A report from inside China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) yesterday said that to date the operator has sold nearly 600,000 iPhone 4 handsets. More than 700,000 users pre-ordered the phone, meaning another 100,000 pre-orders are yet to be filled.
Unicom said yesterday that the...
Looking to jumpstart adoption of 3G service, China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) is expected to unveil less expensive service plans later this month, according to Dow Jones Newswire.Citing a statement from China Unicom’s parent company China United Network Communications Group Co., the new postpaid plans...
China Unicom has been warned about protecting customer rights after it started locking the Apple iPhone to its network, reports the Shanghai based EastDay newspaper.
The warning came from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which regulates the industry after the phone...
Dec 06, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- China Unicom has added Andrew Solutions, a CommScope, Inc. division that is a provider of wireless communication systems and products, to its list of approved vendors for remote electrical tilt (RET) base ...
BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.'s (CHU) parent company will this month introduce a cheaper service plan for post-paid third-generation mobile subscribers in China, who could pay as little as CNY46 a month for 3G services, the parent said...
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom and Five Star Appliance, Best Buy's electronics retail subsidiary in China, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement covering various services of China Unicom.
Under the agreement, Five Star Appliance will set up special zones in ...
BigNews.Biz - Dec 09,2010 - After the implementation of China Unicom New Deal, consumers have severely questioned this New Deal. The person in charge of China Unicom, in an interview yesterday, said the new policy in line with international practice is...
Chloe Yu, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES
China Unicom, currently the only sales agent of iPhone 4 in the China market, plans to lock iPhone 4s to its SIM cards in a bid to prevent contract-bundled purchasers' reselling iPhone 4 at high...
By Chen Tairan 陈泰然
Economic Observer Online
~China Unicom iPhone4 consumers spent 3900 yuan writing 3 microblog message while on a business trip in Russia.
~If a consumer is found to use the iPhone with another operator's SIM card, the consumer's China Unicom cell number...
MORRISTOWN, NJ, Dec 09, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- TM Forum's latest Case Study Handbook provides the most compelling and comprehensive view yet of how communications service providers are reaping substantial financial and operational benefits by using TM Forum's...
Equities research analysts at Auriga initiated coverage on shares of China Unicom Hong Kong (NYSE: CHU) in a research note to clients and investors on Wednesday. The analysts set a “hold” rating and a $14.00 price target on the stock.
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The economy may be tanking, but app developers aren’t suffering much, with a new report today claiming a whopping 25 billion mobile applications will have been downloaded by 2015, a figure that has skyrocketed from a paltry 2.6 billion applications downloaded in 2009.
Telecom infrastructure giant Ericsson said it has signed a $1.3 billion contract with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to expand and upgrade the carrier’s wireless network in 15 telecom circles in India. As part of this contract, Ericsson said it will supply its portfolio of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Ericsson said it signed GSM expansion framework agreements with...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Alcatel-Lucent won contracts with China Mobile and China Unicom...
