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China Unicom’s 3G Roaming Services Connect 159 Operators Worldwide
CapitalVue China Unicom (600050, 0762.HK) has launched 3G roaming services with 159 operators in 83 countries and regions, reports the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. Topics: 3G, China Telecom, China, Ophone, telecom, wireless, China Unicom
FCC Must Make ISPs Crack Down on Spammers and Malware
Computerworld The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for help in developing a “Cybersecurity Roadmap,” an ambitious plan to identify dangerous vulnerabilities in the Internet infrastructure, as well as threats to consumers, businesses and governments. Topics: wireless, telecom, China Telecom, ISP, spam, China, broadband, FCC
Chinese Press: Political Noise Blocks Huawei’s Chances in US
Xinhua Huawei, one of China’s biggest telecommunication firms, is facing unfair obstacles in gaining access to large network contracts in the US. Lately the political objections have taken a moralistic tone that maligns Huawei with accusations based on inaccurate evidence and hearsay. Topics: 3G, China Telecom, telecom, wireless, Huawei, China
China’s Telecom Operators Order Users to Disclose Real Names
Xinhua China on Wednesday put into practice a system requiring mobile phone users to provide their real names when buying a telephone number in a move to stop spam and telecom fraud. As of Wednesday, new customers will have to register their identity card numbers or other valid documents when buying pre-paid SIM cards from [...]
Motorola Announces Trio of Ming Phones for China
CNET Finally, there’s China Telecom’s Android 2.1-powered XT806. Built with support for both CDMA/EV-DO and GSM, the handset boasts a 3.2-inch screen and a … Topics: Android, CDMA, Google, Motorola, GSM, Shanghai, EV-DO, carrier, China, Asia
China Unicom Profit Falls on Costs
Zacks.com Telecommunications service revenues from broadband business increased 23.4% year over year while telecommunications service revenues from local telephone … Topics: telephone, China, carrier, 3G, China Unicom, Google, wireless, broadband, China Telecom, telecommunications
Wireless Services Decline In China For KongZhong
China Tech News, China Chinese mobile Internet company KongZhong Corporation today announced its unaudited second quarter 2010 financial results. Total revenues for the quarter increased 9% year-over-year to USD35.3 million and total gross margin was 48% in the second quarter of 2010, an increase of 44% from the previous quarter in 2010. Topics: China, wireless, [...]
APAC: 4,000 Fake "Taobao" Websites Closed By July 2010
China Tech News, China The Anti-Phishing Alliance of China has announced that by the end of July 2010, the alliance had received 19,817 reports related to phishing websites, and e-commerce websites were the most imitated ones. According to APAC, the number of phishing website reports in the first seven months of 2010 was more than [...]
Mobile Operators Respond To Shocked Hong Kong Mobile Phone Users
China Wireless News, China Responding to complaints from mobile phone consumers in Hong Kong about hidden telecommunications fees and high bills, Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority has taken action. OFTA has published measures that have been implemented by individual mobile operators to prevent what it calls “mobile bill shock”. Topics: wireless, telecommunications, consumer, [...]
China To Start Trial Of Mobile Phone Number Portability In October 2010
China Tech News, China China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has completed its tests in Tianjin and will start the trial operation of the mobile phone number portability service from October 2010. The mobile phone number portability service allows users of a telecom operator to change their mobile communication service providers and enjoy the [...]
China Broadband Announces Board Changes
MarketWatch China Broadband, Inc. , a provider of cable broadband services, and publisher of digital and analog program guides in the Shandong Province of China, announced the appointment of Mr. Weicheng Liu and the resignation of Mr. Pu Yue to its Board of Directors. Topics: China, broadband, wireless, China Telecom, telecom
India a Sure Bet for WiMAX? Not So Fast
Wireless Week When Reliance Industries paid $1 billion for control of Indian broadband company Infotel hours after it became the only company to win a slice of 4G spectrum covering the entire country, shock waves ran through the industry – and not just because of the improbability of the deal. Reliance announced it was going [...]
Net Neutrality: What’s the Price?
PC World Net neutrality is making headlines again. According to reports in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Google and Verizon have been canoodling in an attempt to reach a pact that will give Verizon more moola in exchange for preferential treatment to Google’s data packets. Both sides deny this, of course. [...]
iPhones and Other Personal Devices Take Chinese Fakes to New Level
Seattle Times Apple’s iPhone 4 is not officially for sale in China and may not be for several months. Neither is the popular iPad touch-screen tablet. But never mind. Both devices are readily available at a plethora of Chinese electronics malls in Beijing, Shanghai and all the major cities, in what constitutes China’s lucrative telecommunications [...]
Mobile Spending to Pass Wired Broadband by 2015
PC World By 2015, the U.S. will spend more money annually on mobile than on all fixed-line communications, not counting enterprise services, Pyramid Research said Tuesday. Not counting leased lines and other high-end business services, spending on communications services in the U.S. will rise from $362.0 billion in 2010 to $410.2 billion in 2015, according [...]
Sophos Downplays Android Malware Threat
Register Android users have little reason to fear an immediate onslaught of malware despite the demonstration of a rootkit-based attack at last week’s Defcon conference, according to a leading anti-virus supplier. Researchers at Spider Labs demonstrated proof-of-concept malware that could access messages and emails on an Android smartphone. Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisor at [...]
Tough Indian Telecom Rules Spark Foreign Backlash
ABC News Telecom companies and trade groups are urging India to soften tough new security regulations on foreign telecommunications companies — believed to be aimed at China — which they say could set a troubling global precedent for onerous security norms. Topics: telecom, Nokia, ZTE, Ericsson, Huawei, India, wireless, IBM, telecoms, security
Huawei Lost Out On Buying US Assets
Reuters UK Huawei Technologies Co [HWT.UL] failed to reach agreements to buy two U.S.-based assets last month due to concerns that the sales would not be approved by U.S. regulators, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Topics: China Telecom, India, wireless, China, telecom, Huawei, cellular, networking, software, security
Alcatel-Lucent’s Revenue Drops, But Operating Loss Shrinks
BusinessWeek Alcatel-Lucent’s second-quarter revenue fell 2.4 percent year on year, dragged down by slow sales in fixed-line network equipment and terrestrial optical networks, but the company reduced costs, cutting its operating loss by two-thirds compared to a year earlier. Topics: wireless, telecom, Shanghai, China, China Mobile, Alcatel-Lucent, China Telecom, fiber optic
Just Two Chinese ISPs Serve 20% of World Broadband Users
Ars Technica If you need a reminder of just how big China is—and just how important the Internet has become there—consider this stat: between them, two Chinese ISPs serve 20 percent of all broadband subscribers in the entire world. Topics: ISP, broadband, telecom, China Telecom, China, wireless
