Bangkok Post | March 1, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana
The Information and Communications Technology Ministry is pushing ahead with plans to sell the mobile concessions of Advanced Info Service to a group of foreign telecom giants if compensation negotiations fail.
"We are in preliminary talks with...
Bangkok Post | February 28, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana
China Mobile and NTT DoCoMo of Japan are expressing an interest in proposing business models to carry Advanced Info Service's mobile business should it fail to pay 74billion baht in compensation stemming from changes to past...
Mobile data revenues in the United States grew by 23% in 2010 to $55 billion overall, according to the latest report from Chetan Sharma Consulting. The fourth quarter of 2010 tallied $14.8 billion in revenue from mobile data services, marking a 5% increase from...
NIVS | February 22, 2011 | Press Release
The NIVS "N61" Model was Selected by China Mobile, China's Largest Mobile Carrier, with Unique Security Features that Allow Parents to Monitor their Children
HUIZHOU, China-- NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc. ("NIVS" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: NIV), a...
Seattle Times | February 16, 2011 | Sharon Chan
BARCELONA, Spain -- Chinese carrier China Mobile was excited about its growth, but also concerned about how its network will support and make money from the explosive growth of data created by apps and the wireless...
PC Magazine Online | February 7, 2011 | Mark Hachman
Alcatel-Lucent on Monday unveiled a technology to shrink a cell-phone tower down to about the size of a small handheld cube, plus an antenna.
Dubbed LightRadio, the technology places the diplexer, radio, amplifier and passive cooling...
International telecom giant Telefonica SA (TEF) and China’s second largest wireless operator China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) said they plan to “enhance” their current Strategic Alliance by each investing approximately $500 million in the other operator. The move will see Telefonica increase its stake in...
International telecom giant Telefonica SA (TEF) and China’s second largest wireless operator China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) said they plan to “enhance” their current Strategic Alliance by each investing approximately $500 million in the other operator. The move will see Telefonica increase its stake in...
Bloomberg | January 19, 2011 | Edmond Lococo
Yolkie Sun’s addiction to Facebook Inc. cost China Mobile Communications Corp. a longtime customer.
Sun, who used China Mobile for 11 years, switched to China United Network Communications Group Co., parent of China Unicom, to access the social...
Korea Times | January 19, 2011 | Yoon Ja-young
KT, Korea’s telecommunication giant, is setting up a smart belt in Northeast Asia, lowering barriers for roaming services in the region. China Mobile and NTT Docomo, leading mobile operators from China and Japan, are joining KT...
Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM) said it has established a partnership with China’s largest mobile operator China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) and South Korean telecom operator KT Corp.(KT) The three companies combined serve more than 600 million mobile customers.DoCoMo said the “broad-based business...
Vodone | January 11, 2011 | Press Release
HONG KONG, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- VODone Limited ("VODone" or the "Group": Stock code: 0082), a leading new media company in the PRC, has announced on 6 January 2011 that, China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group...
Wall Street Journal | January 6, 2011 | Lorreta Chao
Not long after Mark Zuckerberg paid visits to some of China’s biggest tech companies, another tech tycoon, Skype and Kazaa co-founder Niklas Zennström, is making the rounds as well. But unlike the young Facebook chief,...
China Daily | January 5, 2011 | Tuo Yannan
BEIJING - China Unicom started offering free Wi-Fi (wireless Internet) access until the end of March for customers who have signed a contract, in order to catch up with its competitors China Mobile and China Telecom,...
Following a trial at last year's World Expo in Shanghai, China Mobile Communications Co. is planning to expand its technology choice for future 4G networks to six cities.
The next phase of tests, which was approved by China's government last week, will put TD-LTE, or...
Wall Street Journal | December 31, 2010 | Owen Fletcher and Aaron Back
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) said Friday it will start large-scale testing of a domestically developed fourth-generation mobile communications technology, having received approval from regulators.
China Mobile, having developed a local Chinese...
Following a trial at last year's World Expo in Shanghai, China Mobile Communications Co. is planning to expand its technology choice for future 4G networks to six cities.
The next phase of tests, which was approved by China's government last week, will put TD-LTE, or...
Wi-Fi technology, which used to be the red-headed step child of wireless operators, is getting renewed interest from those operators as carriers look to offload traffic from their 3G networks onto Wi-Fi systems, a move welcome by Ruckus Wireless, a six-year-old private company that...
Editor's Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the...
The Chinese mobile market continued to show strong growth during November with the nation’s three wireless operators posting nearly 8.9 million customer additions and pushing the country’s total mobile customer base to more than 833 million subscribers.The country’s – and world’s – largest operator...
HONG KONG | Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:39am EST
Dec 20 (Reuters) - China Mobile , China's largest mobile carrier, said its total mobile subscribers in November rose to 579.6 million, including 18.8 million 3G subscribers.
China Unicom , the country's No. 2 mobile carrier, said its total...
The future of China Mobile’s Ophone platform surprisingly appears to be in some doubt, just days after it was reported that the operator is set to establish an industry alliance to drive use of the OS. According to Marbridge Daily, Borqs, the design-house behind the OS,...
China Mobile Ltd (NYSE: CHL) closed Thursday's trading session at $49.12. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $44.36 and 52-week high of $54.70. China Mobile stock has been showing support around $48.90 and resistance in the $49.34 range....
I just heard from an industry insider that China Mobile’s Android project, Ophone, is dead. China Mobile is no longer pushing its own operating system, which is based on Google developed Android. Rumor about Ophone’s failure has spread in the industry since Li Yue...
