Most people agree China offers a lucrative wireless landscape. It is already the world's largest market with one of the lowest mobile penetration rates. The opportunities for vendors and operators alike are enormous.China has its drawbacks as well. Doing business in China is different...
TOKYO-Oki Electric, a leading electronic manufacturer in Japan, plans to expand sales for semiconductors for PHS handsets to meet far-expanding demand for PHS units in Asia, the firm said Wednesday. The company is targeting to sell a total of 7 million units of LSI...
BEIJING—In a report entitled "Management and Development of China Telecom in 2003," equipment manufacturer Zhongxing Telecom (ZTE) predicted fixed-line carrier China Telecom will adopt W-CDMA technology as its third-generation (3G) standard instead of the homegrown TD-SCDMA technology. China Telecom would build a trial network...
ALAMEDA, California, United States-U.S.-based supplier UTStarcom said it won a US$40 million contract with China Telecom for new and expansion deployments of its PHS equipment in the Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces.Last week, UTStarcom said it would launch dual-band handsets that will work on Chinese...
BEIJING, China-Homegrown technology TD-SCDMA will be one of the major beneficiaries of the Chinese government plan to spend $84.6 billion for research and development.Fixed-line carriers China Telecom and China Netcom are expected to adopt the technology, according to industry sources. "The past five years...
MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Wireless technology company Calypso Wireless Inc. said it will sell broadband video phones to China Telecom under a newly signed three-year, $500 million deal.Calypso said its phones operate over both wide area networks like GSM and CDMA as well as local area...
BEIJING-Chinese analysts expect the country's PHS services will increase sharply in the first half of the year because the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has postponed the issuance of third-generation (3G) licenses. China's two major fixed-line carriers, China Telecom and China Netcom, are...
ALAMEDA, California, United States-UTStarcom said it signed contracts worth US$80 million with China Telecom Guangdong Province for new deployments of its PAS equipment. The equipment allows China Telecom to offer a limited mobility service.The new contracts support four major cities in the province, Dongguan,...
BEIJING-Following strong opposition from cellular carriers China Mobile and China Unicom, fixed-line operator China Telecom discontinued a controversial service allowing users to forward incoming mobile calls to their fixed-line telephones by installing an inexpensive device.In China, mobile users pay for making calls as well...
BEIJING-China marked its one-year anniversary World Trade Organization (WTO) membership 11 December. As part of its members, foreign operators gained the right to set up joint ventures with Chinese counterparts for mobile and value-added operations with a maximum foreign participation of 25 percent a...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-U.S.-based PHS vendor UTStarcom signed a strategic partnership with Chinese vendor Datang Mobile to jointly develop and promote the TD-SCDMA third-generation standard. The companies said they will provide a complete TD-SCDMA solution using UTStarcom's Internet Protocol-based core network and Datang's base stations and...
BEIJING-Already the largest mobile-phone market in the world with more than 190 million subscribers at the end of September, China is gearing up to introduce third generation (3G) services on a trial basis sometime next year. But first, the government needs to make a...
BEIJING-California based UTStarcom has signed three deals during the last month to provide its Xiaolingtong PHS mobile system to two fixed-line Chinese carriers.It signed a US$35 million contract with China Netcom for Heilongjiang province, a US$22.7 million contract with China Telecom for Zhejiang province...
BEIJING-In an interview with China Central Television (CCTV), Minister of Information Industry (MII) Wu Jichuan said it is not the right time for China to introduce more mobile-phone licenses. "It is necessary to introduce competition to the sector, but too much competition is harmful,"...
BEIJING-Fixed-line carrier China Telecom received the green light from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for an initial public offering (IPO) worth US$3.4 million to US$4 billion. China Telecom is angling for a mobile license and is planning to use the proceeds of its IPO...
BEIJING—China Mobile became China's biggest telecom operator on 16 May, although not through actions of its own. The long delayed split of fixed-line operator China Telecom finally became a reality on Thursday. The split had been planned for February but was subsequently delayed.The northern...
BEIJING—The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) announced that the country added 16.69 million mobile-phone users in the first quarter of the year. There are now 160 million mobile-phone subscribers.At the end of March, telecom revenues were divided as follows: China Telecom 50.5 percent, China...
BEIJING—China's dominant mobile-phone carrier, China Mobile, signed an agreement with U.S. wholesale telecom carrier ITXC to exchange international phone traffic over ITXC.net, ITXC's global Internet-based telecommunications network.ITXC.net has points of presence in 152 countries.The agreement is expected improve the quality of China Mobile's international...
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—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 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 Unicom expects nine out of the 19 firms licensed to produce CDMA handsets to be able to start production by the end of this year and be able to ship 19 million phones next year.Unicom hopes to recoup the investment in its CDMA...
BEIJING—China's Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan confirmed plans to split fixed-line carrier China Telecom into northern and southern parts, but denied that new mobile licenses would be issued related to the restructuring.The northern split-off of China Telecom will merge with China Netcom and...
