Chinese Mobile Phone Giant to Open Up to 3000 Internet Cafes
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China&#39;s second-largest mobile phone company says it plans to open up to 3,000 Internet cafes by the end of this year. State-controlled China Unicom, which already operates 400 Internet cafes across the country
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SHANGHAI, China  -- China's second-largest mobile phone company plans to open 3,000 Internet cafes by the end of the year, exerting stronger state control over a sector once dominated by private enterprise, state-run radio reported Tuesday.    China Unicom already operates 400 Internet cafes in China and plans to start up as many as 200 more by year's end, China Radio International reported...
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China will not allow any new Internet cafes to open this year, state media reported Tuesday.
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Nokia Corp. is getting ready to ship mobile phones based on China&#39;s homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile standard.
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(InfoWorld) - Intel has teamed up with a Taiwanese motherboard vendor to tap China'sÂ burgeoning Internet cafe market, on the heels of a similar announcement earlier this year by rival Advanced Micro DevicesÂ (AMD). Intel China and Elitegroup Computer Systems are taking the battle to system administrators at Chinese Internet cafes, offering the latest version of Intel's network management software designed for Net cafes, as well as motherboards with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo chips on board. The chip maker's Intel Platform Administrator software, IPAT 3.0 with support for Core 2 Duo, was designed to create a more secure, stable network at Internet cafes, with extras such as game management. The software is the first product developed by researchers at an Intel lab in China, designed for Chinese users, the company said in a statement. Elitegroup will provide the motherboards. The announcement follows a deal between Advanced Micro Devices (China) Co. and China's third largest computer vendor, Tsinghua Tongfang, earlier this year. In April, theÂ two companies shook handsÂ on a pact to sell PCs based on AMD chips to Internet cafes throughout China. There are over 120,000Â Internet cafes in China, requiring around 6 million PCs, according to Elitegroup. Although the market may not seem huge, nearly a third of China's 123 million Internet users log on via Net cafes at least part of the time, according to official number cruncher, the China Internet Network Information Center. Intel and Elitegroup will host a series of meetings in cities throughout China to demonstrate and sell the new products, starting with Wuhan, on Sept. 15, they said. They also plan to work with Net cafe owners to help them find ways to use the products to cut costs and improve their business.
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China will put its homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile technology to use during the 2008 Olympic Games, the country's state-owned broadcaster said in a news report.
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Telecom executives are excited by the potential for 3G cellular networks in China, but the country wonÃÂt say which technology it will use or who will get licenses.
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Waiting for a friend in  Shenzhen&#39;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 ($400) -- Chen&#39;s entire  monthly wage.
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BEIJING: China shut 1600 internet cafes between February and August and imposed 100 million yuan ($NZ18 million) worth of fines for allowing children to play violent or adult-only games and other violations, state media say.
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China has closed almost 13,000 net cafes in a bid to clean up net use in the country.
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China will put its homegrown 3G (third-generation) mobile technology to use during the 2008 Olympic Games, the country&#39;s state-owned broadcaster said in a news report.&quot;China&#39;s top economic planner says the country will use its homegrown&#160;3G service at the Beijing Olympics&#160;next year,&quot; China Central Television (CCTV) said during a news broadcast (requires Internet Explorer) on Wednesday.The announcement by officials from China&#39;s National Development and Reform Commission was made during the PT/Expo Comm China 2007 exhibition this week in Beijing. Trials of TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) will be expanded to include the Olympics, but officials offered no hint of when the country plans to&#160;issue licenses for 3G services, CCTV reported.They also offered no hint of whether other 3G technologies will be in use during the Olympics, CCTV said.Chinese officials have long promised that 3G would be part of the technologies used to host a &quot;high-tech Olympics.&quot; But China&#39;s move towards 3G was slowed by bureaucratic infighting and the relative immaturity of the domestically developed 3G standard. As tests have continued in a bid to prove that TD-SCDMA is ready for commercial deployment, the government has held off on plans to issue 3G licenses.That delay leaves open the possibility that China will not have commercial 3G services ready in time for the Olympics. That now seems to be a certainty, even if a trial TD-SCDMA service is made available to showcase that technology during the games.&#160;
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China Mobile, the country's top wireless operator, said Tuesday it planned to take advantage of the global stock market downturn to acquire overseas telecom firms that have now become cheaper.
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China&#39;s state media have again issued a release stating that local governments have closed 1600 Internet cafes between February and August this year.
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The Taiwan capital of Taipei plans to make wireless Internet access available to as many as 2.6 million of its residents by the end of next year.
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The London Stock Exchange is to open an office in Beijing on Friday to better tap the rapidly growing Chinese market, its public relations agency said.
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InfoWorld - The Chinese government will not approve licenses for new Internet cafes this year as part of a move intended to strengthen government control over the popular Internet access points.
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BEIJING - China will not allow any new Internet cafes to open this year, state media reported Tuesday.