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Articles tagged with: W CDMA and China Mobile
Alcatel-Lucent Wins Chinese Contracts Worth $1.7 Billion
Alcatel-Lucent has inked two framework agreements valued US$1.7 billion in total with China Mobile and China Telecom, to provide network upgrades, integration and maintenance services in 2009. The agreements were secured through Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese company. more
Related Tags: china-telecom, cdma, td-scdma, alcatel-lucent, ovi, iden, lte, china-unicom, edge, 3g, microwave, shanghai, alcatel-lucent-shanghai-bell, bell, China
China Defies Global Decline in Wireless Carrier Spending
China in 2009 is expected to defy the downturn in the global wireless infrastructure equipment business, as the nation's 3G network rollout drives world-beating double-digit growth in carrier capital spending, according to iSuppli. more
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Fitch Affirms China Mobile's Ratings at A+
Fitch Ratings has today affirmed China Mobile's (CML) Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+'. Meanwhile the agency has assigned CML an 'A+' Long-term local currency IDR. The Outlook is Stable. more
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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
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Ericsson, Nokia Siemens widen RAN market lead
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reports that worldwide sales of radio access network (RAN) equipment inched up a percent to $10.2 billion in 2Q08, after market leaders Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks each increased their worldwide revenue by 5%, reinforcing their strong #1 and #2 leadership positions (respectively). more
Related Tags: intel, huawei, alcatel-lucent, nortel, cdma, ericsson, ran, infonetics-research
IN DEPTH: Chinese growth dips as India marches on
China, India, Pakistan, Japan and South Korea are amongst the largest markets in Asia and The Mobile World holds monthly data for all five. At the end of July, the five markets had a combined total of 1.122bn mobile customers, approximately 30% of the global total. Between them they added 140.6m new connections in the first seven months of 2008 alone, and 233.8m were added in the twelve months ending 31st July 2008. more
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China Mobile Planning Nationwide Expansion of 3G Trial Network
China Mobile's parent company, China Mobile Communications Corp (CMCC) has reportedly been given to expand its trial 3G network to a nationwide basis. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has "approved a plan by CMCC to expand its current TD-SCDMA commercial trial network (in select cities) to a nationwide basis", a ministry spokesman told China Daily. more
Related Tags: 3g-license, td-scdma, ccid-consulting, miit, China
Asian Markets April 2008 Update
Five of Asia PacificÃ's largest markets report monthly numbers, and in this article we present a round-up of the figures for April 2008. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, china-unicom, India
Top 20 Operators in Asia-Pac: Bharti overtakes DoCoMo, India Gains Ground
The mobile markets of the Asia Pacific region continues to grow in importance. In Issue 99, we reported the fact that at the end of September, there were 20 networks in the world with more than 30m customers, of which eight were in this region. Those eight included the two largest - China Mobile and China Unicom - as well as the seventh, eighth, tenth, twelfth, 13th and 20th. Just three months later, there are now 23 networks that have passed the 30m mark and nine of these are now in the AsiaPac region, including four from India. Of the nine, four now have over 50m customers, the other two outside China being Bharti from India and DoCoMo from Japan. Together, the nine have a total of 831m customers, or just under 25% of the global market. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, china-unicom, telenor, docomo, mts, softbank, ais, kddi, reliance, pakistan-mobile, telkomsel, piltel, ufone, satelindo, danger