China Chooses Homegrown Mobile Tech for Olympics
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China will expand the trial of TD-SCDMA technology to include the Beijing Olympics.
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(InfoWorld) - China Mobile Communications, the country's largest mobile operator, will soon offer Microsoft's push e-mail service to its subscribers, the two companies said Monday. The Push Mail service will start operation in mid-December, giving subscribers who use mobile devices running Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 software the ability to send and receive e-mail, the companies said on the opening day of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) Telecom World 2006 exhibition and conference in Hong Kong. Pricing for the service was not announced. In addition to Microsoft's push e-mail service, China Mobile alreadyÂ offers Research In Motion's rival BlackBerryÂ push e-mail service. China Mobile offers two service plans for Research In Motion's BlackBerry in China. One plan includes 50MB of data transfer over China Mobile's GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) network for 398 renminbi ($51.76) per month. The other plan, priced at 598 renminbi per month, offers 400MB of data transfer for e-mail, including 2MB of international roaming for data access. Telecom World runs through Friday, December 8.
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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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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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At the Totally Fashion event in Shanghai, China, Nokia unveiled its latest mobile phones -- the 7280, 7270 and 7260. With sleek designs and interesting quirks, the phones -- which are more like fashion accessories
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More than a third of mobile phone  owners in China, the world's largest mobile market, use their  handsets to listen to music, more than in Britain or the United  States, a study showed.
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U.S. wireless technology firm and  chip supplier Qualcomm Inc.  is talking to potential  Chinese partners to prepare for the launch of third-generation  services, but its chief executive questioned on Tuesday the  market prospects for a homegrown standard Beijing is pushing.
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China is rolling out the first network based on Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) technology, a major component of the next-generation Internet.
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(InfoWorld) - Chinese telecommunication equipment maker ZTE has signed a deal with Samsung Electronics to jointly develop 3G (third-generation) mobile base stations for use in subscriber homes or offices. ZTE and Samsung will cooperate on the research and development of WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) femtocells, small base stations that connect to the operator's network over a DSL (digital subscriber line) connection, the Chinese equipment maker said. Putting these base stations inside a home or office can improve service quality for cellular subscribers. In addition to WCDMA access, the base stations will be equipped with Wi-Fi, allowing users to wirelessly access the Internet. They will also offer the ability to provide fixed-line VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) services, the company said. When users leave their home, their WCDMA phone will be handed off from the in-home base station to the operator's cellular network. ZTE did not offer a timeframe for when base stations incorporating technology jointly developed with Samsung would be available. Last week, Telefonaktiebolaget LM EricssonÂ introduced a base stationÂ that offers the same general capabilities as described by ZTE. Ericsson's access point is slated to hit the market during the middle of this year.
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Foreign media will be free to travel  around China and enjoy uncensored access to the Internet during  the 2008 Beijing Olympics, organizers said on Wednesday.
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Ericsson said Friday that it received contracts to build wireless communications networks in China and South Africa. China Telecom Corp.
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China&#39;s Olympic team returned home on Tuesday to a hero&#39;s welcome and dedicated its medals to &#39;the motherland&#39;, as the country swelled with nationalistic pride and vowed to host a &#39;glorious&#39; Games in 2008.
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China might have been a learner and follower in the development of the first generation internet, but now they have progressed to the cutting edge internet technology.
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China's largest telecoms equipment firm, ZTE, plans to expand globally by targeting the markets of Africa and India.
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Anhui Mobile Communications, a subsidiary of China Mobile, has commissioned the Siemens Communications Group to expand the GSM and GPRS mobile network in the province of Anhui.
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With the next Summer Games set for Beijing, China will have a chance to defend its women's volleyball gold medal without leaving home.
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(InfoWorld) - Ultramobile PCs attracted the biggest crowds at an electronics show in Shanghai over the weekend, although a secret exhibit marked "No Foreigners Allowed" also drew attention, at least of curious reporters. The exhibit, which consisted of about 100 tables set up to show components and gadgets, was in an area of the conference walled off by 10-foot high white dividers. âYou must have a China ID to enter,â said one of four uniformed guards at the entrance, as he moved to block the view of a reporter. The existence of such an area conjured up images of imitation iPods, Razr handsets, and PlayStation 3 consoles. It's easy to imagine such pirated gear in China, where DVDs of the new James Bond movie, "Casino Royale," are already being sold in city streets for 6 Chinese renminbi ($0.77). It turned out to be less mysterious. A helpful local resident reported that the area had been set aside for military components, hence the enclosure. What grabbed the most attention from Chinese visitors was a display ofÂ ultramobile PCs by Samsung Electronics. That may have been due to the entertainment nearby as much as the devices themselves. Samsung's booth was next to a Korean exhibit that featured traditional dancing, Korean singers, and a Taekwondo exhibition where martial arts experts broke boards with leaping kicks, all of which drew people in for a look at the Q1. Three of the devices were set out in Samsung's booth, powered up and ready for action. The crowd around the exhibit was three deep for much of the show. âIâve never seen one. Itâs small and cute, but it seems expensive,â one attendee said. The Q1, which runs on a 900MHz Celeron processor from Intel, retails in the U.S. for $1,099. A manager at Samsungâs booth said a less expensive version of the device, the Q1B, was originally supposed to arrive in China in December, but it's introduction there has been delayed. She declined to discuss the reason. The main difference between the Q1 and Q1B is in the processor and the price. The Q1B carries a 1.0GHz C7 microprocessor from Via Technologies and sells for $899.99 at Newegg.com . Also notable at the event was the cancellation of a forum on creating a China-Taiwan standard for Mobile TV. The meeting was cancelled for no reason anyone cared to discuss. In an interview, Roger Liao, deputy director of international affairs at one of Taiwanâs biggest industry groups, the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturersâ Association (TEEMA), said there has been a lot of talk about Taiwan and China teaming up to create industry standards for electronics products, but that no concrete actions have yet been taken by either side. Cancelling the meeting was apparently another sign that work towards such standards has not gone smoothly. The Shanghai electronics exhibition was a combination of three shows, the China Electronics Fair (CEF Shanghai 2006), the Asia Electronics Exhibition in Shanghai (AAES 2006), and the 2006 International Electronics Expo (IEE Shanghai 2006).