customers during the third quarter of this year. The growth was just ahead of the 8.46...

China Mobile posts mixed Q3 financials, customer base swells

The world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile (CHL), continued to pile on the subscribers during the third quarter, adding 16.73 million net customers to its network and ending the period with 633.52 million total customers on its network. The carrier noted that nearly half...

Alcatel-Lucent highlights progress towards next-generation wireless broadband services with three-way trans-Pacific video call using lightRadio

Alcatel-Lucent | August 25, 2011 | Press Release Shanghai, China, August 25, 2011 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and China Mobile have today reached another major milestone in the creation of next generation wireless services by staging the first mobile broadband video call...

Bits & Bytes: American Roamer’s new GCA version; Machines talk with Cisco; and more

InfiNet Wireless, manufacturer and provider of carrier-grade wireless infrastructure solutions, announced that LCR Honda has selected its InfiMan 2x2 wireless solution to provide a mobile team communications infrastructure for its race-day locations. Both engineering and mechanical teams rely on high-speed, high-capacity communications connections to...

Bits & Bytes: American Roamer's new GCA version; Machines talk with Cisco; and more

InfiNet Wireless, manufacturer and provider of carrier-grade wireless infrastructure solutions, announced that LCR Honda has selected its InfiMan 2x2 wireless solution to provide a mobile team communications infrastructure for its race-day locations. Both engineering and mechanical teams rely on high-speed, high-capacity communications connections to...

China Telecom strengthens No. 3 position in market

China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA), the nation's third-largest mobile operator, said it added 2.57 million new mobile customers in July, pushing its customer base to 110.94 million subscribers. The carrier noted that through the first half of the year it had become the world's...

China Mobile sees 1H11 revenues up almost 9% on year

DigiTimes | August 22, 2011 | Han Lee, Adam Hwang China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, brought in revenues of CNY250.080 billion (US$38.2 billion) for the first half of 2011, increasing 8.82% on year, according to the company. Read the full article here...

China Mobile adds 5M customers in July

China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) said it added just over 5 million new customers in July, pushing its total customer base to a world-leading 621.851 million subscribers. China Mobile announced earlier this month that it added more than 32 million customers during the first six...

Steve Jobs, China Mobile Negotiate IPhone Deal

Forbes | August 19, 2011 Apple CEO Steve Jobs is personally negotiating with China Mobile, the world’s largest cell phone carrier, to bring the iPhone to an increasingly tech-hungry Chinese market.' ..... Full article via Forbes