Articles tagged with: GSM and China Mobile

Chinese Operators to Spend Nearly $3 Billion on Earthquake Repairs

China's three telecoms operators are reported to be planning to spend over RMB 20 billion (US$2.93 billion) during 2009 to repair and upgrades networks affected by the Sichuan Province earthquake. According to the announcement, China Telecom will invest US$1.47 billion), China Telecom US$1.26 billion, and China Unicom US$483.74 million.  more

Related Tags: sichuan-province, china-unicom, china-telecom, earthquake, satellite, weather, unicom, planning, China


Nepal Telecom to Offer Mobile Coverage on top of Mount Everest

Nepal Telecom is reported to be planning to expand its mobile phone networks to cover the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain (above sea level).  more

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China Telecom - the First to Offer EPON-based 3G Services

ZTE has announced that China Telecom has deployed its Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPON) Solution, which enabled China Telecom to cutover between EPON technology, which carries CDMA 1X services and EVDO data services to implement the world's first EPON technology that offers 3G services.  more

Related Tags: ethernet, 3g, base-station, zte, china-telecom, cdma, ovi, iden, base-stations, shanghai, backhaul, China


Nortel Software Upgrade Reduces GSM Base Station Power Consumption

Nortel is launching a "Smart Power Management" software platform that the company says helps reduce radio network power consumption in gsm networks and delivers significant energy and cost-savings for mobile operators. Power reductions that can be achieved through this solution were demonstrated in a trial conducted in February 2009 with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) - the parent company of Hong Kong listed China Mobile.  more

Related Tags: sim, base-station, o2, tim, cdma, ovi, iden, nortel, bts, smart, beijing, cmcc


Nokia Siemens Completes 2nd Phase of China Mobile TD-SCDMA Rollout

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced that it is one of first vendors to complete phase two deployment of China Mobile's 3G network, based on TD-SCDMA technology. Nokia Siemens Networks has been working with China Mobile subsidiaries Fujian Mobile, Henan Mobile, Jiangxi Mobile and Hainan Mobile to deploy their respective 3G networks.  more

Related Tags: 3g, nokia, base-station, mobile-data, tim, td-scdma, cdma, ovi, iden, nokia-siemens-networks, henan-mobile, base-stations, siemens, nokia-siemens, testing, wave, henan, fujian, video-calls, hainan, China


Apple's iPhone Appears on China Unicom Website

In a move which is bound to fuel speculation, China Unicom's Shanghai division has posted details of the Apple iPhone upon its customer website. Although no details are offered about availability, the model being displayed does seem to have had at least one modification for the local market - it supports Chinese language inputs, suggesting the specifications have come from an internal document.  more

Related Tags: 3g, iphone, china-unicom, apple, td-scdma, cdma, iden, shanghai, apple-iphone, unicom, option, China


China Mobile Seeking Roaming Deals in Taiwan

China Mobile says that it is in talks with Taiwan's three mobile networks to offer roaming services between the networks. China Mobile's chairman, Wang Jianzhou said: "I think we will work closer with Taiwan mobile phone operators to improve the mobile phone communication services across the strait,"  more

Related Tags: 3g, roaming, edge, td-scdma, cdma, 3g-phones, taiwan-mobile, Taiwan


China Unicom Confirms in Talks with Apple of iPhone Sales

China Unicom's chairman Chang Xiaobing has confirmed that the company is in talks with Apple over an option to sell the iPhone handset in the country. He did not elaborate on the talks, citing confidentiality agreements.   more

Related Tags: 3g, iphone, china-unicom, wcdma, apple, td-scdma, cdma, in-stat, unicom, option, 3g-network, China


Growth back on track as China Telecom records first gain

Having seen monthly gains averaging 8.9m in the first six months of 2008, the Chinese market did not manage to post a figure above 7.9m in the second six months of the year. This was because of the impact of Unicom's sale of its CDMA network: in July-September, Unicom saw monthly declines in its CDMA base, presumably because its imminent sale reduced the need to attract new customers; in October, China Telecom acquired the network and cleaned up the base, with a net loss of 13.3m; and in November and December there were further losses to the CDMA base, presumably due to further rationalisation.  more

Related Tags: china-unicom, china-telecom, cdma, unicom, China


Nokia Siemens Networks Wins Chinese Contracts Worth $1.1 Billion

China Mobile and China Unicom have separately signed agreements to purchase 2G and 3G mobile equipments and services from Nokia Siemens Networks during 2009. Under the framework agreements Nokia Siemens Networks will roll out WCDMA networks for China Unicom in 11 provinces across China. In addition, it will provide China Mobile with TD-SCDMA and gsm networks.  more

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