Merrill Lynch: Apple close to iPhone deal in China
Merrill Lynch market analyst Cynthia Meng has stated in a research note that Apple is pretty close to signing up a deal with China Unicom to sell the iPhone in Chinese market.
The note said: “Our industry checks reveal that Unicom and Apple have most likely reached a [...]
China take steps to control mobile sms spam
Chinese media has announced that the government has taken some steps to control mobile SMS spam problem in the country.
They are planning to put a limit on number of SMS messages a number can send.
China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom have all signed on an agreement [...]
HTC Magic coming to China Mobile
Market sources say that China Mobile is all set to launch a customized version of HTC Magic in the world’s largest mobile market.
China would become the latest market to get a Google Android powered smartphone.
Incidentally, Apple still has not been able to launch their iPhone in this market [...]
Dell to bring smartphones to China?
Dell might not have any smartphone model in their product offerings but market reports say that they are already in talks with China Mobile to bring their phones to the Chinese market.
The company is said to be in talks to launch phones powered by China Mobile’s own mobile platform. [...]
Verizon to become a member of Joint Innovation Lab
Verizon Wireless has announced that they would join Joint Innovation Lab.
Joint Innovation Lab has been created by China Mobile, Softbank and Vodafone.
The aim of this organization is to help standardize mobile application development.
The purpose is to get the applications out to the user in [...]
China Mobile: 607.1 billion sent by subscribers last year
China’s leading mobile service provider China Mobile has revealed that their subscribers sent 607.1 billion SMSs last year.
This number is up by over 100 billion from the previous year.
The company has around 463.92 million subscribers in the Chinese market which is the largest mobile [...]
China Unicom in talks with Apple for the launch of iPhone in China
China Unicom has revealed that they are currently in talks with US based tech giant Apple to bring the Apple iPhone to the Chinese market.
No details were however given on the status of their talks with Apple.
Apple has been trying hard to [...]
China Mobile working on Ophone based on Google Android?
Market sources are pointing to rumors that China Mobile is working on a mobile phone device based on Google Android.
This new mobile phone is said to be named Ophone.
Sources say that the phone would support the country’s own homegrown third-generation mobile network TD-SCDMA.
Lenovo Mobile is said [...]
Chinese mobile companies to spend $41 billion on 3G network
The Chinese government has said that the mobile service operators in the country would spend about $41 billion on the 3G network being established in the country.
These funds would be spend over the next two years as the country gets updated to newer mobile internet technologies.
The [...]
Huawei Technologies to launch Android powered mobile phones
Apple continues to remain in talks with China Mobile to bring their iPhone to the Chinese market.
Google on the other hand has gained Huawei as another manufacturer which now plans to make Android powered mobile phones.
Google Android is a Linux based mobile operating system which comes loaded [...]
