China Mobile

BEIJING-While China’s mobile-phone subscribers nearly doubled to 85.26 million last year, the country’s paging manufacturers and operators fought a rearguard battle. With continuing price drops in handsets and mobile services, …

BEIJING-Huawei Technologies, based in China’s southern boomtown of Shenzhen, is poised to become a global player in the telecommunications field. Already China’s largest producer of telephone switches, the company is …

GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association, met new proposals from the European Commission (EC) covering how telecom operators will be regulated with hostility. The group claimed the …

Alcatel Egypt. With MobiNil for an extension of its GSM network. Value: US$37.1 million France. With Cegetel for the supply of a UMTS network. Value: Undisclosed Ericsson Canada. With Rogers …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. won two GSM infrastructure contracts valued at $13 million from China Mobile Communication Corp. to expand its networks in two major cities in Heilongjiang Province in …

HELSINKI, Finland-Phone maker Nokia Corp. has signed deals with China’s Yunnan Mobile Communications Co. and the Beijing and Hubei branches of China Mobile Communications Corp. Nokia agreed to a $160 …

AirNet United States. With MBO for a GPRS system. Value: Undisclosed Alcatel Gambia. With Gamtel for a turnkey GSM network to be installed in the greater Banjul area. Value: Undisclosed …

BEIJING-China’s mobile communications market made big strides forward during 2000. The number of GSM subscribers leapt to more than 70 million, with a penetration rate of 5.5 percent. China Unicom …

BEIJING-According to Beijing-based consultancy BDA, reports of the death of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in China have been greatly exaggerated, as 69 million people in China will be accessing …

BEIJING-At an extraordinary general meeting on 10 November, China Mobile (Hong Kong) shareholders approved the company’s plan to purchase seven networks from its parent, China Mobile Communications, for US$32.84 billion. …

BEIJING-China Mobile (Hong Kong) is negotiating with China Telecom to cut the leased-line fees it pays by one-half. About 90 percent of China Mobile (Hong Kong)’s transmission lines are leased …

BEIJING-Inktomi announced China Mobile will integrate its Traffic Server network cache platform within its national Internet Protocol Backbone for delivery of wireless content and services. China Mobile will deploy the …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector won another large stake in China’s mobile phone market with a $29 million GSM communications award covering about 370,000 people in the …

China Mobile began charging for wireless Internet services beginning 21 October after twice delaying the date due to slack demand for the services, particularly by many industry professionals. However, Frost …

Alcatel Europe. With Orange as a strategic supplier for its third-generation networks throughout Europe. Value: Undisclosed Italy. With Wind Telecomunicazioni as a preferred third-generation network supplier. Value: Undisclosed Ericsson China. …

BEIJING-Zhang Fan, head of mobile communications at China Unicom, this week said his company would definitely build narrowband networks based on the CDMA standard. After Qualcomm Chairman Irwin Jacobs recently …

BEIJING-Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile-phone operator by total subscriber numbers, is set to take a 2-percent stake in China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed subsidiary of parent China Mobile Telecommunications …

HONG KONG-China Mobile Hong Kong is buying seven mobile-phone networks from China Mobile Communications, its parent company, for about US$33 billion. China Mobile Hong Kong will sell US$2.5 billion of …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it signed a contract to supply equipment for China’s first national Internet Protocol backbone. China Mobile signed the contract, which includes an IP backbone network for voice …

After a month-long review, the Chinese government said in June that PHS will continue to be allowed in China’s county-level cities and counties. However, new PHS deployments will not be …

China Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com said its content will be expanded to mobile networks in several Chinese provinces. The content, including news, stock quotes, travel information and weather data, is …

BEIJING-China is still set to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of the year. Upon accession, foreign operators will be permitted a 25-percent share of Chinese mobile …

BEIJING-The mobile Internet revolution is knocking on China’s door. With 60 million mobile-phone subscribers and only 10 million people surfing the Internet using personal computers, Web access through mobile phones …

ing negative news about Code Division Multiple Access technology prospects for China Unicom, Qualcomm Inc. quickly hammered out eight intellectual property research and development deals with local mobile-phone vendors in …

The wireless industry shouldn’t be surprised about the confusion surrounding China Unicom’s cdmaOne technology deployment plans in China. After all, the prospect of widespread cdmaOne technology deployments have been uncertain …