China Mobile Still Ringing
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But at nearly $300 billion, it's not a screaming buy.
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(InfoWorld) - Operators in India and China are waiting for government approval to roll out 3G (third-generation) mobile services based on CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), according to an industry group that backs the technology. In China, mobile operators and equipment makers have longÂ waited for the government to issue licensesÂ for 3G services. In the meantime, operators such as China Mobile Communications (China Mobile) have built trial 3G networks to prepare for the eventual rollout of commercial services, widely expected before Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympics. The country's second-largest mobile operator, China United Telecommunications Co. (China Unicom), which now operates a CDMA2000-1X network, is ready to roll out services based on CDMA2000-1X EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized), which offers much faster data speeds than its current network. "China Unicom is ready to launch that network," said James Person, chief operating officer of the CDMA Development Group, an industry group that promotes CDMA technology. The only factor holding them back is government approval for 3G licenses, he said. Indian operators Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices are also waiting for the go ahead to roll out 3G services based on EV-DO, Person said. Approval from India's Department of Telecommunications could come as soon as next month, he said. Indian licenses for 3G services have been held up by issues related to how the radio spectrum is allocated, said Kunal Bajaj, director of telecommunication consulting company BDA Connect (India), in Delhi. While Indian government ministers have been meeting to discuss how to resolve the impasse, so far been no decision has been reached on 3G licenses. However, some observers expect a decision to be made this quarter, but not necessarily this month. "The expectation is that March may be a more reasonable time frame," Bajaj said. When China's Ministry of Information Industry will issue 3G licenses is also not clear. The government has not issued a timeline for when it expects to issue the license, leading observers to speculate the licenses will come when China's homegrown 3G technology -- TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous CDMA), which is now in testing -- is ready for commercial deployment.
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China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone operator, is on Wednesday expected to lend its support to LTE, the wireless broadband standard that looks set to become the flagship 4G technology.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. MONTREAL, Canada -- Airplane builder Bombardier dispatched Sunday a team of investigators to China following
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If you are in Sudan it is a "missed call". In Ethiopia it is a "miskin" or a "pitiful" call. In other parts of Africa it is a case of "flashing", "beeping" or in French-speaking areas "bipage".
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China is delaying licenses for 3G cellular data service to give that country's home-grown technology time to catch up with more mature 3G technologies.
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Modern technologies update Chinese traditions as billions of text messages zing phone to phone.
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Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler explain why cell phone roaming charges in Europe remain stuck in the stratosphere.
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Sometime after I updated to 1.1.1 my iPhone stopped ringing. I checked myself, calling my iPhone using my Blackberry. Sure enough, no ring. I did a soft restart (hold the button on top down while clicking the menu button on the bottom). Didn't help. Did a search, found I'm not the first with this problem. Dr Fran says she missed a social event because her iPhone didn't ring. I missed a bunch of important calls before I realized my phone wasn't ringing anymore. This is the nightmare, I can't afford to be without the phone, but a phone that doesn't ring is like 1/4 a real phone. Oy. Let me know if you have any ideas. I don't relish getting in Apple's loop on this. Update: Ben had the answer. Yehi!! The phone rings again. Happy.
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China's Mobile Search Leader Makes Its Services Available for Free to IM                     Users on Handheld Devices and PCs    SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- mInfo(R) Inc.
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China pledges greater efforts to crack text message fraud    BEIJING, March. 2 (Xinhua)-- China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has vowed to tighten measures to shield Chinese mobile phone users from text message fraud.
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Virgin Mobile is in talks with several Chinese mobile operators about starting operations in the country. Richard Branson&#39;s mobile arm works with carriers as a Virtual Mobile Operator - it provides the marketing
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Serious concerns were raised in Davos last week about the ability of the Chinese government to spy on the country's 500 million mobile phone users.
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Science & environment: Mobile operator insists few customers are hacking their phones, despite evidence that unlocking is rife
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SHENZHEN, China  - Waiting for a friend in Shenzhen's plush Kingglory Plaza, Chen Jing, 25, admires her new red Nokia mobile phone. Complete with 3G and MP3 features, the phone cost just over 3,000 yuan ($400) -- Chen's entire monthly wage.
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Fragmented industry still needs a consistent framework for mobile advertising.
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China's cellular operators estimate  Chinese customers will send around 14 billion Lunar New Year  text messages on their mobile phones during the week-long  holiday, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday.