Chinese operators look set to begin offering Apple’s latest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices, with reports indicating the products have received government approval.
According to Reuters, the launch hold up was centered on concerns that the latest Apple products may have included “backdoor”...
A new report from industry trade association GSMA looked to rank the world’s mobile operators based on their total revenues over the past 12 months and connections to their networks at the end of the second quarter, with both values ranked equally. The results...
Increased competition appears to be hitting the Chinese mobile market, with reports that the country’s largest operators – and some of the largest in the world – are set to slash rate plans in order to maintain their tremendous growth.
The Wall Street Journal reported...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
China’s three dominate wireless operators –...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of everything in the world of telecom software. The amount of news has slowed some due to the Christmas holiday, but that hasn't stopped Oracle from announcing a new acquisition and the results of a recent CEM survey. Google...
Apple finally reeled in the biggest fish, announcing over the weekend that it finally secured a deal with China Mobile to offer its iPhone products beginning next month. China Mobile is the world’s largest wireless carrier with more than 760 million subscribers.
Apple said the...
China’s Shanghai Daily is reporting that China Mobile will launch “4G” services on Dec. 18, bringing the latest wireless technology to the world’s largest mobile operator.
The TD-LTE network will run across a total of 130 megahertz of spectrum that China’s government this week set...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--The Federal Communications Commission has accepted...
China Telecom, the country’s No. 3 operator, said it added just over six million net customers during the third quarter, which was down considerably from the 8.5 million customers the carrier added during the same quarter in 2013. The carrier ended the quarter with...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the more important announcements from the world’s largest carriers that comes from the space in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
AT&T Mobility
AT&T Mobility unveiled business focused...
China Mobile saw net profits inch up only slightly in 2012, with financial growth stymied by increased expenses. The carrier did maintain its position as the world’s largest wireless operator, ending the year with 710 million total customers.
Operating revenues increased 6.1% year-over-year to $90.1...
Wireless and mobile stocks are underperforming the major market indices for the year so far. With just one month left in 2012, the RCR Composite is up 7.8% year to date, while the S&P 500 is up 12.6% year to date and the NASDAQ...
VelaTel Global is expanding its Asian presence, announcing today plans to acquire Hong Kong-based mobile virtual network operator China Motion Telecom for $5.8 million. China Motion currently serves approximately 125,000 customers in Hong Kong, targeting travelers from Taiwan and mainland China with dual number...
Spain telecom giant Telefónica announced it has agreed to sell almost half its stake in China Unicom (4.56%) for about $1.41 billion (€1.13 billion) to the Chinese telecom’s unlisted parent company. It is part of Telefónica's efforts to cut debt. China Unicom’s shares (CHU...
Chinese wireless operators showed robust year-over-year growth in net customer additions, with all three of the country’s largest carriers showing increased demand for mobile, and more specifically 3G, services. The results also showed increasing impact from Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone device that recently expanded to...
Beijing Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom, may launch CDMA version of iPhone 4S by the end of February or at the beginning of March, according to a statement issued by the company.
Chinese consumers who stood outside all night in freezing temperatures waiting to buy iPhones were greeted in the morning by security guards and told there would be no phones for sale. Riots reportedly broke out in Beijing after an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) spokesperson said...
Apple (AAPL) said its recently launched iPhone 4S model will be available in China and 21 additional countries beginning Jan. 13. Following the launches, the iPhone 4S will be available in more than 90 countries.
There was no word from Apple if the device would...
China’s three largest wireless operators continued to attract users, with all three operators adding more than 12.1 million new customers combined during November and just edging out monthly growth posted for October.
China Mobile (CHL), which remains the world’s largest wireless carrier, led the way...
China's three largest wireless operators continued to show broad growth in October, posting a combined 12 million net customer additions during the month.
The bulk of the country's growth continued to come from China Unicom (CHL), which in addition to being the country’s largest operator...
Spanish telecom Telefónica has signed an agreement with China Unicom to use each other's networks to expand their coverage. The agreement builds on a previous deal and extends and reinforces Telefónica's footprint by sharing the use of points of presence on their international networks.
China Telecom (CHA), which is the country’s third largest wireless operator behind behemoth China Mobile (CHL) and No. 2 China Unicom (CHU), said it added 8.58 million wireless customers during the third quarter of this year. The growth was just ahead of the 8.46...
China Unicom Limited | August 24, 2011 | Press Release
Hong Kong, 24 August 2011 – China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited ("China Unicom" or "the Company") (HKSE: 0762; NYSE: CHU) announced its 2011 interim results today.
In the first half of 2011, the Company experienced a...
