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Techfaith Subsidiary Purchases Freescale Division

Netease Tech, 8/11/09

Taiwan media has reported that semiconductor manufacturer Freescale announced the sale of its mobile chipset division to Jingxin Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Chinese mobile phone solutions provider TechFaith (Nasdaq: CNTF), at a low price of USD 50 mln. Read More...

SARFT: Five Channels to Begin HD Simulcasting

Sina Tech, 8/11/09

China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has revealed that CCTV-1, Beijing Satellite TV, Shanghai's Dragon TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV and Hunan Satellite TV will begin simulcasting of standard definition and high-definition programming on September 28. Read More...

Rumor: China Mobile Sets Targets for Mobile Application Store

Sohu IT, 8/11/09

China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) has set internal growth targets for the open beta stage of its Mobile Market application store, according to an inside source. Read More...

Rumor: China Mobile to Transform 139.com into Microblogging Platform

China Computer World, 8/11/09

An industry source has revealed that China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL, 0941.HK) social networking service (SNS) 139.com will release a new product called "Shuike" ("lobbyist"), that will begin the site's transformation into a microblogging platform. Read More...

Kongzhong Records USD 3.55 Mln Q2 2009 Net Income

Kongzhong PR, 8/11/09

Chinese wireless value-added services (WVAS) provider and WAP portal operator KongZhong (Nasdaq: KONG) has announced its unaudited financial results for Q2 2009, with total revenues reaching USD 32.3 mln, up 37% year-on-year and 9% quarter-on-quarter. Read More...

Chi Bi Earns Highest ARPU among Perfect World Games

Sina Tech, 8/11/09

During its 2009 H2 earnings call, Chinese online game developer and operator Perfect World (Nasdaq: PWRD) CFO, Liu Yongji, said that his company's MMORPG Chi Bi had the highest ARPU, followed by the MMORPGs Zhu Xian, Legend of Martial Arts, and Battle of the Immortals. Read More...