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Bits and Bytes: Connected classrooms; Wirefly referrals; and more

Qualcomm Inc. announced the Wireless Reach 3G Connected Computer Classroom Project in Gansu province in conjunction with the Overseas Chinese Affairs Officeof the State Council, the Chinese Language and Cultural Education Foundation and China Telecom’s Gansu Bureau Linxia Branch. The project, which is being...

China to further boost telecommunications industry in 2011-2015

China will continue to boost the rapid development of its telecommunications industry and construct key network infrastructure in its 12th Five-Year Program period (2011-2015), said an official of the department of communications development of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). In the 2006...

China's 3 major telecom operators visit Taiwan

Officials from China's three major telecom operators, namely China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, will come to Taiwan today to discuss partnership opportunities with their Taiwanese counterparts, the local United Evening News reported. The officials will be part of a delegation led by Liu...

China Telecom, Samsung Kick Off W899 Promotion

BEIJING, Dec 06, 2010 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Ma Daojie, general manager of eSurfing Telecom Terminal Co., Ltd. under the aegis of China Telecom Corporation Ltd. (NYSE: CHA and SEHK: 0728), reveals that the company will spend more...

China telecom is planning to launch iPhone

From: techwenchcom China Telecom is the third largest Chinese wireless carrier in the service and is also the smallest China's Wireless Carrier. Reports are that China Telecom will become the second wireless carrier for Apple's popular iPhone.

China Telecom: The Trend Continues Lower (CHA)

(via COMTEX News Network)--SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) on November 02, 2010 at $51.66. In approximately 1 month, China Telecom has returned 3.4% as of today's recent price of $49.91. In the past 52 weeks, shares of China Telecom...

China Telecom, Huawei and Corning Jointly Announced the Completion of 3000km Ultra Long Haul 100G WDM Transmission Test in China

China Telecom, Huawei, and Corning Incorporated, jointly announced that the completion of China's first 100G wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ultra long haul transmission test. The test also set a new record of 100G WDM transmission distance of over 3000...

Contracts: Andrew equips Chinese railway; Choice chooses DragonWave for backhaul; and more

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:AndrewChina: With the Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan high-speed railway to provide a coverage and system for essential wireless communications in the Shanxi province for the new 900 kilometer line that links East and West China.Value: UndisclosedDragonWaveU.S. Virgin Islands: With...

Alcatel-Lucent posts profit, gets VZW, Chinese operator contracts

Armed with new contracts from Verizon Wireless and three Chinese operators, Acatel-Lucent reported third-quarter profits and reiterated its fourth-quarter outlook for nominal profitability this year. CEO Ben Verwaayen said he is pleased with the progress the company has made in its “transformation journey” since...

Bits and Bytes: CDG announces award winners; Siano introduces TV chip; and more

The CDMA Development Group announced the winners of its 2010 Smart Wireless Awards, which recognize innovative wireless devices and services that use CDMA2000 networks. Winners this year were AnyDATA Corp. and partner Qualcomm Inc. in the modules category, MedApps Inc. and partner KORE Telematics...

Analyst Angle: 3G comes to China … and no one cares

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Chinese are voracious consumers of mobile data. In fact, 80% of the 777 million Chinese...

Contracts: ALU, NSN win China deals; and more

The following infrastructure contracts were announced in the past week:Alcatel-LucentChina: With China Telecom to upgrade the carrier's CDMA network in 56 cities across nine provinces.Value: UndisclosedNokia Siemens NetworksChina: With China Mobile to provide its IMS core platform, hiQ MMTel application server and Session Border...

ChinaTel set to bring WiMAX to China

Few would argue the complex nature of mobile services in China. However, most agree that the potential for return on mobile services in China make the risk worth the reward.One company confident in that chance in U.S.-based ChinaTel Group Inc. (CHTL), which is currently...

Analyst Angle (Special Edition): Mobile Internet more popular in China than in U.S.

Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' July Special Edition, "Riding the Wave: The Forces Impacting Carrier Strategy." The 80-page special edition is available here.On the streets of Guangzhou, Harbin and Shanghai, the mobile phone has become ubiquitous. Once...

@ Global CDMA Forum: Huawei gathers partners to push technology limits

SHANGHAI, China — With more than 340 people in attendance, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. gathered a diverse group of partners from around the world here to showcase its work on CDMA and let various operators talk about their experience with the technology. Wan Biao,...

@ Uplinq: Qualcomm entices developers with augmented reality SDK, peer-to-peer support

SAN DIEGO – Qualcomm Inc. has paid $3 billion to developers using its BREW platform, CEO Paul Jacobs told a crowd of about 3,000 during yesterday's keynote speech at the company's first Uplinq conference. That $3 billion amounts to an average selling price of...

Bits and Bytes: WiMAX Forum news; CDG awards; and more

At the WiMAX Forum Global Congress this week in Amsterdam, a group of technical experts from several WiMAX vendors created a proposal on enhancements to the IEEE 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard for submission into the next WiMAX Forum certification release. Experts from Alvarion, Beceem,...

Alliances: Gemalto enables NFC pilot; Qualcomm partners with Sematech; and more

Gemalto said it has been chosen by KDDI in Japan to provide its User Identity Module cards and Trusted Service Management solution for an upcoming near-field communications program. The pilot program will run from May through December and allows users to experience various types...

China Telecom introduces iPad copycat

China Telecom, the Chinese telecommunications operator, launched its first 3G tablet on Monday, un-originally dubbed the LifePad.

Report: China on cusp of mobile data revenue boom

China is set for a wireless data boom, according to research firm iSuppli Corp., which predicts the country's revenues surged nearly 19% in 2009 and are set to double from 2008 to 2013. The firm said it expects the data revenue from both messaging...

ZTE wins China Telecom contract

China Telecom Corporation Ltd. will pay ZTE Corp. $194 million to build the first phase of a CDMA network that will cover both wireless and service networks, the company announced today.The project is slated to start this year and ZTE was selected after a...

The future of 3G in China: China’s 3G plans have vendors’ attention

There likely won’t be any 3G service at this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, but the host country is finally making progress on a years-long plan to issue licenses that will enable carriers to begin deploying third-generation networks, the government said...

China’s telecom restructuring gets a move on: China Unicom to buy China Netcom for $23.8B

Following the Chinese government's decision to require a complete restructuring of the country's telecommunications sector prior to issuing 3G licenses, one the country's operators announced more details about the mergers and acquisitions that are set to take place in the coming months.Through a series...

3G licenses finally on track for China: Move part of major telecom restructuring

There likely won't be any 3G service at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, but the host country is finally making progress on a years-long plan to issue licenses that will enable carriers to begin deploying third-generation networks, the government said over the weekend.After...