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Chinese Government Wants 4G TD-LTE To Become the National Standard Requirement

Star Chang, May 21, 2013 10:14 AM, 252 views, Got something to say ?,

The Chinese government will begin issuing 4G licenses by the end of this year, a move that has been welcomed by the country’s three major telecom carriers, as well as mobile device makers hoping to grab a slice of China’s lucrative 4G market. The authorities are keen on making TDD-LTE network the future standard for 4G in China to combat the FDD-LTE standards. The United States, Japan and South Korea have mainly focused on the deployment of FDD-LTE networks. But the Chinese government’s stance to offer a duplex network that supports both systems has given the upper hand to China Mobile and prompted it to expand its deployment of TDD-LTE. China Mobile, the world’s biggest mobile operator based on subscriber numbers, had purchased a total of 1.24 million 4G terminal devices for TDD-LTE …

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Shanghai Dreaming to Become the City with Fastest Internet Speed in the World

Star Chang, Feb 4, 2013 5:36 PM, 586 views, 2 Comments »,

China biggest fixed-line operator China Telecom said Shanghai currently has the fastest Internet speed in Chinese mainland and it is expected to become the fastest broadband speeds in Asia by 2015. China Telecom’s plans to double Shanghai broadband bandwidth to 32 megabytes per second (Mbps) by the end of this year with new network upgrading operations. According to the country Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the city is way ahead of the industry regulator’s target to upgrade broadband networks in urban regions, triggering a total investment of 500 billion yuan (US$79.4 billion) last year. Since 2009, Shanghai’s average broadband bandwidth has jumped 6.9 times. By the end of last year, the average broadband bandwidth reached 16 Mbps, the fastest on the mainland …

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Mobile Apps Make Chinese Phone User Send Less Text Messages

Star Chang, Feb 1, 2013 4:24 AM, 337 views, Got something to say ?,

New government data on mobile text messaging is underscoring how this former cash cow for China’s telcos is quickly losing its audience, forcing the carriers to look for replacement revenue sources. According to the report, the number of SMS messages sent by Chinese mobile users rose only 2 percent last year to nearly 900 billion. Within that figure, the average number of text messages sent per person actually fell about 9 percent. In fact, this particular trend has been happening for at least the last two years for the nation’s three major telcos, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. The stealing away of SMS business are the new generation of mobile apps, most notably Sina’s popular Weibo microblogging service and Tencent’s equally fast-rising WeChat …

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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook Meets All Three Mobile Operators in China

Carson Cheung, Jan 10, 2013 4:23 PM, 1,224 views, 4 Comments »,

Tim Cook has visited China Mobile’s headquarters today for his second China trip and met with the company’s chairman to discuss matters of cooperation. China Mobile is the country’s largest mobile operator but also the only operator that haven’t signed a deal with Apple. The CEO has also visited China Telecom and China Unicom, which the iPhone 5 is currently only available on these two networks in China. Cook had a nice dinner with the management of China Telecom last night, both sides have expressed great satisfaction and will have further cooperation in the future. The chairman even hope Apple could moderately supply more shipment to China Telecom than other operator …

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China Mobile Needs an IV Drips from Apple

Star Chang, Jan 3, 2013 6:50 PM, 491 views, 3 Comments »,

China Mobile, the largest carrier in China, might be suffering by not offering the latest iPhone 5 to customers. According to Evercore Partners’ analyst, China Mobile’s 3G market share was down 7 percent year over year to end 2012 at 37 percent. The company’s chief competitors, China Telecom and China Unicom, combined for a 7 percent gain to land at 63 percent. Apple has for years been trying to woo China Mobile. The carrier currently has approximately 700 million subscribers across China, dwarfing its closest competitor, China Unicom, which has 236 million subscribers, and creating a potentially huge opportunity for Apple. However, China Mobile and Apple have been unable to come to terms. But for now, the world’s largest mobile phone operator (by subscribers) could be starting to need the iPhone more …

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Massive Expansion of Wi-Fi Access Point in China

Star Chang, Dec 26, 2012 3:19 PM, 313 views, Got something to say ?,

China Mobile, the world’s biggest mobile carrier by subscriber numbers, is aiming to add 1.4 million Wi-Fi hot spot in China to reach a total access point number of 3.78 million. China Mobile think that Wi-Fi is a highly efficient network solution with the lowest deployment cost and the company plan to create more than 6 million Wi-Fi access points in the future. China Telecom, the nation’s third largest mobile operator, also revealed that it planned to have about 900,000 wireless network access points by the end of this year. Looks like WLAN has become a necessary method for Chinese telecom operators to meet the rising demand for mobile data …

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Apple’s iPad Mini and iPad 4 Gets Vital License For China’s 3G Network

Herman Lai, Dec 18, 2012 4:40 AM, 608 views, 1 Comment »,

The 3G version of Apple’s iPad Mini and iPad 4 just received an approval that would compatible with China Unicom and China Telecom 3G network, where China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center TENAA listed the device as model number A1455 and A1460 respectively. Obtaining such a permit has always been an indication that a release date is imminent. More info after the break.

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iPhone 5 Launch in China Is Cold, Quiet, and Lifeless (videos)

Chris Chang, Dec 14, 2012 3:47 AM, 4,713 views, 11 Comments »,

Today, Apple’s popular iPhone 5 officially goes on sale in mainland China, and both China Unicom and China Telecom also start offering the iPhone 5 to customers. If you’re thinking iPhone 5’s launch in China will draw hundreds to thousands of Chinese Apple fans at Apple Stores in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, well, it’s not happening at all. Unlike during the iPhone 4S launch which also happened on a Friday this year during January, no long queues were formed outside the Apple Inc. stores in mainland China, to get a glimpse of the thinner, lighter, faster and better iPhone 5. No one camped outside the stores during the night, and perhaps Apple is happy to see no scuffles breaking out between security and shoppers today. We have videos and photos in this article to show you the death of Apple in China.

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China Carriers To Start Selling iPhone 5 As Early As 20th November

Herman Lai, Nov 9, 2012 8:29 AM, 851 views, 4 Comments »,

After Apple’s new iPhone 5 has cleared the second-to-last hurdle standing in the way of its debut in China, everyone is waiting for China Unicom and China Telecom to begin selling the device by the Christmas and New Year holidays. Few days ago, it was confirmed that China Unicom will launch the iPhone 5 by 20th Nov, and China Telecom will arrive later than China Unicom in late November or early December.

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iPhone 5 Nano SIM Cards Arrive at China Unicom Before iPhone 5 Launch in China

Chris Chang, Oct 12, 2012 1:02 PM, 3,506 views, 2 Comments »,

Recently, shipments of nano-SIM cards, for use with the iPhone 5′s new nano-SIM tray have begun arriving at some China Unicom stores in Beijing and Shanghai, and this means that China Unicom customers can get a free upgrade to iPhone 5’s dedicated nano-SIM card, if they’ve got an iPhone 5 from other countries or the grey market.

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