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Articles tagged with: M1 and China Mobile
China Mobile Denies Seeking a Stake South Africa's MTN Group
Reports in the media that China Mobile Communications Corp. (CMCC) is seeking a partner for a takeover of South Africa's MTN Group have been denied by the firm. The reports, which first emerged in the South China Morning Post, citing unnamed sources said that the company was seeking to be a junior partner in a takeover attempt. more
Related Tags: etisalat, mtn, zain, orascom-telecom, partner, presence, orascom, South Africa
Five Firms Win Multi-Billion Dollar Chinese 3G Tender
Huawei, Motorola and Ericsson are reported to have been the biggest winners in the latest WCDMA infrastructure tender from China Unicom, industry sources have told the South China Morning Post. The firm believed to have issued a tender to cover 55 cities in 30 provinces - the first stage in a rollout to cover 282 cities with a total CAPEX of around US$11 billion during 2009. more
Related Tags: nokia, motorola, china-unicom, wcdma, huawei, zte, capex, alcatel-lucent, cdma, ericsson, siemens
China Mobile Close to Launching 3G "Google Phone"
China Mobile is reported to be nearing a launch of a smartphone based on the Google backed, Android operating system - a source close the matter told the South China Morning Post. The handset, codenamed the OPhone will also run on China Mobile's new TD-SCDMA 3G network. more
Related Tags: android, google, smartphone, td-scdma, cdma, lenovo, operating-system, ophone, China
Chinese 3G Investment to Top $29 Billion
The Chinese government expects that the country's three mobile phone networks will spend at least 200 billion yuan (US$29 billion) on its 3G networks as soon as the licenses are formally awarded - although this is lower than had been expected by some analysts. more
Related Tags: zte, td-scdma, cdma, ccid-consulting, China
China May Delay 3G License Awards - Again
China's government is reported to be considering another delay in offering 3G licenses, partly to give more time for the home grown TD-SCDMA technology to iron out problems, and partly for economic reasons. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, china-telecom, td-scdma, cdma, battery, td-lte, infrastructure-sharing, China
China Should Adopt Technology Neutrality for 3G Services
Talking about the development of 3G services in China, Qualcomm's President for Greater China, Frank Meng Pu has said in an interview that there should be scope for additional platforms in the country "based on the principle of technology neutrality" which encourages market competition to drive 3G development. more
Related Tags: base-station, china-unicom, wcdma, qualcomm, driving, china-telecom, td-scdma, cdma, compete, ev-do, towers, China
China to Allocate Additional Spectrum to 3G Networks
It has been reported that China is planning to allocate additional radio spectrum to the homegrown 3G service, by taking it from the low-cost XiaoLingTong local area wireless service. Xie Feipo, from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that the ministry had asked fixed-line operators to return the PHS radio spectrum so it could be reassigned to the TD-SCDMA network. more
Related Tags: roaming, china-unicom, zte, china-telecom, td-scdma, rcom, cdma, utstarcom, china-netcom, radio-spectrum, landline, netcom, miit, China
China Mobile Seeking Cut-Down Version of Apple's iPhone
China Mobile is expected to officially launch the Apple iPhone on its network shortly - but with some of the functionality removed to comply with Chinese regulations. The South China Morning Post, citing a report from the Daiwa Institute of Research said that the 3G and Wi-Fi services would be disabled on the Chinese model. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, iphone, smartphone, w-cdma, apple, apple, ipod, smartphones, china-telecom, td-scdma, in-stat, e-book, apple-iphone, China
Nokia Expects to Support China's TD-SCDMA Standard
Nokia is planning to support all three of the proposed 3G standards in China by releasing handsets for each of the networks. It is anticipated that China Mobile will use the Chinese developed 3G standard, TD-SCDMA, while China Telecom will use CDMA2000 and China Unicom will use WCDMA. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, wcdma, china-telecom, td-scdma, potevio, cdma2000, China
China Mobile Expanding its 3G Trial to More Cities
China Mobile Communications Corp, the parent company of Hong Kong listed China Mobile is planning to expand its TD-SCDMA 3G trials to more cities. The operator is currently trialling the network in eight cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Qinhuangdao. more
Related Tags: samsung, wcdma, 3g-license, td-scdma, battery, 3g-licenses, ccid-consulting, China