MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said it received a US$11 million order from China Mobile Communications Corporation (MCC) to expand its GSM network in Tibet.Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group will supply and install switching equipment by July through its Chinese subsidiary Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications. Siemens...
CANNES, France—Motorola Inc. made several announcements at this week's 3GSM World congress in Cannes, France.The company announced its partnership with CH2M Hill, a network delivery service provider. According to Motorola, the alliance will provide telecom operators with flexible, timely and cost-effective network solutions that...
BEIJING—The TD-SCDMA technology jointly developed by China's Datang Telecom and Germany's Siemens has passed a trial test and is ready for commercial use within the year, according to Zhou Huan, chairman of Datang.However, neither China Mobile nor China Unicom have so far indicated that...
BEIJING—China Mobile is not satisfied with the slow adoption of its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services. At the end of 2001, only 1.5 million of its 145 million mobile-phone subscribers used GPRS.Some users could not make or receive phone calls during busy hours,...
BEIJING—The China Mobile Group forecasts revenues of 48.8 billion yuan (US$17.98 billion) this year, 10.5 percent up from last year. Revenue growth has slowed from 30.9 percent in 2000 and 17.5 percent last year.The China Mobile Group, including Beijing-based parent China Mobile Communications and...
BEIJING—China's two mobile-phone operators, China Mobile and China Unicom, have reached an agreement to let users of one network send short messages to users of the other network.The operators will first launch the service in Beijing, Shanghai and Jilin Province by 10 February. The...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Wireless messaging company Comverse announced several major China Mobile operators have deployed its prepaid short message service (SMS) product."This prepaid SMS success is a major milestone for our growth in China," said Zeev Bregman, the company's chief executive officer. "It...
BEIJING—In a rare and exclusive interview for the English language newspaper China Daily, the Minister of Information Industry, Wu Jichuan, discussed his country's telecom reform. He hailed the results after three years of reforms compared with European countries, which needed seven to eight years.The...
BEIJING—Vodafone Group plc plans to invest $35 million in China Mobile subsidiary Aspire Holdings to acquire a 9.9-percent stake. Vodafone already has a 2-percent share in China Mobile (Hong Kong).Hewlett-Packard Co. will increase its investment in Aspire to 7 percent, a stake valued at...
BEIJING—In more than 200 cities throughout China, China Telecom has launched its Xiaolingtong PHS service, putting pressure on mobile carriers China Mobile and China Unicom.China Telecom does not have a mobile license but got away with the PHS service because it stayed away from...
BEIJING—China's Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan announced that China will set up four integrated telecom operators that will provide fixed-line, mobile, data and basic telecom services. In addition to China Mobile and China Unicom, two other operators will receive a mobile license within...
BEIJING-Motorola Inc. announced it won a $95 million contract to supply wireless equipment to China Mobile Communications Corp.According to the contract, Motorola will expand China Mobile's GSM-standard networks in Beijing and Sichuan Province during 2002. The deal brings the total value of Motorola's infrastructure...
BEIJING—Motorola announced it has been awarded US$95 million in contracts to supply wireless equipment to China Mobile Communications.According to the contract, Motorola will expand China Mobile's GSM networks in Beijing and Sichuan Province during 2002. The deal brings the total value of Motorola's infrastructure...
BEIJING—Motorola Inc. announced it won a $95 million contract to supply wireless equipment to China Mobile Communications Corp.According to the contract, Motorola will expand China Mobile's GSM-standard networks in Beijing and Sichuan Province during 2002. The deal brings the total value of Motorola's infrastructure...
BEIJING—U.S.-based UTStarcom has signed an agreement with fixed-line carrier China Telecom to provide personal wireless access (PAS) equipment in Luoyang city in China's Henan province. China Telecom is offering PAS services in 184 small and medium-sized cities in China in direct competition with mobile...
BEIJING—Ericsson has signed agreements with four provincial subsidiaries of China Mobile to provide packet backbone routers. The four operators are located in Chongqing municipality, a city with provincial status; Hunan and Yunnan provinces; and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region.Nearly 80 percent of China Mobile's nationwide...
BEIJING and TOKYO — China's fixed-line operator China Telecom has started offering a CDMA service in Shenzhen, a prosperous city adjacent to Hong Kong.The service, called "Shihua Tong," will not offer roaming. Samsung Electronics is supplying handsets. However, the CDMA service may be squashed...
BEIJING, China—China Mobile has awarded Nortel Networks a contract of about US$78 million to expand its GSM cellular network in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, and execute software upgrades in Xinjiang and three other areas, according to Nortel Networks."This is also the fifth GSM network...
BEIJING—Two regulations banning foreign investment in China's telecom carriers will be abolished on 11 December, when China effectively joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).The two regulations are the "Provisional Regulations on the Administration of Examining and Approving Telecommunications Business" issued on 11 September, 1993,...
BEIJING—China Mobile (HK), listed on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges, is negotiating the purchase of eight provincial mobile-phone networks from its parent China Mobile Communications. The deal may be worth $13 billion.China Mobile (HK) may be one of the first companies...
BEIJING—China Unicom, which will launch commercial operations of its CDMA network early next year, hopes average revenue per user (ARPU) will be more than the 92 yuan (US$11.11) generated on its existing GSM network. ARPU dropped 25.5 percent in the first six months of...
BEIJING—Broadband telecom network provider China Netcom is expected to be awarded a mobile license by the Chinese government soon.The company will start promotion of its wireless Internet access device called Mobile Office next week. It is China Netcom's first foray in mobile services and...
BEIJING—UTStarcom has signed a contract worth US$11 million with fixed-line operator China Telecom to expand a local wireless network in Henan province.China Telecom does not have a wireless operator license, but offers local wireless services based on PHS technology. The service is cheaper than...
BEIJING—Qu Weizhi, a vice minister of China's Ministry of Information Industry, told a World Economic Forum meeting in Hong Kong that there is no decision yet on when to issue new mobile licenses in addition to the existing ones held by China Mobile and...
