Issue #0 - August 26, 2005
China Business News, 8/23/05
Four telecom companies, China Putian, Datang Telecom, Alcatel Shanghai Bell and FiberHome Technologies have all denied rumors that the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) may require them to merge into one. Read More...
p5w.net, 08/22/05
ZTE has announced a contract with Telefonica to provide the carrier's Brazilian subsidiary with DSL customer premises equipment. Read More...
NBD.com.cn, 8/24/05
According to its semi-annual financial report, ZTE's H1 2005 profit dropped 8.8% year-on-year. Read More...
Beijing Times, 8/24/05
China Satcom, the smallest of China's six major telecom carriers, has started cooperation with domestic broadband telephone service provider, D3 Network Information Technique, to offer VoIP calling. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 8/23/05
The Ministry of Information Industry has released its telecoms statistics for the month of July. Read More...
ccidcom.com, 8/29/05
A source from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has disclosed that a new draft of the Telecom Law was completed on August 8th, and may be submitted to the National People's Congress (NPC) for approval. Read More...
Beijing Evening News, 8/25/05
China Telecom (CT) and China Netcom (CNC) have announced they will jointly release new IC cards useable in all public phones nationwide. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 8/26/05
A Ministry of Information Industry (MII) representative has identified telephone number portability as a major trend and says the MII plans to push hard to accelerate its implementation. Read More...
Sina.com, 8/31/05
China Telecom (CT) has released its H1 2005 results, showing revenues of RMB80.62 bln, a 6.1% year-on-year increase, and profits of RMB11.29 bln. Read More...
International Finance News, 8/29/05
Siemens CFO Heinz-Joachim Neuburger disclosed that the company is preparing to list its subsidiary, Siemens China, on the Shanghai Stock Exchange within the next year. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 9/02/05
China Telecom subsidiary Shanghai Telecom has launched a new service, which allows calls to a user's fixed-line phone to be rerouted to his PHS handset when he is away from home. Read More...
nbd.com.cn, 9/05/05
The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has announced that as of October 1 it will allow telecoms carriers to set their own calling tariffs, provided they remain under an MII-determined price-ceiling. Read More...
China Business News, 9/07/05
Telefonica has announced plans to increase its stake in China Netcom (CNC) from the current 3% to 5%. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 9/13/05
China Netcom Group Corporation (CNC) CEO, Edward Tian, has announced that the company will purchase parent company China Network Communications Group Corporation (CNC Group)'s four remaining provincial networks in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shanxi, and Inner Mongolia. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 9/12/05
A source from Huawei has disclosed that the company recently sent Harbour Networks an attorney's letter detailing multiple areas in which Huawei suspects Harbour has infringed upon its intellectual property rights. Read More...
bjbusiness.com.cn, 9/09/05
China Telecom (CT) may be planning to squeeze out VoIP calling services like Skype, possibly disconnecting and fining CT broadband users who attempt to call fixed-line phones using their PCs. Read More...
ermyd.cnii.com.cn, 9/08/05
China Satcom and the China Development Bank (CDB) have signed an agreement in which CDB will extend to Satcom and its affiliates RMB15 bln in loans (RMB13 bln in long-term loans and RMB2 bln in short-term loans) spread between 2005 and 2009. Read More...
ccidcom.com, 9/19/05
A source at the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has indicated that it will soon issue a document allowing China Telecom and China Netcom to provide PC-to-phone VoIP calling services and classifying PC-to-PC VoIP calling as a value-added service (VAS). Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 9/20/05
China Telecom (CT) subsidiary Shanghai Telecom has selected Nortel Networks to expand its ATM networks within the city, so as to provide better IP network and data service support for enterprises and governmental organizations. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 9/22/05
The Ministry of Information Industry has released its telecoms statistics for the month of August. Read More...
Chongqing Evening News, 9/19/05
China Netcom subsidiary Chongqing Netcom has recently lowered its long-distance calling and broadband tariffs by approximately 30%, and China Telecom subsidiary Chongqing Telecom has also lowered its broadband fee. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 10/11/05
China Telecom Group deputy general manager, Leng Rongquan, recently announced that China Telecom (CT) plans to start looking for overseas business development opportunities. Read More...
comm-weekly.com.cn, 10/10/05
China Mobile (CM) has announced its selection of Huawei as a major vendor for its China Next Generation Internet (CNGI) project. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 10/07/05
UTStarcom has announced that its Q3 revenue and profit figures will fall short of previous estimates. Read More...
sina.com.cn, 10/18/2005
At the opening of the ICT China 2005 Summit on October 18th, Li Guobin, Assistant Head of the Policy and Planning Department of China's Ministry of Information and Industry (MII), spoke about the "serious problem" of redundant investment and development in China's telecommunications industry. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 10/13/05
Cisco's China R&D center started operation on October 12 in Shanghai with a total of USD32 mln committed investment over the next 5 years. Read More...
Tom.com, 10/13/05
The Legislative Affairs Office deputy director, Zhang Qiong, has indicated that the coming Telecom Law will encourage telecom network co-construction and co-ownership. Read More...
People.com.cn, 10/13/05
China Telecom (CT) has established a fixed-line virtual telephone network in Nanjing for China's 10th National Games - the largest virtual network in the event's history. Read More...
Beijing Daily, 10/24/05
China Telecom (CT) and China Netcom (CNC) recently announced that their fixed-line partnership would take the new "Little Smart Cordless" service as its emphasis in the evolution of Little Smart PHS services. Read More...
Shanghai Youth Daily, 10/24/2005
After over six months of preparations, testing, and model selection, China Netcom will officially begin its network-wide upgrade plan for NGN. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 10/24/05
China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has released its telecom industry statistics for the month of September. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 10/20/05
On October 19, Intel declared that it would establish a new modularized communications platform solutions center in Beijing, the company's third major center worldwide. Read More...
Beijing Morning News, 10/24/05
With the inclusion of the phrase "strengthen broadband and telecommunications networks, digital TV networks, next-generation Internet protocols, and promote ‘triple-play' networks," China's newly published five-year plan – the eleventh – is the first five-year plan to mention triple-play network convergence. Read More...
China Business News, 10/31/05
China Netcom has announced the winning bids to supply equipment for its NGN network upgrade project, granting contracts to Huawei and Alcatel-Shanghai Bell (ASB). Read More...
Ccidnet.com, 11/02/05
3Com's recent filing with the American SEC reveals that the company signed an agreement last week to buy a controlling stake in Huawei-3Com, the joint venture it founded with Huawei in which it currently holds a 49% stake. Read More...
Cttl.com.cn, 10/31/05
ZTE recently announced that it had signed an agreement with Bulgarian telecom company Vestitel for a triple-play carrier network. Read More...
Shanghai Securities News, 10/31/05
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Ccid, 11/08/05
China Netcom Group is reportedly in talks with several companies, including Spanish telecom giant Telefonica, in regards to selling a strategic stake in its underwater cable carrier, Asia Netcom. Read More...
Ccid, 11/08/05
On November 8, Datang Telecommunications announced that it was under investigation by China's Securities Regulatory Commission (SRC). Read More...
Beijing News, 11/08/05
Rumors continued this week that China Telecom and China Unicom would participate in establishing the Postal Savings Bank, but Unicom denies the reports. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 11/15/05
On November 15, China Netcom Group Corp (Hong Kong) Ltd announced that it had signed a strategic agreement with Spanish telecom operator Telefonica. Read More...
Guangzhou Daily, 11/11/05
Users of the popular Skype VoIP service have reported usage problems in some areas, with telecom operator interference as the suspected reason. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 11/11/05
Zhengzhou Netcom introduced fixed-line number portability last week, allowing users the option of retaining their old telephone numbers after a change of address. Read More...
Communications World, 11/10/05
A Datang Mobile spokesperson denied rumors of a reorganization of Datang Mobile and Datang Telecommunications that have spread since last week's announcement of a government investigation into the company, saying that "at least up to this point, there has been no announcement along those lines from the corporate level." Read More...
cnwnc.com, 11/15/05
ZTE announced November 14 that it had bid successfully for a Vietnam Railways communications construction project. Read More...
National Business Daily, 11/23/05
In the latest Sino-foreign partnership, Cisco Systems and ZTE Communications announced on November 22 that the two companies had signed a strategic partnership agreement for a wide range of activities. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 11/22/05
China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has released its telecom industry statistics for the month of October. Read More...
China Business News, 11/21/05
On November 19 in Guangzhou, Ericsson Director and CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg revealed that his company was considering an acquisition in China. Read More...
International Finance, 11/18/05
On November 16, the China Export/Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) signed a finance agreement with Huawei Technologies and one of its Nigerian clients in Lagos. Read More...
Beijing Business Today, 11/28/05
US-based Verso Technologies and Internet telephony company Skype have been hurling volleys back and forth recently after Verso's claim to have landed a contract with a Chinese telecom operator to block Skype VoIP traffic. Read More...
Star Daily, 11/29/05
On November 28, China Telecom (CT) and electronics maker Changhong jointly held an Internet-enabled TV rollout ceremony in Beijing. Read More...
21st Century Business Herald, 11/26/05
Fibrlink Communications, which was supposed to have listed on the HKSE's Growth Enterprises board on November 18, has put its IPO plans on hold. Read More...
Ccidcom, 12/05/05
On July 18, China Telecom established closed design and equipment testing groups for its all-new IP backbone carrier network. Read More...
Ccidcom, 12/06/05
ZTE Telecommunications' fixed-line and 3G total solutions continue to make inroads in the Latin American market. Read More...
Shanghai Securities News, 12/07/05
On December 6, the Warburg-Pincus group made its first public announcement on its takeover of Datang Microelectronics last week, saying that it had not brought any suit against Datang or any of its related companies in response to Datang Microelectronics' breach of contract and managerial interference. Read More...
Beijing Times, 12/05/05
On December 4, Deputy GM of Marketing for China Telecom's Internet and Value-Added Services Division, Rong Guoqiang, revealed to the media that the reorganization of value-added services (VAS) that China Telecom began in September of this year had been completed. Read More...
enet.com.cn, 12/08/05
ZTE and France Telecom signed an agreement in Paris on December 5, establishing a strategic, long-term R&D partnership focusing on telecom and IT products. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 12/13/05
On December 12, Huawei announced that it had signed an agreement with Portugal's second-largest telecom group, Sonaecom. Read More...
China Securities Report, 12/14/05
China Telecom recently announced that it had reached a deal with Indian telecom operator Reliance Infocomm to provide the first-ever direct long-distance connection between China and India. Read More...
Beijing News, 12/12/05
On December 11, the details of Netcom's recent NGN equipment order were announced. Read More...
Ccid, 12/19/05
On December 19, Telekom Malaysia Bhd and Huawei announced that they would work together to develop products for use in the telecommunications industry and create products based on new telecommunications standards. Read More...
China Business News, 12/19/05
After several years of silence, the China Telecom Industry Group (CTIG) has begun to cautiously discuss IPO plans. Read More...
Beijing Times, 12/19/05
The Beijing Times learned from the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on December 18 that China Tietong Group bonds were set to go on the SSE on December 20. Read More...
Dazhong Net, 12/15/05
On December 14, ZTE Telecommunications and the Jinan New- & High-Technology Zone signed an agreement under which ZTE will construct a software and technology park in the Technology Zone's Qilu Software Park in Jinan, Shandong province. Read More...
China Business News, 12/20/05
On December 19, Ministry of Information Industry (MII) Vice Minister Xi Guohua told reporters that now was "the right time" to issue 3G licenses – the first time the decision-making organization had openly responded to the issue. Read More...
Caijing, 12/29/05
On December 23, representatives from Siemens' German headquarters and Chinese data products company Beijing Harbour Networks signed an agreement under which Siemens will, for USD110 mln, acquire the technology, patents, and more than 100 engineers for three series of Harbour's high-end broadband products. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 1/06/06
China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has released its November telecom industry statistics. Read More...
enet.com.cn, 12/30/05
Asiainfo has signed a contract with Chongqing Telecom to build a unified IT platform based on its Business Intelligence (BI) solution. Read More...
Yesky.com, 01/01/06
Huawei Technologies announced on January 1 that in the bidding for China Telecom's recently concluded 2006 ADSL equipment tender, it had won a contract to provide the operator one million lines based on its GE framework SmartAX MA5600 DSLAM equipment. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 1/09/06
When Nanjing telephone users dial 114 for directory services and use category search to look for various types of companies, companies that have purchased preferential placement from Nanjing Telecom will have their numbers announced first. Read More...
CWW.net.cn, 1/09/06
According to an industry insider, China Telecom, as part of a comprehensive plan to add intelligent network capability, intends to transition its international bureaus to NGN. Read More...
Ccid, 1/09/06
ZTE's "fixed-line 3G" products scored another win recently, as the company won a bid to construct a trial commercial next-generation network (NGN) for Shanghai Telecom, operator of China's largest local fixed-line network. Read More...
Beijing Times, 1/10/06
Beijing Telecom announced on January 9 that starting the next day, it would begin rolling out a color ringback tone service for fixed-line users. Read More...
Tom Tech, 1/17/06
On January 17, the MII officially issued permission for telecom value-added services based on virtual private networks (VPN) and online data processing and transaction processing technology to move from commercial testing to full commercial use. Read More...
Sina Tech, 1/17/06
Su Jingsheng, Director of the MII's Telecommunications Administration Bureau, said in a recent interview that the MII was researching fixed-line and mobile telephone number portability in order to determine the proper time for rollout and the necessary attendant policies. Read More...
Beijing Times, 1/16/06
Fibrlink confirmed to reporters on January 15 that the power-line broadband company, which has a user base in Beijing numbering in the tens of thousands, has had its HKD 1.2 bln Hong Kong IPO plans stopped by its parent company, the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC). Read More...
Ccid, 1/16/06
In its recently released 2005 annual report, Huawei Technologies recorded sales of RMB 45.3 bln, an approximately 40% increase over the previous year. Read More...
People's Daily, 1/20/06
Citing resource consumption issues stemming from P2P networks, Internet worms, and multiple users sharing a single connection, Nanjing Telecom recently announced that it will upgrade its ADSL networks to allow for increased "regularization" of bandwidth usage. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 1/23/06
The Zhejiang Provincial Price Bureau (ZPPB) announced on January 22 that it will closely examine telecom market pricing to crack down on deceptive products and services in the market. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 1/24/06
China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has released its December telecom industry statistics. Read More...
Ccidcom, 1/23/06
The China Transportation and Telecommunications Center (CTTC) recently unveiled its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite mobile service – China's first ever satellite-based multimedia broadband system. Read More...
China Business News, 1/19/06
As stated in the report Guidance for Implementation of the Strategic Transformation, which China Telecom released this week, China Telecom has set its sights on becoming a modern, comprehensive information provider in the future. Read More...
Chinanews.com.cn, 2/02/06
On February 1, Nortel announced that it had formed a joint venture with Huawei to develop broadband access solutions for markets around the world. Read More...
SH.Chinanews.com.cn, 2/06/06
China Telecom has selected Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB) to upgrade its existing broadband access network in twenty-six provinces. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 2/08/06
On February 8, Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc announced that it had finalized a new financing agreement with a strategic investor. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 2/06/06
On February 5, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) launched a series of reforms designed to resolve pricing problems in the telecom industry. Read More...
China Business News, 2/13/06
ZTE (000063.SZ, 0763.HK) has been de-listed from the General Administration of Customs (GAC)'s "red list" after two separate occasions in which products "temporarily" exported failed to be returned before the respective deadlines. Read More...
Nanfang Daily, 2/14/06
Guangdong Telecom has begun a province-wide upgrade of its ADSL networks, which, once completed, is expected to raise download speeds for all users within 2.5km of a central office to 10Mbps. Read More...
China Business News, 02/11/06
In response to an earlier report that subsidiary Nanjing Telecom had started charging broadband users based on bandwidth, Jiangsu Telecom has clarified that at this time it is still simply studying the feasibility of such a charging model. Read More...
Netease, 2/10/06
UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI) released its fourth quarter 2005 financial report on Feb.9, recording net sales of USD 685.5 mln and a net loss of USD 20.6 mln, or USD 0.17 per share. Read More...
Guangzhou Daily, 2/21/06
Guangdong's provincial government has released statistics indicating Guangdong as the first province with over 100 mln telephone subscribers. Read More...
National Business Daily, 2/20/06
Shanghai Telecom recently announced the opening of the first "Telecommunications World," a chain of service centers that the company will operate jointly with private enterprises. Read More...
Marbridge Consulting, 2/24/06
China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has released its January 2006 telecom industry statistics. Read More...
Ccid, 02/17/06
Juniper (Nasdaq: JNPR) recently announced that it had won a contract to extend Shanghai Telecom's core IP network using its T-series routing platform. Read More...
Sina, 2/20/06
ZTE recently announced that it has won a contract to expand Greek operator OTE's broadband network, providing ADSL DSLAM equipment with additional capacity of 100,000 lines. Read More...
Ccid, 2/27/06
China Telecom Group plans to spin off its Engineering and Telecom Services (ETS) Department with a Hong Kong IPO estimated to raise USD 200-400 mln. Read More...
Communications World, 2/27/06
Industry sources recently revealed that operators such as China Telecom and China Netcom have secretly initiated their respective fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) implementation plans. Read More...
Nanfang Daily, 2/26/06
Since Hebei Netcom, a local subsidiary of China Netcom, began optimizing its broadband network in Q4 2005, nearly 400,000 lines of DSLAM equipment have been removed, including all of the products supplied by Harbour and Siemens. Read More...
Sohu, 2/27/06
Guangzhou Telecom has selected Huawei to provide its NGN international gateway exchange system. Read More...
Yesky, 03/03/06
PCCW has announced the investment of RMB 318 million in China Netcom (0906-HK) and the China Netcom Group, in exchange for a 50% stake in the post-restructuring China Netcom Broadband Corp. Read More...
Beijing News, 8/23/05
China Telecom and China Netcom have both announced plans for additional investment in their respective PHS networks, and have signed network expansion contracts with UTStarcom for a combined value of USD 167 mln. Read More...
Beijing News, 8/23/05
China Mobile (CM) has announced a new service promotion, "GoTone A+", targeting high-end users. Read More...
Guangzhou Daily, 8/20/05
China Unicom subsidiary, Guangdong Unicom (GU), has announced it will release 6 mln new GSM numbers with the 132 prefix once it completes interconnection tests with China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Netcom. Read More...
International Finance News, 8/23/05
New data from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) indicates that domestic handset brands may be regaining some of the ground lost in the last several quarters. Read More...
Beijing Business Today, 8/18/05
Shanghai Smartpay, in partnership with eight banks, will begin offering mobile payment services in Beijing in approximately 3 months. Read More...
NBD.com.cn, 8/19/05
In a report issued by the China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR) on China's wireless value-added services (WVAS) industry, Professor Cui Jiping has revealed that only 51% of WVAS service providers are currently profitable. Read More...
Nbd.com.cn, 8/31/05
In the "TD-SCDMA Network Application and 3G Business Workshop" hosted August 30, the MII announced that TD-SCDMA test networks will be completed by the end of this year. Read More...
Shanghai Morning Post, 08/26/05
The Ministry of Information Industry has issued an additional mobile number prefix, 159, to China Mobile (CM), only 10 months after giving the operator the 134 prefix last October. Read More...
ccidnet.com, 8/31/05
Qiao Xing Universal Telephone has announced that it has won a deal to provide four sub-branches of China Telecom subsidiary Yunnan Telecom with 30 thousand CDMA Wireless Cityphone handsets. Read More...
China Business Post, 8/27/05
China Mobile (CM) has announced a new three-mode structure for cooperation with wireless value-added service providers (SPs). Read More...
Chinabyte.com, 8/26/05
China Unicom has announced its H1 2005 results, showing a 10.2% year-on-year increase in revenues to RMB 43 bln, but a 19.4% year-on-year decrease in profits to RMB 2.33 bln. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 8/31/05
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has issued handset production licenses to four more companies, including UTStarcom Telecom, Desai Group, Shenzhen City Zhongtian Telecom Equipment and Tianjin Samsung Telecom. Read More...
Beijing Times, 8/29/05
Skyworth, best known as a TV-set manufacturer, has announced it will release 18 new handset models in September, only 4 months after obtaining its handset license. Read More...
Nanfang Daily, 9/03/05
TCL Board Chairman and CEO, Li Dongsheng, has announced that TCL Mobile Communications and TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phones Limited (TAMP HK), which in H1 2005 lost RMB546 mln and RMB630 mln respectively, will be merged. Read More...
China Business News, 9/05/05
Haier, while yet to issue official H1 2005 results, has announced its handset business may have been unprofitable in the first half. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 9/05/05
China Unicom has announced that it will launch the world's first automotive GPS service to rely entirely on mobile phones rather than on traditional, fixed onboard terminals. Read More...
Beijingtimes.com.cn, 9/02/05
China Netcom subsidiary Beijing Netcom has announced the launch of stage-3 of its PHS network expansion, the completion of which will bring its total number of PHS base stations up from the current 22 thousand to 25 thousand, predominantly along 35 backbone streets. Read More...
stardaily.com.cn, 9/12/05
China Mobile (CM) and G Times, a Chinese wireless Internet portal, have jointly launched new mobile blogging and WAP address-list services. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 9/12/05
The world's first intelligent PHS handset, InjoyM300, has been released in major cities in China. Read More...
China Business News, 9/12/05
A source at Qiao Xing Universal Telephone has disclosed that, with a nod from the Guangdong Development and Reform Commission, the company has submitted an application for a handset-manufacturing license to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and expects to obtain approval by October. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 9/11/05
Hong Kong telecoms operator PCCW's attempt to purchase all shares of Sunday Communications Ltd has been blocked by Huawei, which refused to sell its 9.91% stake. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 9/12/05
ZTE mobile division VP Cao Qiang recently disclosed that ZTE has built a TD-SCDMA trial network in Romania. Read More...
China Business News, 9/08/05
Ericsson China president Ma Zhihong, noting that China will likely have one or more 3G licensing scenarios in which mixed WCDMA and TD-SCDMA networks are adopted, has indicated that Ericsson would provide solutions to carriers with licenses for mixed networks, but not to carriers licensed for TD-SCDMA only. Read More...
Shanghai Morning Post, 9/16/05
China Mobile (CM) subsidiary Shanghai Mobile and the Bank of Communications' (BOC) Shanghai Branch have jointly introduced a mobile wallet service in Shanghai. Read More...
thebeijingnews.com, 9/21/05
UTStarcom China board chairman and CEO Wu Ying has announced that the company's GSM/PHS dual-mode handset will soon be available in China. Read More...
wccdaily.com.cn, 9/16/05
Siemens China vice president Gao Yan has disclosed that Siemens will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with local authorities to establish an R&D center in Chengdu. Read More...
beijingtimes.com.cn, 9/19/05
Qualcomm and China Unicom held a press conference yesterday to outline their plans for capturing the 3G wireless-download value-added services market. Read More...
Sina, 9/16/05
ZTE TD-SCDMA product marketing director Chen Xinhua said at this week's 2005 Global 3G Summit that the company's TD-SCDMA systems have been developed based on CDMA2000 and WCDMA, employing a unified framework for both backbone networks and base stations, and are now ready, as stand-alone TD-SCDMA networks, for commercial interconnection. Read More...
Beijing Daily, 10/08/05
China Resources Peoples Telephone, Hong Kong's fifth largest mobile carrier, has disclosed that China Mobile (CM) has offered to purchase 66.5% of its shares for HKD 4.55 per share, or HKD2.25 bln in total. Read More...
Guangzhou Daily, 10/10/05
Sources at China Unicom have disclosed that the company has been dropping services from unqualified wireless value-added service providers (SPs) since October 1st. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 10/09/05
Huawei displayed all of its 3G wireless terminal series and end-to-end solutions at the recent 3GSM World Congress Asia held in Singapore from September 27th to October 1st. Read More...
people.com.cn, 10/09/05
China Unicom has built new CDMA1X enhanced networks in stadiums and hotels in Nanjing to ensure high quality telecommunication services during China's 10th National Games to be held there in October. Read More...
Shanghai Youth Daily, 10/08/05
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has released the names of those companies among the fourth group to receive handset manufacturing licenses, including Nanjing Malata, Hangzhou Jinpeng, Sichuan Changhong, LangChao LG Digital Mobile Communications, Amoi Electronics, Kunda Computer Technology, and Guangdong Bubugao. Read More...
Beijing Times, 11/07/05
After running tests of its mobile phone-based in-vehicle navigation system in Beijing before the National Day holiday, China Unicom plans to introduce the service throughout the country. Read More...
sina.com.cn, 10/19/05
Hong Kong media reports that ZTE and Hutchison Telecom have announced an agreement under which ZTE will supply Hutchison with 3 models of 3G cellular phones. Read More...
Sina Tech, 10/17/05
ZTE announced that it has recently completed its first batch of locally assembled mobile phones in Africa, and had begun shipping them to distributors. Read More...
Beijing Times, 10/17/05
Skyworth announced yesterday at the 7th Hi-tech Fair in Guangzhou that it has secured major export order contracts with a total value of USD130 mln. Read More...
Beijing News, 10/13/05
According to a high-ranking industry executive, Bird and Sagem are planning to form a new JV and are now close to the conclusion of negotiations. Read More...
International Finance News, 10/13/05
On October 13, Putian and Nokia signed an agreement establishing a JV to focus on R&D and manufacturing of TD-SCDMA products. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 10/13/05
A source in the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance has disclosed that at the "China TD-SCDMA Business Development Forum" (held in Shenzhen from October 12 to October 17), Samsung and LG announced their intentions to join the alliance. Read More...
Beijing News, 10/20/05
Nokia announced that at the end of this year or the beginning of the next it will test its TV-phone technology in four Chinese cities, and that it plans to begin commercial distribution of the phones by the 2008 Olympics. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 10/21/05
Industry giant ZTE Telecommunications has brought suit against its American chip provider Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation alleging faulty chips. Read More...
Beijing Business, 10/24/05
The rumor that Lenovo Mobile was looking at acquiring Amoi has been denied by both parties. Read More...
Shenyang Today, 11/03/05
Four newly licensed domestic mobile phone manufacturers announced this week that they will form an alliance. Read More...
Sina Tech, 11/01/05
Winter came early for domestic mobile phone manufacturers, with Bird, Amoi, TCL, and Konka (000016.SZ, 200016.SZ)'s third-quarter reports setting off warning bells. Read More...
Wen Wei Po, 11/01/05
CECT, 90% of which belongs to the Huizhou Qiao Xing Group, intends to list on the Hong Kong stock market next year. Read More...
Sina Tech, 11/01/05
China Unicom Executive Director and VP Lu Yongren told reporters that though the Chinese government has yet to issue a timetable for 3G licensing, official announcements that there will be an appraisal of 3G services by the 2008 Beijing Olympics would suggest that the government will publicly announce 3G licensing guidelines at the beginning of next year, with licenses to be issued by the end of next year. Read More...
Ccidnet, 10/31/05
ZTE announced on October 31 that it would provide a system supporting color ringback tone service for Nepal Telecom GSM users in Nepal's capital city of Katmandu. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 11/01/05
The Public Security Bureau (PSB), Ministry of Information Industry (MII), and the Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) recently announced that beginning November 1, they would work together to fight criminal SMS messages throughout the country. Read More...
Eastday.com, 11/07/05
A Ministry of Information Industry official revealed at the "2005 Forum on China's Mobile Terminal Industry" that, starting next year, overstocks of mobile phones could cost manufacturers their licenses. Read More...
Chongqing Morning Post, 11/03/05
Zhao Zhiguo, deputy director of the MII's Telecom Oversight Department, reported that the agency is planning to require telecom operators to implement a "real name registration system" to cut down on pornographic and fraudulent SMS messages, harassment, and other such problems. Read More...
Beijing Times, 11/09/05
Sohu, Beijing Youth Paper Internet Publishing Technologies (YNet), China Classmates, and 16 other national Little Smart (PHS) SMS service providers have been penalized by China Telecom. Read More...
Beijing News, 11/05/05
On November 4, with domestic 3G licenses not yet issued, sources at ZTE revealed that the company's TD-SCDMA equipment was being deployed overseas in Romania. Read More...
Communications Weekly, 11/07/05
At the FuTURE Mobile Communications Forum, You Xiaohu, general director of the National 863 Project on Mobile Communications, revealed that by late 2005 or early 2006, Shanghai will construct an experimental B3G network which, by 2010, will provide high-speed and low-speed service and mobile connectivity at up to 1 Gbps and total capacity of 100 terabytes. Read More...
Sina Tech, 11/13/05
According to an exclusive Sina Tech report, China Unicom's new plan for CDMA development involves forming strategic partnerships with several domestic CDMA handset manufacturers. Read More...
Beijing Youth Daily, 11/14/05
On November 13, on his third trip to China, Dutch Royal Philips Electronics Director and CEO Gerard Kleisterlee said in interviews in Shanghai that based on his company's innovative technology, we may see phones retailing for as little as USD15 by 2008. Read More...
Ccid, 11/16/05
Lucent Technologies announced on November 15 that it had signed a partnership agreement with Datang Telecommunications to promote 3G network equipment. Read More...
PCOnline.com.cn, 11/15/05
Chinese software maker Kingsoft has announced a commercial version of its ‘Duba' antivirus software for mobile phones, to be available in the near future. Read More...
Sina Tech, 11/21/05
Huawei and British operator Vodafone recently signed a global cooperation framework agreement. Read More...
International Finance News, 11/19/05
He Guili, director of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII)'s Telecommunications Technology Labs, told reporters recently that the MII had completed a rough draft of Regulations on Electromagnetic Radiation Emissions and Measurement and was awaiting its review. Read More...
China Economic Report, 11/19/05
As Intel sets its hopes on WiMAX as a cornerstone of its future chip empire, a recent announcement from within the industry that WiMAX is to be bound to TD-SCDMA has set people guessing about the future shape of the telecommunications market. Read More...
Beijing Times, 11/22/05
After releasing mobile banking services throughout the country, China Mobile and China UnionPay will set their sights on services based on mobile payments, such as services allowing users to purchase film tickets using their mobile phones, announced the two companies' joint venture, Union Mobile Pay, on November 21. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 11/25/05
In response to reports that it was planning to collect patent fees on TD-SCDMA technology, a Qualcomm employee said on November 25 that the company would make no changes to its policy on TD-SCDMA. Read More...
People's Daily, 11/25/05
TD-SCDMA will soon take its first steps towards commercial use. Read More...
China Business News, 11/24/05
On November 23, ZTE Mobile Communications told reporters that the company planned to increase its brand promotion efforts, in the hopes of increasing its share in India's mobile phone market. Read More...
Wen Wei Po, 11/30/05
ZTE announced on November 29 that it had signed a contract with Telecom Egypt, Egypt's largest fixed-line operator, to provide 100 CDMA WLL (Wireless Local Loop) lines. Read More...
Beijing Youth Daily, 11/29/05
On November 28, TCL General Secretary Wang Hongbo flatly denied rumors that his company was planning to end its mobile phone business partnership with Alcatel, saying that the rumors were "baseless" and characterizing TCL's partnership with Alcatel as "quite good." Read More...
China Business News, 12/05/05
On December 4, Ren Weiguang, GM of Motorola China's Personal Communications Division, confirmed to reporters that Motorola and TCL had reached an agreement whereby Motorola would "lease" TCL's sales teams to sell its phones. Read More...
Yesky.Com, 12/02/05
On December 2, reporters learned that Hewlett-Packard is preparing to market its mobile phones in China. Read More...
Ccid, 12/05/05
Indian state-owned telecom Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), India's largest telecom operator, announced on December 5 that it had chosen ZTE to be its partner in establishing a 50:50 joint venture to focus on development and production of CDMA handsets and fixed wireless handsets. Read More...
Communications Weekly, 12/05/05
MII laboratory testing of TD-SCDMA handsets that began in early October was, if all went according to plan, completed in late November, with outdoor network environment testing to be completed by the end of next January. Read More...
China Business News, 12/05/05
"After 3G licenses are issued," said Director Chen Yuping of the MII China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR)'s Communications Center recently, "the number of 3G users in China will soar. Read More...
China Courts Net, 12/12/05
The Beijing Haidian District People's Court ruled on December 12 that color ringback provider Kongzhong.Com had infringed upon the rights of Niaoren Artist Promotion, LLC by offering songs to which Niaoren owned the rights for use as color ringback tones. Read More...
Tom Tech, 12/13/05
According to foreign media reports, MII China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR) vice-director Cao Shumin said on December 12 that TD-SCDMA may see commercial adoption in the first half of 2006. Read More...
People.com.cn, 12/09/05
China Mobile, Motorola, and Nokia announced on December 8 that the three companies had begun recycling disused handsets and fittings two days previously. Read More...
National Business Daily, 12/13/05
TCL, Lenovo, Amoi, and other domestic handset companies held end-of-year sales in over 50 Yongle consumer electronics outlets in Shanghai as part of a large-scale campaign against black-market mobiles, a category including contraband phones, unregistered-brand phones and refurbished phones. Read More...
Beijing Times, 12/09/05
China Unicom and Microsoft's MSN announced their new instant messaging partnership on December 8. Read More...
China Youth Online, 12/19/05
Chen Jinqiao, director of the Policy Research Institute at the Ministry of Information Industry (MII)'s Chinese Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR), said recently that 3G licenses would not be issued in early 2006. Read More...
Beijing News, 12/15/05
On December 14, BenQ's Taiwan headquarters issued a statement to the media announcing that BenQ intended to begin TD-SCDMA handset production. Read More...
Beijing Daily, 12/19/05
Hewlett Packard recently announced that it had been issued a handset license. Read More...
Sina Tech, 12/19/05
Gome Appliances and China Unicom announced on December 19 an agreement under which Unicom will operate business centers in all of Gome's outlets throughout the country to sell its CDMA handsets. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 01/01/06
It was recently announced that the Noah3000 mobile handset chip, developed by Southeastern University and Dongda Communications Co ("Seucomm"), had been successfully tested for voice and data compatibility with the WCDMA standard. Read More...
Ccid, 12/29/05
China Mobile and China Satcom recently signed a cooperation agreement in Beijing. Read More...
Sina Tech, 12/31/05
On December 31, Tsinghua Unisplendour Corp announced that its board of directors had passed a resolution to purchase all of Tsinghua Holding's shares in Beijing Unismobile Communication Technology for RMB 1.04 mln. Read More...
Ccid, 12/29/05
Joyes.Com, maker of the "mobile gaming club," announced on December 28 that it had obtained several million US dollars in international VC investment. Read More...
Sina Tech, 12/31/05
China Mobile (Hong Kong) announced on December 31 that its proposal to purchase 100% of China Resources Peoples Telephone at HKD 4.55 per share had been passed with the approval of 99% of the issued shares and 60% of the outstanding options, including the 48.31% and 17.94% stakes held by China Resources (Holdings) Co Ltd and Peoples Telephone's acting board of directors, respectively. Read More...
Sohu IT, 12/31/05
Against a declining market, Huawei's handset sales increased to more than 10 mln in 2005, an increase of more than 100% over 2004. Read More...
Dongfang Daily, 1/06/06
A senior Shanghai Unicom executive revealed last week that Unicom, which has always focused the bulk of its investment on CDMA, will be increasing its expenditure for optimizing and upgrading its GSM networks to a total of several hundred million yuan. Read More...
Ccidcomm, 1/09/06
A Netcom insider recently told reporters that the company was testing dual-mode Wi-Fi handsets with the approval of the MII. Read More...
21st Century Business News, 1/05/06
On January 4, China Mobile issued a statement announcing that as of January 3, former Beijing Mobile CEO and GM Li Gang had vacated his position and was replaced by acting chairman and vice-GM He Ning. Read More...
China Business News, 1/09/06
On January 8, Gome Appliances announced in Shanghai its mobile phone sales figures for 2005 – over 4 mln handsets for a total of RMB 5.6 bln – adding that it expected up to RMB 10 bln in mobile phone sales for 2006. Read More...
Beijing News, 1/06/06
Erstwhile cellular heavyweight Dbtel announced on January 5 that it will withdraw from mainland China's handset market. Read More...
Communications World, 1/09/06
A domestic manufacturer told Communications World that the National Encryption Management Commission recently called over 20 companies authorized to make WLAN products to Beijing and announced that it would make the WAPI encryption algorithm freely available to the public, in the hopes of attracting the participation of foreign manufacturers. Read More...
National Business Daily, 1/17/06
Tencent announced on January 16 that it would fully acquire wireless value-added service provider Joymax Technologies, further expanding its operations in the wireless value-added services market. Read More...
Sina Tech, 1/15/06
On the heels of Nokia's announcement that it would increase mobile phone production capacity at its plant in Dongguan, Guangdong province, Samsung recently announced that it intends to increase production at its Tianjin factory. Read More...
Chinabyte.com, 1/13/06
ZTE surpassed LG in November to become China's second-largest CDMA manufacturer after Samsung. Read More...
National Business Daily, 1/16/06
Spokesman Huang Jianping of Shanghai Yongle Home Appliances told the National Business Daily on January 15 that the company's CDMA handset sales partnership with Unicom had come to a complete end after nearly four years. Read More...
National Business Daily, 1/17/06
TCL Communications (2618.HK) announced on January 16 its accumulation of HKD 113 mln in outstanding receivables as of December 30 2005. Read More...
Beijing Times, 1/16/06
Industry rumor has it that China Mobile has begun talks with Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS), Thailand's largest mobile carrier, with an eye towards acquiring a portion of the company. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 1/16/06
Tianjin Mobile has announced that starting in March, it will issue mobile phone numbers beginning with the 159- prefix. Read More...
Enorth.com, 8/24/05
China's General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) has announced plans to implement an online game fatigue system. Read More...
Chongqing Business News, 8/18/2005
Two online-game Virtual Item Procurement (VIP) entrepreneurs, Wang Jian and Wei Yongming, have initiated talks with the Chongqing municipal government to source foreign capital for development of a Virtual Item Trading (VIT) platform. Read More...
First Financial Daily, 8/23/2005
China's leading online auction company, eBay Eachnet, has announced it will officially introduce PayPal, eBay's online payment platform, on August 25th. Read More...
National Business Daily, 8/23/05
HC International has announced plans to sell a 42.5% stake in its subsidiary, China Search Inc (CSI), for USD 4.74 mln in cash. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 8/18/05
China InterActive-affiliated cyber community, Mop.com, has announced, after receiving a USD10 mln strategic investment and acquiring social networking website UUME, that it will list on the Nasdaq exchange next year. Read More...
Chinanews.com, 8/29/05
China's Ministry of Culture (MC) has recently banned four games, including PC games Hitman 2 and Painkiller, mobile game Sexy Poker, and online game Fate of the Dragon Online, citing pornographic, violent and/or gambling-related content that is harmful to national security. Read More...
Chongqing Economic News, 8/26/05
China's Ministry of Culture (MC) has chosen nine cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Chengdu, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Changsha and Shijiazhuang, as locations for trial implementation of a new policy aimed at establishing effective parameters for healthy, long-term growth of the Internet café industry. Read More...
21st Century Business Herald, 8/27/05
China's Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Public Security, National Copyright Administration, Ministry of Information Industry, and State Administration for Industry and Commerce have convened a meeting to discuss the problem of illegal downloads, and plan to launch a campaign in September against unauthorized websites providing music, TV program, movie, or software files. Read More...
ccidnet.com, 8/25/05
Chinese portal Sohu.com has announced a multi-faceted strategic cooperation with CITIC Industrial Bank, which will start with online financial services and then expand to include Internet advertising, online payment, and bonus points programs for online purchases. Read More...
China Business News, 8/25/2005
Shares of Chinese instant messaging service provider Tencent (0700.HK) rose 2.1% to HK$ 7.2 on Hong Kong's Main Board after the company announced its H1 results, including a year-on-year revenue increase of 20.1% to RMB 634.1 mln and profit increase of 30% to RMB 284 mln. Read More...
China Business News, 9/01/05
The China Internet Copyright Self Discipline Alliance (CICSDA), on behalf of China's Internet content providers, is planning to hold first-round discussions on royalties-sharing agreements with music copyright owners and related groups in mid-September. Read More...
China Business News, 9/02/05
China's State Council Legislative Affairs Office, National Copyright Bureau, and Ministry of Information Industry (MII) have jointly finished drafting a regulation to protect Internet copyrights, said China Audiovisual Association President Liu Guoxiong at the First Digital New Media Executive Forum held September 1 in Beijing. Read More...
People.com.cn, 9/05/05
The Xuchang City government in Henan Province has closed down Happy Legend, a pirate server operated by China Tietong (Railcom) sub-branch Xuchang Tietong that illegally hosted Shanda's online role playing game, Legend of Mir 2.
At the end of June this year, the local Culture Bureau and Press and Publication Administration in Xuchang received a report that Xuchang Tietong (Railcom) was suspected of operating a pirate server, and subsequently found in Xuchang Tietong's homepage links to client software downloads and to Happy Legend, the IP address of which also belongs to Xuchang Tietong. Read More...
Donews.com, 9/01/05
China's largest online gaming company, Shanda, has replaced Taiwan Soft-world Electronic's mainland subsidiary, Gameflier Tech (Beijing), as the sole operator of the online game Ragnarok Online. Read More...
South Metropolis Newspaper, 9/03/05
Chinese blog portal Bokee, formerly known as BlogChina, has received a multi-million USD capital injection from Granite Global Ventures, Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF), Bessemer Venture Capital (BVP), and Mobius Venture Capital. Read More...
Chinabyte.com, 9/09/05
Online game virtual-item-trading (VIT) B2C platform Uoyoo.com has begun official operation in Beijing. Read More...
cn.tech.yahoo.com, 9/08/05
Shanda announced today that it has licensed 20 agents for the regional operation of two of its proprietary online games, The Age and The Sign. Read More...
National Business Daily, 9/09/05
Allyes Information Technology, an online marketing services and technology provider, announced yesterday that it has secured USD30 mln in venture capital funding from IDG Technology Venture Investment (IDGVC) and Oak Investment Partners. Read More...
Sohu IT, 9/09/05
2.5G wireless value-added services (WVAS) provider, Kongzhong, has signed an exclusive strategic cooperation agreement with ESPN STAR Multimedia China (MMV China), a joint venture of leading Asian sports program provider ESPN STAR Sports (ESS). Read More...
qianlong.com, 9/13/05
China's leading instant messaging (IM) company, Tencent, has partnered with online payment service providers China Construction Bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank to introduce paipai.com, a new C2C platform. Read More...
National Business Daily, 9/19/05
In a judgment handed down by Beijing's Haidian District Court on September 16, Baidu has lost a lawsuit filed by Shanghai Busheng Music Culture Broadcasting Limited and is now required to pay RMB 68,000 compensation for providing links to downloads of 34 Busheng songs. Read More...
Beijing Business, 9/16/05
Shanghai MSN Network Communications Technology Co has released a beta version of MSN Mobile, a new feature for Chinese MSN Messenger users that allows instant messaging between PCs and mobile handsets. Read More...
Tech.qianlong.com, 9/20/05
Chinese blogging portal Bokee, after its acquisition of Chinapages last week, announced it will launch a new platform designed to help enterprises and merchants develop online business activities, build client trust and enhance interactive communication. Read More...
pconline.com, 9/16/05
Yahoo! China has released a new Internet explorer tool bar, Yahoo Assistant (YA), which combines 3721's previous tool bar, Yahoo's Yisou search engine, and free online virus detection. Read More...
Chongqing Business Post, 10/10/05
Alibaba is currently in talks with Sina to acquire the latter's 33% share of Yipai, but the two companies have yet to reach a final agreement, explained Alibaba PR director Wang Shuai. Read More...
China Business News, 10/11/05
The US Department of Commerce, and Canadian, British and US embassies have begun negotiation with China for further online game co-development, said Ministry of Culture (MOC) marketing department director Liu Yuzhu at last week's China 3rd International Internet Culture Exposition. Read More...
Chongqing Business Post, 10/09/05
Baidu has signed a strategic agreement with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to cooperate in the area of online payment. Read More...
National Business Daily, 10/11/05
eBay wholly-owned subsidiary Kejij.com.cn has announced a strategic partnership with Focus Media, a commercial properties and in-store advertising network operator, to co-develop China's RMB30 bln classified ad market. Read More...
The First, 10/14/05
On Oct.13, 263 Network Communication officially rolled out its new chat and videoconferencing product, ET (e-Telecom). Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 10/13/05
Shenzhen-based internet chat company Tencent has announced its purchase of a 19.9% stake in Shenzhen Domain, an online massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developer. Read More...
China Business News, 10/18/05
On September 9, China-training.com, a Chinese management training startup with a staff of approximately 20 people, secured USD17 mln in venture capital funding from Rong International in exchange for a 30% stake in the company. Read More...
Beijing Times, 10/14/05
For Q3, Taobao reported a user base of 10.04 mln, and turnover of RMB2.34 bln, up from RMB1.02 bln in Q1 and RMB1.65 bln in Q2. Read More...
International Financial Times, 10/20/05
On October 19, Linktone (NASDAQ: LTON) announced that it will invest an undisclosed sum in Chinese music download site 9Sky.Com as a means of providing legal music downloads. Read More...
Beijing Times, 10/24/05
Zhongsou COO Chen Bo announced to reporters that Zhongsou plans to pay record labels for MP3 song downloads based on download counts. Read More...
eNet Silicon Valley, 10/24/2005
On October 23, Baidu and wireless value-added service provider Hurray! announced that they were teaming up to put out actress Chen Hao's new single "Wo Zai Shijie Zhei Tou" ("I'm In This Part of the World," alternatively titled "Chong'ai Wuxian," "Limitless Love"). Read More...
eNet Silicon Valley, 10/21/05
On October 20th, Kingsoft announced that it was partnering with Gome Appliances to promote Kingsoft's Internet-based game Swordnet 2. Under the agreement, within the next week, Kingsoft and Gome will unveil the RMB10-per-copy Swordnet 2 in 29 cities and begin a large-scale promotion. Read More...
National Business Daily, 10/25/05
CTrip.Com has announced that the company will convene a shareholder meeting in Shanghai to approve the use of 30% of its 2005 audited profits as a bonus to be paid out to shareholders on the last day of the year. Read More...
National Business Daily, 10/21/05
Alibaba has announced that its C2C website Taobao is seeking RMB 1bln in investments, adding that Taobao would remain free-of-charge to users for the next three years. Read More...
Beijing News, 11/01/05
Beijing-based R2G announced on October 31st that it would sue Chinadotcom (NASDAQ: CHINA), Hurray! (NASDAQ: HRAY), Huadong Feitian, and Aochuang Technology in its ongoing effort to battle copyright violations by mobile ring tone download websites. Read More...
Morning News (Shanghai), 10/31/05
Relevant authorities estimate there are now over a thousand users of "Electric Cat" power-line Internet access in Shanghai. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 10/31/05
On October 31, the Chinese Internet Association formed a "Broadband P2P Application Promotion Alliance" to explore business models based on broadband P2P use and to comply with the industry oversight agency's development plan. Read More...
Ccid, 10/31/05
BlogChina recently released its own blog search engine, Booso (http://www.booso.com). Read More...
China Economic Report, 11/05/05
The Ministry of Culture (MC) is preparing to establish an Internet monitoring platform. Read More...
Beijing Star Daily, 11/07/05
Reporters learned yesterday that the newly operational "Warning System for Illegal Online Content" has already led to an investigation into 53 websites offering downloads of games that promote lewd and violent behavior. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 11/03/05
Since October 20, eleven of China's most popular games by Shanda, Kingsoft, and five other companies have implemented the "Online Game Fatigue System" mandated by the government to prevent Internet gamers from becoming addicted. Read More...
Beijing Times, 11/10/05
Over two months after Alibaba's US$1.7 bln acquisition of Yahoo! China, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma announced on November 9 that the Yahoo! China website would abandon the portal format it had used for the past seven years. Read More...
Sohu Sports, 11/07/05
The 29th Olympic Games Committee and Chinese Internet company Sohu have signed an agreement under which Sohu will become an Internet content partner for the Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOCOG). Read More...
Ccid, 11/09/05
Sohu released its Q3 financial report after trading closed on Tuesday. Read More...
People's Daily, 11/15/05
On November 14, senior MSN executives said during an interview with the People's Daily that China's Internet advertising market has "extraordinary" potential. Read More...
Kingsun-Vinet Press Release, 11/17/05
The Shanghai branch of Shenzhen-based game maker Kingsun-Vinet announced on November 15 its purchase of 13Free, an Internet café gaming platform developed by Shouling Networks. Read More...
People's Daily, Overseas Edition, 11/15/05
Recently, since China's major portal websites began to promote them, Chinese blogs have become the latest thing for Internet users. Read More...
Beijing Times, 11/15/05
According to reports, the Chinese-language domain names for the newly unveiled Beijing 2008 Olympic mascots were ‘snatched' on November 14. Read More...
Yesky, 11/22/05
In the latest installment of Chinese search companies' epic battle for the browser address bar, search company Zhongsou released a statement on November 21 accusing Yahoo! China of unfair competition. Read More...
China Business News, 11/19/05
Central Bank plans originally set the date for completion of the Payment Liquidity Management Law (Final Draft) around late October, but that has now been pushed back. Read More...
Beijing Entertainment News, 11/21/05
On November 20, as part of its Broadband Olympics strategy, China Netcom introduced its "Broadband World" platform. Read More...
Sina Tech, 11/22/05
Prompted by recent rumors that Bokee (formerly BlogChina) and Hexun would merge, Sina Tech interviewed people on both sides. Read More...
Economic Daily, 11/30/05
As the next-generation Internet protocol, IPv6, approaches, preparedness for its adoption varies by country, with Japan and Europe currently leading America, and developing nations like China moving quickly to gain equal footing. Read More...
Economic Observer, 11/30/05
Quietly, websites across the Chinese Internet are changing their names. Read More...
Beijing News, 11/27/05
On November 25, the official website for the popular MMOPG Yulgang posted an announcement that several thousand players had had their accounts deleted for using cheat codes. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 11/27/05
Of the 53 large state-owned enterprises represented at the 2005 China International Travel Mart in Kunming (November 24-27), the only representative of the ticketing and booking industry – Hong Kong China Travel Service (HKCTS) – announced that it planned to open a new travel and hotel-booking website, to be called "Mangonet." Read More...
Southern Daily (Guangzhou), 12/01/05
On November 29, Shanda announced that its World of Legend MMORPG would be made playable free-of-charge. Read More...
South China Times, 12/02/05
Spring & Autumn Online and 19 other games have been selected for the second annual "National Online Game Publishing Project" list, a list of Chinese-developed online games which was first published in October of last year. Read More...
China Business News, 12/01/05
After acquiring distribution channels, launching its "hundred-cities" campaign, and netting a USD$22.5 mln investment from Holland's Trader Classified Media, the Chinese real-estate website Soufun.Com is set to fulfill its goal of listing in America in 2006. Read More...
eNet, 12/01/05
On December 1, the Beijing #1 Mid-Level People's Court ruled in favor of Baidu in a suit brought against it by Qomolangma Technologies, proprietors of the online shopping site 8848.Com. Read More...
National Business Daily, 12/08/05
The A8 Music Group, a Chinese Internet company focusing on digital music, announced recently that it had received investment from 5 organizations, for a total of approximately USD$20 mln. Read More...
Beijing News, 12/13/05
Douban.Com released an English version of its website (beta.douban.com) on December 12, making the site – according to founder Yang Bo – the first Chinese website to export its model internationally. Read More...
eNet, 12/13/05
On December 12, sources inside Kingsoft revealed that at the start of December, the company had reached an agreement with Taiwanese online game maker Wayi to acquire all of Wayi's mainland business. Read More...
Star Daily, 12/08/05
The day after Taobao introduced its "Hong Kong Shopper" service, competitor eBay Eachnet announced its "Transnational Shopping" brand, which has a larger scope than Taobao's Hong Kong-based service. Read More...
Game.china.com, 12/12/05
On December 16, Yulgang servers will close for a system upgrade. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 12/20/05
eBay's Chinese subsidiary eBay Eachnet announced on December 19 that it would provide free product listings for retailers, and make other adjustments to its price to better compete with domestic rival Taobao. Read More...
Sina Tech, 12/19/05
On December 19, Tencent announced the first performance figures for Paipai.com, the auction service it has been running since September. Read More...
China Business Post, 12/17/05
Dangdang.Com director Yu Yu recently told the China Business Post that as Dangdang makes improvements to online customers' shopping experiences, it is preparing to move towards a goal of becoming "an online Carrefour." Read More...
China Business News, 12/16/05
On December 15, China Telecom subsidiary Guangdong Data Communications Network Co (GDCN) announced that it planned to bring the Korean online game RF Online to China as its first foray into the online gaming market. Read More...
21st Century Business Herald, 12/31/05
On December 28, Baidu announced that it had signed a national-level strategic cooperation agreement with China Merchants' Bank (CMB). Read More...
Xinhuanet, 12/30/05
The Public Security Bureau recently released its Regulations on Internet Security and Protection Technologies. Read More...
Finance.eastday.com, 12/29/05
On the heels of its announcement that it intended a public listing next year, China InterActive's social networking website Mop.Com announced that it would acquire DoNews.Com, China's largest IT community website, through a 100% share-swap. Read More...
Beijing Times, 12/30/05
Venture capital firm Softbank Asia made a new investment in China's Internet industry yesterday, providing USD12.5 mln in funding to online matchmaker Haotian Group. Read More...
Beijing Business, 1/10/06
On January 9, Microsoft China's MSN announced that the company had begun to make a beta version of its Chinese-language MSN Search available to users. Read More...
Sina Tech, 1/09/06
eBay Eachnet announced on January 9 that it would promote the use of Skype within China. Read More...
China Business News, 1/09/06
On the day that Alibaba's Guangdong branch was established, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma told China Business News that, despite rumors to the contrary, the upcoming Third E-Commerce Law will not levy taxes against e-commerce. Read More...
National Business Daily, 1/06/06
On January 5, Alibaba CEO Jack Ma announced that Yahoo! China will partner with Hunan TV and the Huayi Brothers Media Group to create "Yahoo! Searchstar (Yahoo! Souxing)," an all-new entertainment and performance show. Read More...
Dongfang Daily, 1/06/06
The popular movie Seven Swords, first released in July 2005, has, like most movies, been victim of widespread online piracy. Read More...
Beijing Business, 1/12/06
On January 11, while announcing its planned product releases for the first half of 2006, Kingsoft revealed that it was currently considering moving some of its existing games to a free-to-play model. Read More...
enet.com.cn, 1/13/06
It was reported on January 13 that GM Qian Zhonghua of Shanda's Beijing branch had resigned his post, and that the whole branch would be subject to large-scale job cuts. Read More...
Sina Tech, 1/16/06
Industry sources say China InterActive is currently seeking a third round of investment to finance its IPO plans. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 1/17/06
Recent rumor has it that Alibaba chairman and CEO Jack Ma has told employees that Alibaba will go public within two years. Read More...
Beijing Star Daily, 1/20/06
On January 19, Shanda signed a strategic cooperation agreement with EMI, which will join the Universal Music Group, another Top 4 music company, as a partner in Shanda's licensed music downloading business. Read More...
Beijing Times, 1/23/06
Dangdang.com president Yu Yu announced recently that her company's B2C platform had begun real-time price comparisons with Hailong, one of China's most popular online electronics retail stores. Read More...
Yesky.com, 1/23/06
C2C website Yipai announced on January 23 that effective immediately, it will stop user registration, new item postings, BBS posting and replying, and all other online transactions. Read More...
China Economic Times, 1/23/06
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) released its 17th Statistical Survey Report on Internet Development in China on January 17th. Read More...
China Youth, 2/06/06
China's National Copyright Administration, Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Information Industry, Public Security Bureau and four other government entities have recently reported on the progress made during the internet intellectual property rights (IPR) protection campaign launched last September. Read More...
China Business News, 2/05/06
At the end of January, 17Game disclosed that it had received an additional investment of RMB 28 mln from major stakeholder Chinadotcom (CDC), making the latter 17Game's largest shareholder. Read More...
Beijing Times, 2/04/06
The Ministry of Culture (MOC)'s Game Content Examination Committee has recently announced the second batch of "healthy" games deemed suitable for minors. Read More...
Sohu IT, 2/05/06
Sohu IT recently discovered that the ICP license for http://www.google.cn is the same as that for http://www.ganji.com. A public relations representative at Google.cn later confirmed that Google does not have its own ICP license and is currently in cooperation with Ganji.com for the use of its ICP license. Read More...
Beijing Business, 2/08/06
A representative in charge of Asian development for a Google investment company has, according to industry rumors, arrived in Beijing to negotiate the acquisition of Bokee.com. Read More...
Ccw.com.cn, 2/12/06
VC firm Softbank has reportedly injected USD 5 mln into online classified ad portal http://www.58.com. The deal represents the largest investment to date in China's online classified ad industry and the first time Softbank has become involved in this sector. Read More...
National Business Daily, 2/14/06
Chinese online ad company Allyes has announced its plans for a Nasdaq IPO in the second half of this year, and estimates the listing will generate USD 100 mln. Read More...
Chongqing Morning Post, 2/09/06
PacificNet (PACT) announced plans on February 7 to acquire a 51% stake in Beijing-based iMobile. Read More...
Ccid, 2/10/06
Shanda announced on February 9 that it had been selected by Korean gaming company NHN as the sole operating agent in China for the NHN-developed 3D MMORPG ArchLord. Closed beta testing of the game is expected to begin in China during the second quarter of 2006. Read More...
21st Century Business Herald, 2/09/06
Kingsoft plans to invest RMB 50 mln to establish a subsidiary for casual game development and operations in Dalian, according to Zhang Zhihong, VP of Kingsoft and newly appointed GM for the new branch. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 8/18/05
Today, at the 2005 China Digital TV Forum, Wang Lian, an official from the State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT), outlined the four stages of the agency's plan to fully digitalize cable TV by 2015. Read More...
enet.com.cn, 8/18/05
Television manufacturer Sichuan Changhong has released its H1 earnings report, recording a 40% surge in revenues to RMB 7.2 bln, a 231% jump in net profit to RMB 230 mln, and earnings per share of RMB 0.1. Read More...
China Business News, 8/25/05
Guangdong Province has announced digital TV fees, indicating its intent to move forward with planned cable TV network digitalization. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 8/31/05
China TV Media (CTV Media) has announced that it will cooperate with China DTV Media (CDM) to provide programming and related services for China Central Television (CCTV)'s high definition TV (HDTV) channel project. Read More...
Beijingdaily.com, 8/30/05
The Standardization Administration of China has announced new mandatory restrictions on TV-set power consumption, barring from the market all sets with stand-by mode consumption over 9w per hour or an energy-efficiency index over 1.5, effective March 1st 2006. Read More...
China Business News, 9/06/05
China Electronics Corporation (CEC) has announced it will invest RMB300 mln for a 45% stake in Chongqing Broadcast and Television Group (CBTG). Read More...
Stardaily.com.cn, 9/02/05
Gome, which has similar partnerships with Skyworth and Sony, has formed a strategic alliance with TCL to promote sales of TCL flat-panel TVs through Gome's distribution network. Read More...
China Business News, 9/01/05
Suning Corporation president, Sun Weimin, has announced that Suning, together with other color TV manufacturers like Hisense, TCL, and Xoceco, will set up a unified flat-panel TV after-sales service plan, to take effect from September 3, 2005. Read More...
China Business News, 9/08/05
Guang Yuan Media, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Railways, has invested approximately RMB200 mln in the development of on-train TV. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 9/11/05
China Telecom (CT) chief engineer Wei Leping recently suggested that IPTV should not merely be considered a visual service, as it is delivered over telecom networks. Read More...
China Business News, 9/13/05
Executives from 27 of the nation's Chinese mobile TV companies have gathered in Chongqing to discuss founding a national mobile TV alliance. Read More...
Hc360.com, 9/19/05
Dalian Tiantu Cable Television Network Company and the China Development Bank (CDB) have signed an agreement under which the latter will provide the Dalian Administration of Radio, Film and Television a RMB500 mln 14-year development loan to accelerate cable TV digitization in Dalian. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 9/18/05
China Unicom recently expressed interest in mobile TV, saying the company is ready to promote the service in China. Read More...
NBD.com.cn, 9/20/05
China Telecom subsidiary Shanghai Telecom, together with Shanghai Media Group (SMG), has launched a trial commercial IPTV network in Shanghai. Read More...
Nanfang Daily, 10/08/05
State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) vice-president Zhang Haitao cautioned at the National City Cable TV Digitization Trial Conference, held September 23rd in Taiyuan, Shanxi, that once digital TV becomes available, carriers must be sure to maintain a certain number of analog TV channels for users who are unwilling to make the switch. Read More...
broadcast.hc360.com, 10/08/05
Sources in China Mobile (CM) have disclosed that the company will start to offer mobile TV services in October. Read More...
Beijing Times, 10/15/05
UTStarcom announced they have reached an agreement with China Telecom (CT) and China Netcom (CNC) to provide set-top boxes for a commercial IPTV network in Shanghai, to be jointly launched next month by the two fixed-line carriers. Read More...
Nanfang Daily, 10/14/05
The Ministry of Information Industry has established 23 digital TV standards, and will announce them at the 7th Annual China Hi-Tech Fair, to be held in Shenzhen from October 12 to October 17. Read More...
Southern Daily, 10/21/05
A representative of Topway Video Communications' Digital TV Division announced that owing to severe shortages of set-top boxes – a key piece of equipment for digital TV – Shenzhen's plan to convert all of its analog cable to digital by the end of this year has been held up at least until spring of next year. Read More...
Daily Economic News, 10/24/05
Changhong Appliances announced its Q3 2005 earnings on October 24, with core business revenues of RMB10.24 bln, a year-on-year increase of 32.35%, and profits of RMB260 mln, a year-on-year increase of 220.07%. Read More...
Beijing News, 10/27/05
An equipment manufacturer has revealed the latest developments in the bidding to provide equipment for China Telecom's IPTV testing. Read More...
Ccidnet.com, 11/02/05
Top-tier Chinese TV manufacturer Changhong and Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB) have signed a cooperation agreement under which they will become strategic partners for IPTV services. Read More...
National Business Daily, 11/07/05
Shanghai Media Group general manager Li Huaiyu explained at the "International Forum on Digital TV and Wireless Multimedia Communications" on November 4th that his company would promote IPTV to the 25-45 year old age bracket – the demographic that watches the least television. Read More...
People's Daily, 11/09/05
With an initial investment of several hundred million RMB, a yearly production capacity of 6 million televisions, and the flat-panel and high-end television market as its target, TTE (TCL-Thomson Electronics) has begun production in its new high-tech development park in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 11/14/05
China Netcom will reportedly sign an agreement with China's sole IPTV license holder, the Shanghai Media Group (SMG), to expand its number of test sites from 1 to 21. Read More...
National Business Daily, 11/17/05
Changhong, TCL, Konka (000016.SZ, 200016.SZ), and Skyworth have reached an agreement to build a jointly funded LCD panel production line. Read More...
Daily Economic News, 11/22/05
Shanghai-based Dragon Mobile, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group (SMG), announced yesterday that within the city of Shanghai, 5000 China Mobile (CM) users had subscribed to their mobile TV service. Read More...
China Business News, 11/21/05
On November 18, Shanghai's Oriental Cable Network, Beijing Gehua CATV Network (600037.SH), and 9 other cable television companies convened a meeting at which they announced their intention to jointly seek investment for production of digital television content. Read More...
Sohu IT, 11/22/05
On the heels of earlier announcements that it would build IPTV networks for Shaanxi Telecom and Jiangsu Telecom, ZTE disclosed recently that it had successfully bid on IPTV projects for Guangdong Telecom. Read More...
Sina Tech, 11/29/05
The Shanghai Media Group (SMG), China's sole license holder for IPTV and digital TV content, announced on November 28 that it will form a joint venture with the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group (OPG) to produce mobile television handsets. Read More...
Chongqing Evening Post, 11/30/05
Consumers looking to purchase set-top boxes (STBs) for their secondary television sets in Chongqing digital TV (DTV) testing areas are being told to try again in a few days. Read More...
21st Century Business Herald, 12/03/05
As equipment manufacturers squabble endlessly over IPTV bids, the upstream and content provision industry has already begun to change quietly. Read More...
Ycwb.com (Jinyang Evening News), 12/08/05
On December 6, Gome Electronics joined with Xoceco, Hisense, Panasonic, Samsung, and over a dozen other domestic and foreign television manufacturers in implementing the Gome Appliances Working Guidelines for Resolving Consumer Disputes Over Flat-Screen Televisions, the first cooperative agreement to provide post-purchase "three guarantees" guarantees for flat-screen televisions. Read More...
The First, 12/12/05
On December 9, the Hisense Group and CCTV subsidiary CCTV Digital Media signed an agreement under which Hisense became the sole domestic partner for CCTV's CCTV-HD high-definition channel. Read More...
Southern Daily, 12/13/05
On December 8, Mr Soong Heung-seop of LG's Gumi plasma panel factory told reporters from the Southern Daily that flat-panel displays sold in the China market are frequently sold as "high-definition" displays, while in actuality being capable of only standard definition. Read More...
Beijing Times, 12/16/05
On December 14, Beijing Gehua CATV Network (600037.SH) announced that it was joining forces with rival cable company Beijing All Media Cable Group (BAMC) and Shanghainese SMG Interactive. Read More...
Sina Tech, 12/15/05
Five Chinese television manufacturers - Konka (000016.SZ, 200016.SZ), Changhong, and Skyworth, as well as Acto and Xoro - were admitted to the 3LCD Alliance on December 14. Read More...
Sina Tech, 12/31/05
The IPTV trial backed by China Telecom subsidiary Jiangsu Telecom and Xinhua's Jiangsu branch has officially begun operations. Read More...
PCOnline.com.cn, 12/30/05
On December 29, computer maker HASEE held a press conference in Beijing to announce its HF32T, a new 32" LCD television retailing for RMB 6999. Read More...
Beijing News, 1/06/06
On January 5, Cai Ying, director of the State Information Center (SIC)'s Market Office, told reporters that his office predicted sales of roughly 4.2 million flat-panel televisions for this year, of which LCD and plasma displays will account for approximately 3 and 1.2 mln televisions, respectively. Read More...
National Business Daily, 1/05/06
On the eve of the city's IPTV rollout, Quanzhou's regional broadcasting authority issued a notice requiring that the Quanzhou "Baishi Tong" (BesTV) IPTV service cease operations. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 1/12/06
It may hold China's only IPTV content license, and it may have entered the commercial testing stage in Shanghai, but the Shanghai Media Group has had a bumpier ride in other markets: at the end of December 2005, the company's IPTV trial in Quanzhou, Fujian province was shut down by local broadcasting authorities, and shortly thereafter, Zhejiang's provincial broadcasting authority followed suit with the Zhejiang Broadcasting Authority Notice Regarding Strengthened IPTV Service Management, SMG's first full-province cease and desist order. Read More...
21st Century Business News, 1/13/06
According to equipment manufacturers, Beijing Netcom initiated several rounds of technical exchanges between the Beijing Municipal Telecommunications Planning Institute and manufacturers prior to accepting bids on its new IPTV network, for which manufacturers began submitting bids on January 10. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 1/23/06
On January 18th, SiTV, China DTV Media Inc Ltd, Dingshi Media and Huacheng Cinema began broadcasting digital TV content to Qingdao viewers. Read More...
Sina Tech, 1/20/06
Huawei announced on January 19 that it had, in concert with Shanghai Telecom, deployed China's first triple-play fiber to the home (FTTH)-based HD digital television trial network in selected developments in the Pudong region of Shanghai. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 2/06/06
Before the start of the Chinese New Year holidays, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) issued their Temporary Regulations on Inspection and Acceptance of the Digitization of Cable Digital TV in Trial Cities. Read More...
Beijing Youth Daily, 2/08/06
Leading into the Chinese New Year, Japanese and Korean TV manufacturers slashed prices, with Sony initiating the price war and Panasonic, Hitachi, Toshiba, LG and Sanyo following. Read More...
China Business, 2/12/06
In a meeting just before the start of the Chinese New Year, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) laid out a policy banning private sector investment in digital cable TV operation. Read More...
National Business Daily, 2/09/06
On February 8, Amoisonic launched China's first IPTV LCD TV in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Read More...
Sina, 2/13/06
On February 13, UTStarcom announced a strategic partnership with China Telecom to provide its end-to-end IPTV solution, RollingStream, in the cities of Fuzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian province. Read More...
China Securities Journal, 2/22/06
The Deputy Chief Engineer of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT), Du Baichuan, announced on February 21 that the digital video terrestrial broadcasting standard, which has been delayed for over three years, would be finalized within the year. Read More...
Communications World Weekly, 2/17/06
Datang Telecom recently announced that its board of directors had approved plans to form a new subsidiary, which will develop the company's MONS (multimedia-on-network storage) technology. Read More...
eNet, 2/17/06
On February 17, Tut Systems, a leading broadband data transmission and video service provider announced a new partnership with CETC-IPTV, saying the cooperation would expand Tut's distribution channels in the Chinese telecom market. Read More...
Chongqing Morning News, 2/24/06
China Netcom subsidiary Chongqing Netcom announced on February 23 that it will release its "Broadband Family Cinema" service to its customers this year. Read More...
Sohu IT, 2/23/06
ZTE Telecommunications has reportedly secured its first ever China Netcom IPTV contract, having allegedly been selected by Beijing Netcom to provide 50,000 IPTV lines. Read More...
ChinaByte, 2/23/06
On February 23, at the 2006 IPTV Development Forum, Jiang Lintao, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII)'s China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR), disclosed that 18 IPTV standards will be finalized by the end of this year. Read More...
SinaTech, 3/05/06
The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR)'s Transmissions Standards Center has released a report which introduces the licensing terms for overseas standards and points out the many problems and potential issues with the MPEG-4 and H.264 standards. Read More...
National Business Daily, 3/07/06
A reliable source revealed yesterday that the Oriental Pearl Group's key project, DMB Mobile TV, will be launched in the first half of this year. Read More...
SinaTech, 3/13/06
On March 11, Tsinghua University and the Qingdao Municipal Government signed a strategic partnership agreement on cooperation in the digital television sector. Read More...
National Business Daily, 3/14/06
Changhong spokesperson Liu Haizhong disclosed yesterday that the Changhong Technical Center's IPTV terminal research, development and commercialization project has recently won key project funding from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII). Read More...
ChinaByte, 3/14/06
Huang Tiejun, Secretary General of the AVS Working Group announced on the morning of March 14 that, "from today, AVS decoding software source code will be made public, and can be downloaded from the CoSoft website." Read More...
National Business Daily, 3/16/06
The Shenzhen Media Group disclosed yesterday that Shenzhen will use its current digital TV network to launch the country's first TV banking service. Read More...
Beijing Star Daily, 3/22/06
On March 21 at the 2006 Electronics and IT Industries Work Conference, an MII Planning Department spokesperson said that the standard for digital TV would soon be released and that only products reaching this standard would be able to use the description "high-definition." Read More...
West China City Daily, 3/17/06
Yesterday domestic appliance giants Changhong and Skyworth announced a decrease in the price of their flat screen TVs, one day after Hisense did the same. Read More...
21st Century Economic Report, 3/25/06
The Shanghai Media and Entertainment Group (SMEG) has revealed that it is preparing to use China's proprietary AVS standard for its mobile television services. Read More...
Cww, 3/24/06
The outcome of bidding to supply Beijing Netcom's IPTV trials have been decided, with ZTE and Alcatel-Shanghai Bell (ASB) each winning orders to supply fifty thousand lines. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 3/24/06
Zou Feng, Vice President of the Academy of Broadcasting Science, recently said he expects portable TVs will appear on sale this year, with growth to be stimulated by the 2008 Olympic Games. Read More...
Life Daily, 4/04/06
The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) on March 31 officially released 25 digital TV industry standards covering Digital TV receivers, set-top boxes and HDTV displays. Read More...
Tom Tech, 4/04/06
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has, reportedly, decided the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) should oversee IPTV development. Read More...
Beijing Times, 4/03/06
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) yesterday issued the Notice on Strengthening Management of Mobile Digital Television Trials, mandating that mobile digital television receivers may only be fitted in public buses, taxis and long-distance buses and that transmissions may not be encrypted. Read More...
ChinaByte, 4/10/06
PCCW's broadband TV joint venture is in talks with a number of local cable operators about exporting its 'dual-mode' services currently deployed in Hangzhou to other Chinese cities. Read More...
Beijing Times, 4/11/06
Skyworth announced yesterday mass production of its recordable TV, an integrated TV and digital video recorder (DVR), with initial monthly output of up to 10,000 sets. Read More...
Sina Tech, 4/14/06
The Ministry of Information Industry (MII)'s Digital TV Working Group held a meeting April 7 to start work on certification of digital TV products by the China Electronic Standardization Institute in accordance with Chinese laws and industry standards. Read More...
Sina Tech, 4/18/06
Yesterday, Hitachi and other plasma TV producers quickly responded to MII figures that indicated February sales volumes of plasma TVs were not only lower than those for LCD TVs but even much lower than those for rear-projection TVs. Read More...
Chongqing Economic Times, 4/24/06
Rumors have been circulating recently that SARFT is to crack down on unlicensed IPTV services, including Shanda's EZ home entertainment platform. Read More...
CCTV, 4/28/06
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has granted approval to CCTV to commence IPTV services. Read More...
Ccidnet, 4/21/06
UTStarcom has signed a contract with China Netcom to supply its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution in Harbin. Read More...
Eastday, 4/21/06
The China Communications Standards Association has announced that its IPTV working group will release a report at the end of April proposing functional criteria for six IPTV standards. Read More...
National Business Daily, 5/08/06
The first batch of Digital Media Broadcasting (DMB) phones will arrive in Shanghai Mobile's stores soon. Read More...
ChinaByte, 5/09/06
According to an informed source, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) is to name recipients of three mobile TV licenses - CCTV, China Central Radio and China Radio International. Read More...
Sina Tech, 5/14/06
The MII recently announced the first batch of manufacturers to pass certification for set-top box and card separation. Read More...
South CN, 5/16/06
Cable TV in Guangzhou is to complete conversion to digital by June 2008, with a 10,000 household trial to be underway by the 25th of this month. Read More...
Beijing Times, 5/20/06
The China 2006 High-Definition TV Consumer Survey was released in Beijing yesterday, the first to survey consumers in first-tier cities since the release of high-definition standards in April. Read More...
China Business News, 5/22/06
The Konka Group (000016.SZ, 200016.SZ) and Texas Instruments (TI) signed a deal in Shenzhen May 19 to cooperate on IPTV product development. Read More...
China Securities Journal, 5/29/06
A source recently revealed that a CCTV project to bypass Beijing Gehua CATV Network (600037.SH) and bring its paid digital TV shows directly to Beijing viewers is already underway, with transmission hoped to start at the end of the year. Read More...
21st Century Business Herald, 5/30/06
Li Huaiyu, COO of Shanghai Media Group (SMG) IPTV subsidiary BesTV, predicted on May 25 that Shanghai will have between 50,000 and 80,000 IPTV users by the end of the year. Read More...
Cnstock, 6/05/06
The results of bidding for Shanghai's commercial IPTV service are now clear with UTStarcom and ZTE each winning projects in different parts of the city. Read More...
China Business News, 6/01/06
SARFT has announced approval of the Standard for 30MHz-3000MHz Terrestrial Digital Audio Broadcasting as an industry standard for China's broadcasting sector. Read More...
Sohu IT, 6/08/06
China Mobile today announced the purchase of a 19.9% stake in Phoenix TV, making it the second largest shareholder. Read More...
Beijing Daily, 6/12/06
Beijing Netcom stores have confirmed IPTV services are now available in some areas of Beijing. Read More...
Shanghai Securities News, 6/19/06
Shanghai's IPTV service will be based on the H.264 codec making it the largest H.264-based IPTV project in the world with upwards of 100,000 users. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 6/20/06
Shanghai Media Group subsidiary SMG Interactive TV announced a deal with Beijing Gehua CATV Network (600037.SH) and nine other cable operators yesterday to bring the SiTV high-definition "New Vision" channel to viewers amid a major marketing push. Read More...
Beijing Times, 6/22/06
China's proprietary standard for terrestrial digital TV has passed the first stage of testing by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's (SARFT) Digital Standards Group, showing itself to be not only viable, but also superior to current foreign standards. Read More...
Sina Tech, 6/28/06
On June 27, inside sources disclosed to Sina Tech that China's audio-video coding standard (AVS) is undergoing in-house testing by China Telecom and China Netcom. Read More...
Lmtw.com, 7/03/06
Bidding to run IPTV networks in Shanghai has drawn to a close, and attention now turns to Wuhan, where the process is due to start next week. Read More...
China Business News, 7/05/06
Despite July's arrival, the Digital TV Terrestrial Broadcast Standard, originally due to be issued at the end of June, has failed to materialize. Read More...
Beijing Times, 7/07/06
Nokia has been in contact with the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) and telecoms carriers about the possibility of trialing its mobile TV DVB-H technology in China. Read More...
ChinaByte, 7/08/06
Huahong and a domestic manufacturer are to form a new company to manage and promote the Universal Content Protection System (UCPS) according to Chen Jie, head of marketing at Huahong International. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 7/17/06
Baidu has announced that it plans to join the IPTV fray. Read More...
Eastday, 7/14/06
Shenzhen Leaguer Digital TV announced July 13 the purchase of China's largest fee-charging audio-visual entertainment portal, Bbvod.net, the content of which cable TV companies' networks will soon start to offer as value-added services. Read More...
Nanfang Daily, 8/18/05
New data released by the National Development and Reform Commission shows that, while China's electronics industry recorded H1 2005 revenues of RMB 1,149.6 bln, a 20% year-on-year increase, profits for the same period dropped 5.5% to RMB 33.6 bln. Read More...
ccidnet.com, 8/19/05
Software firms based in Zhongguancun, Beijing's equivalent of Silicon Valley, met August 18th at the Software Outsourcing Development Strategy Summit in Beijing to discuss plans for cooperation to compete in the global software outsourcing market. Read More...
ccidnet.com, 8/28/05
Taiwanese computer manufacturer ASUS, in an effort further reduce production costs, has announced plans to shift the bulk of its notebook PC production from Taiwan to Mainland China. Read More...
Chinabyte.com, 8/26/05
China's Linux companies and industry associations are currently holding discussions focused on better integrating the industry and strengthening mutual cooperation, which may lead to mergers among major players. Read More...
Chinabyte.com, 8/26/05
Chinese Linux heavyweight Red Flag, together with Japan's Miracle Linux and Korea's Haansoft, has co-launched Asianux 2.0, a unified Asian Linux operating system. Read More...
Sohu IT, 8/26/05
Chinese software firm Langchao Group held a signing ceremony in Shandong Province today to formalize receipt of a US25 mln strategic investment from Microsoft. Read More...
Beijing Times, 9/02/05
Intel hosted the Intel China Internet Cafe Summit in Beijing on September 1 and introduced upgrade D915PDT for its Intel Platform Administration Technology, the first management software designed for Internet cafe computers. Read More...
e-work.net.cn, 9/05/05
Computer Associates International (CA) has signed a strategic agreement with Founder (Hong Kong) Limited and Tsinghua Unisplendor Corporation to cooperate in sales and marketing as well as technology development for products aimed at the finance, public utilities and government sectors. Read More...
China High-Tech Industry Herald, 9/05/05
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has announced its Q2 2005 results, showing revenue of USD279.5 mln, up 12.3% period-on-period, but a net loss of USD40.40 mln, up from a loss of USD30 mln the previous quarter. Read More...
Beijing Times, 9/07/05
Six Chinese disc makers have begun negotiations over Recordable Compact Disc (CD-R) royalties with Philips in Shanghai. Read More...
ZDnet China, 9/09/05
The Ministry of Information Industry, State Council Legislative Affairs Office, Ministry of Finance, and National Copyright Administration are currently drafting new regulations to be issued next year strengthening the requirement that enterprises use legitimate, licensed software. Read More...
Beijing News, 9/13/05
Adobe Greater China general manager, Pi Zhuoding, has announced the company will reduce prices on all authorized products sold in China starting September 16. Read More...
Beijing Star Daily, 9/13/05
Chinese software giant Kingsoft has launched a counterattack on Microsoft Office with the September 12 announcement of its new software, WPS Office 2005. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 9/12/05
Nanjing-based Linkage Technology, a JV between the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), Intel and Softbank, has signed an MoU with Microsoft to set up a 5,000-seat software school in China. Read More...
ccw.com.cn, 9/19/05
Langchao and TCL have secured the two biggest PC supply contracts among those awarded under the Jiangsu provincial government's Xiaoxiaotong (in Chinese "computers in every school") Project. Read More...
People.com.cn, 9/17/05
Intel, as part of its Government Assisted PC Programs (GAPP) initiative, signed an MoU on September 17 with the Chongqing Information Industry Bureau (CIIB), Chongqing Telecom and Chongqing 8da Electronic Engineering Co. Ltd. Under the agreement, Intel will cooperate with the Chongqing government to promote individual PC use in the municipality, and will assist Chongqing 8da with PC assembly to help make affordable products for the public. Read More...
China Business Post, 9/17/05
Acer has signed an agreement with Digital China, designating it as Acer's second nationwide distributor in China. Read More...
Sina Tech, 9/20/05
First International Computer (FIC) has shut down its Taiwan-based notebook PC factory, and, following the rest of the island's notebook manufacturers, moved production to Mainland China. Read More...
Beijing Newspaper, 10/08/05
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced it will continue establishing and sponsoring high-tech automobile electronics industrialization projects this year, including those related to automobile design software platforms, manufacturing and testing, on-board information systems, and basic electronic parts. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 10/09/05
A new report by the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) shows that the first 8 months of this year saw significant profit drops in China's state-owned automobile, construction, textile, and electronics industries. Read More...
Sina Tech, 10/11/05
Acer has moved its China headquarters from Beijing to Shanghai. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 10/05/05
The Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center (OMNERC), a Chinese government research organization, has submitted to the DVD Forum its plan to develop a China-only DVD format. Read More...
Information Times, 10/14/05
Kenji Baba, CEO of Hitachi subsidiary Tokyo Eco Recycle, says that his company hopes to join Chinese enterprises in processing the 900 mln home appliances and electronic devices that China recycles every year. Read More...
Ccidnet.com, 10/15/05
Oracle signed a strategic MOU with Shanghai-based SVA Group on October 14, to facilitate the company's expansion into the optical electronics industry. Read More...
tech.163.com, 10/14/05
SWsoft, an American server technology company, announced on October 12th its acquisition of Beijing-based ValueOf, an advanced hosting automation software provider whose feature product, Prim@Hosting, dominates the Chinese market. Read More...
Beijing News, 10/18/05
On October 17th, at the 7th Annual Hi-tech Fair, Xoceco (Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronics Co, Ltd) announced that it would transfer its "Weijing Shenhua" (micro-crystal picture magic) technology to "rival companies." Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 10/20/05
Dell announced on October 19 that its consumer desktops and notebooks in China will include bundled Chinese MMORPG software and a limited-period free MMORPG subscription, with the intent of attracting China's 20-some million online gamers. Read More...
163.com, 10/25/05
On October 24, Shanda Interactive Entertainment and the MITAC Computer Group announced the world's first wireless palmtop Internet gaming device, the EZ Mini. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 10/20/05
Facing heavy pressure from international competitors, EVD's largest investor, Zhang Baoquan, has announced a "War of Domestic HD Defense." Read More...
Beijing Business, 10/25/05
At the October 21 launch of Skyworth's new television products, Skyworth Chairman Wang Dianfu disclosed that the company was planning to open its own "large-scale" LCD screen production line. Read More...
Economic Observer, 10/29/05
On October 27, Shanda Interactive Entertainment, Inc (Nasdaq: SNDA) announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Intel (China) to promote Shanda's new broadband entertainment service platform—the EZ Pod. Read More...
21st Century Business Herald, 11/02/05
If all goes well, a specific hardware standard for the MP4 personal movie player (PMP) industry should make its debut some time around June 2006. Read More...
People's Daily, 11/02/05
In accepting reporters' questions about China's Godson-2 Chip technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences' (CAS) Computing Technology Institute Director Li Guojie said, "Sticking to the ‘Wintel' model of development is bound to lead China into a dead end. Read More...
YCWB, 11/09/05
Like many of the country's other technological industries, the Chinese software industry is developing rapidly, with the Chinese government for the first time ordering more Chinese software than foreign-made software – but, again like many of the country's other industries, Chinese software companies are waging ferocious price wars against one another. Read More...
China Business News, 11/08/05
Taiwan announced on November 11 that it will further loosen restrictions on Taiwanese investment in mainland China's microprocessor industry. Read More...
China Business News, 11/08/05
Beijijng Visionox laid the cornerstone for China's first commercial OLED production line in Kunshan (Jiangsu Province) on November 6th. Read More...
Information Times, 11/08/05
Since the start of this year, the notebook computer market has been rocked by wave after wave of price wars – wars that have now led to increasing complaints about product defects and quality. Read More...
Economic Observer, 11/12/05
On November 4, under the leadership of the National Development and Reform Commission, the MII, the State Property Management Commission, and related departments, over 300 domestic and foreign IT enterprises entered into participation in China's RFID Industry Alliance. Read More...
21st Century Business Herald, 11/12/05
SVA Group Director and SVA-NEC Chairman Gu Peizhu told reporters on November 8 that his company planned to construct two new LCD production lines – either sixth- or seventh-generation – within the next five years. Read More...
Beijing Times, 11/14/05
Changhong Zarva, AMD, and Microsoft announced Sunday their partnership on an integrated living-room entertainment center, to be priced at 9,999 yuan, that will add computer and Internet functionality to owners' televisions. Read More...
Ccid, 11/16/05
Lenovo announced on Tuesday that starting this December, domestically sold Lenovo computers will come preinstalled with a complete suite of software including the Microsoft Windows operating system and value-added software from UFIDA, Kingsoft, and Lenovo. Read More...
Ccid, 11/10/05
Beijing's Zhongguancun Software Association unveiled a new platform for Chinese software companies to accept American software outsourcing projects on November 8 in the capital's Zhongguancun area. Read More...
China Business News, 11/18/05
On November 17, Digital China Holdings Ltd announced in Hong Kong that it had indirectly (through its subsidiary company Digital China Software) acquired Beijing-based Si-Tech Software. Read More...
Yesky.com, 11/24/05
On November 24, a BenQ spokesman denied recent rumors that the company was planning to withdraw gradually from the MP3 player market. Read More...
Beijing Times, 11/23/05
BenQ announced in Beijing on November 22 that it was preparing to enter the mainland's desktop PC market. Read More...
Economic Daily, 11/19/05
In order to increase the market competitiveness of domestic hardware and software solutions, the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) rolled out its "Winning Prospects Plan" (more formally known as "The Winning Prospects Plan – Three Outstanding Public Brands for Chinese Informatization") on November 18. Read More...
Oriental Morning Post, 11/28/05
French MP3 and MP4 player maker Archos is seeking Chinese content partners as part of its bid for the attractive MP4 player market. Read More...
Beijing Times, 11/25/05
Domestic computer manufacturer HASEE, known in China as the "price killer," entered the Korean market a month ago. Read More...
China Information World, 11/28/05
In December of 2001, 1.3 milion Sony Playstations were turned away by customs officials in Holland for containing amounts of cadmium considered excessive under Dutch law. Read More...
Strait Guide, 11/27/05
On the morning of November 25, the Xiamen Entry-Exit Inspections and Quarantine Office conducted a seminar on RoHS Standards for Harmful Substances. Read More...
Pconline.com.cn, 12/02/05
On December 1, Beijing-based PC maker Founder announced that it would install licensed copies of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system on its PCs. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 12/07/05
The MII is set to reveal its Guidelines on Pollution Control for Electronic and Digital Products at the start of next year. Read More...
Tom Tech, 12/07/05
At the Kingsoft Antivirus 2006 product launch on December 6, Kingsoft Director and CEO Lei Jun told reporters of his company's foray into the Japanese antivirus market, where in September it began selling its product under the name "KIS," for Kingsoft Internet Security. Read More...
Sina.com.cn, 12/02/05
On December 1, Deputy GM of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Integrated Circuit Design Center, Huang Chao, told reporters that the Phoenix 2 chip was nearing completion. Read More...
China Finance Net, 12/05/05
On December 1, Beijing-based E-World, a technology provider for the EVD digital video disc standard, announced that it had reached a strategic agreement with British NME under which E-World would receive USD8.5mln from NME and a 40% share of the company in exchange for a 69% equity stake in E-World. Read More...
China Finance Information, 12/11/05
The MII announced on December 9 this year's "8 Major Technological Innovations," projects selected for public and government funding and support. Read More...
China Business News, 12/12/05
The TCL Group announced on December 10 that it has signed an equity transfer agreement with French electrical fittings and wiring company Legrand S.A. Read More...
Sina Finance, 12/12/05
On December 8, Changhong announced that it would invest USD30 mln to establish Changhong Europe Electrical Appliance Ltd in the Czech Republic. Read More...
China Business News, 12/13/05
Within the next 3 years, Siemens plans to invest RMB10 bln into the Chinese market. Read More...
Star Daily, 12/12/05
At his "EVD Forever" press conference on December 11, Antaeus Group Chairman Zhang Baoquan announced that all EVD discs would switch to a new encryption scheme, effective immediately. Read More...
China Business News, 12/21/05
China Business News learned on December 20 that Shanda will abandon plans to manufacture its "EZ Station" on a large scale. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 12/15/05
On December 15, the MII announced its list of China's 10 major IT services for 2005. Read More...
Sina Tech, 12/18/05
According to Hong Kong media reports, mainland China's largest chip maker, SMIC, will begin producing 90 nanometer chips starting Q1 2006. Read More...
Sina Tech, 12/19/05
Oracle and Sun jointly announced at a December 19 press conference in Beijing that the two companies would enter into a strategic alliance in China to create an "Oracle 10g on Solaris 10" industrial computing platform. Read More...
enet.com.cn, 12/30/05
Although Lenovo currently focuses on Enterprise PC sales in the India market, the company plans to enter the consumer PC market – which composes about 33% of the total PC market – within the next several quarters. Read More...
Beijing Evening News, 12/29/05
In a recent inspection of the Zhongguancun computer market conducted by the Beijing Industrial and Commercial Bureau, Copyright Bureau, and Public Security Bureau, retail outlets for Hewlett-Packard, HASEE, Tsinghua Tongfang, and Acer were found to be selling computers with pirated copies of Microsoft's Windows operating system. Read More...
Yangcheng Wanbao, 12/30/05
Tsinghua Tongfang announced its partnership with AMD recently, following Lenovo and Founder as the last one of China's top three PC brands joining AMD camp. Read More...
Beijing Morning Post, 12/29/05
On December 25, the TCL Group's majority shareholder Huizhou Investments and Philips Electronics (China) signed a share transfer agreement. Read More...
Beijing Business, 1/06/06
On January 5, Shanda Online and Changhong Zarva jointly announced the two companies' new status as strategic partners. Read More...
eNet.com.cn, 1/05/06
On January 4, reliable sources told eNet that China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) had come to an agreement with Microsoft and Indian consulting firm Tata in regards to the two companies' proposed joint construction of a large-scale software outsourcing venture. Read More...
Financial Journal, 1/07/06
Recently, Wang Lixin of the National Bureau of Inspection's Quality Management department told reporters that the bureau is currently working with the MII and consumer associations to develop legislation, to be called Regulations for Product Responsibility and Guarantees, to address common complaints about consumer electronics. Read More...
Beijing Business, 1/10/06
American venture capital firm Doll Capital Management announced on January 9 that it will invest RMB4 bln over the next ten years in China. Read More...
Sohu IT, 1/17/06
Kingsoft's recent procurement deal with the Xi'an municipal government has drawn industry attention in recent days, as well as vows from Redflag Software, another company participating in the bidding, to bring suit against Kingsoft. Read More...
Beijing Business, 1/17/06
Zhang Baoquan, head of the Antaeus Group and one of the major benefactors of China's EVD video-disc format, announced recently his decision to invest a further RMB 30 mln to "help the Antaeus Group through a difficult period." Read More...
Ccid, 1/17/06
Reliable sources report that Lenovo, the world's third-largest PC manufacturer, is currently seeking a USD 300 mln loan to address deficits stemming from its purchase of IBM's PC business. Read More...
IT168.Com, 1/16/06
On January 12, Intel (China) announced that it had established an "Intel Platform Application Creativity Alliance" in partnership with 10 domestic computer manufacturers and 12 independent software vendors and content providers. Read More...
Southern Daily, 1/24/06
A source in the National Digital Audio and Video Encoding Technology Standard (AVS) Workgroup confirmed on January 23 that the AVS audio and video standard, China's first homegrown AV encoding standard, had been approved by the MII for use as the national technology standard. Read More...
Sina Tech, 1/20/06
It was reported on January 20th that an anonymous informant had stepped forward with claims that Shanghai Jiaotong University's DSP chip, the Hisys (Hanxin) 1, represents stolen intellection property. Read More...
Sohu IT, 1/23/06
According to industry sources, the Skyworth Group reached a partnership agreement with domestic competitors Changhong, TCL, and Konka (000016.SZ, 200016.SZ), as well as Shenzhen Shenchao Technology Investment, to establish a joint venture, to be called Shenzhen Julong. Read More...
China Business News, 1/19/06
Microsoft will regroup its Chinese R&D organization into the "Microsoft China Research and Development Group," according to reports received by China Business News on January 18. Read More...
Beijing Times, 2/06/06
US-based Corning announced yesterday that its board of directors had approved funding to build an LCD glass substrate finishing facility in China. Read More...
National Business Daily, 2/08/06
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) released its 2005 Q4 earnings report on January 7 showing a USD 15 mln loss, a 33.5% period-on-period tumble compared to 2004 Q4's USD 11.2 million loss, but a significant improvement over 2005 Q3's USD 26.1 mln loss. Read More...
Ccid, 2/02/06
Lenovo recently announced that it had formed a cooperative agreement with Vodafone, which will allow the PC manufacturer's laptops to access the Internet though Vodafone's existing 3G and GPRS networks and planned HSDPA network. Read More...
Sina Tech, 2/07/06
On February 7, Chinese IC design company Actions Semiconductor reported their 2005 Q4 results, recording USD 41 mln in revenue, up 27% year-on-year and 7% period-on-period. Read More...
Yesky.com, 2/04/06
Interactive entertainment software developer and publisher, Electronic Arts Inc (EA), has recently founded EA Computer Software (Shanghai) Ltd in the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park. Read More...
eNet, 2/15/06
According to Zhu Qingguo, head of the Procurement Division in Xi'an's Municipal Finance Bureau, Kingsoft has withdrawn from the supply contract previously awarded by the Xi'an government. Read More...
Southern Metropolitan News, 2/09/06
Chinese LCD manufacturer, BOE, and television and monitor manufacturer TPV signed a USD 2.3 bln sales agreement on February 8. Read More...
Nanfang Daily, 2/14/06
3M announced on February 13 the creation of a new subsidiary called 3M Material Technology (Guangzhou) Company Limited. Read More...
Chinanews.com.cn, 2/14/06
On February 13, Acer released new performance figures showing mainland revenue in January up 56%. Read More...
Beijing Star Daily, 2/17/06
Last week Chinese portable digital products maker Netac Technology submitted a petition to a federal court in east Texas against US company PNY for IPR infringement. Read More...
Xinhuanet, 2/16/06
The Taiwan Economic Administrative Authority has imposed a NT$ 5 mln fine on Taiwanese contract chip manufacturer UMC for investing in mainland chipmaker Hejian Technology. Read More...
Beijing News, 2/18/06
On February 17, Lenovo announced a new plan to simultaneously introduce Lenovo-branded PCs in 10 countries. Read More...
Beijing Morning News, 2/17/06
On February 15, the world's 5th largest semiconductor manufacturer, STMicroelectronics, announced plans to establish a new IC packaging and testing facility in Longgang Baolong Industrial Zone in Shenzhen. Read More...
Xinhua Online, 2/23/06
Lenovo China is expected to spend RMB 1.2 bln on procurement of Microsoft's Windows operating system (OS) in 2006, with global expenditures totaling RMB 10 bln, according to Lenovo Chairman, Yang Yuanqing. Read More...
West China Metropolitan Daily, 2/24/06
Changhong recently announced that it has developed a digital automatic convergence chip called the Hongxin Number 1, which it claims will soon end the foreign monopoly on TV chips. Read More...
China Business News, 2/28/06
A reseller for Shanda has revealed that since the company introduced 1 mln EZ Pods into the market 3 months ago, most units, including the 500,000 units Intel took responsibility for distributing, have remained in resellers' warehouses. Read More...
Beijing Times, 2/27/06
China's State Council has released new policies exempting hi-tech firms from certain types of income tax. Read More...
Changsha Evening News, 2/24/06
The Changsha Municipal Bureau of the Ministry of Culture (MOC) has recently passed a regulation requiring all Internet cafés to use legal software, including for audio/video products, games, operating systems, and all other applications. Read More...
The Beijing News, 3/03/06
Yesterday the China Computer Users Association, the China Computer Federation and the China Semiconductor Industry Association jointly published a document opposing the naming of suppliers in the government procurement process and calling for fairness and transparency. Read More...
China Business News, 3/06/06
The long-called-for regulations on the control of hazardous materials in electronic products were finally revealed on March 3rd, and will come into force on March 1, 2007. Read More...
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