Beijing Unicom, Qihoo 360 App Store Partner on Free Data
Sina Tech, 3/30/14
Chinese internet services and security software provider Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU) has reached a partnership agreement with China Unicom's (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) Beijing subsidiary, pursuant to which Beijing Unicom users that download software and games through a special "Free Data" channel on Qihoo's 360 Mobile Assistant app download platform will not be charged any 2G, 3G, or 4G data fees.
360 Mobile Assistant has now reached free data agreements with China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) Guangdong and Beijing subsidiaries, China Telecom's (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) Jiangsu subsidiary, and China Unicom's Hubei and Beijing subsidiaries.
Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "Qihoo 360 App Store Launches Free Data Promotion in Guangdong" MD 2/28/14 issue.
Keywords: mobile data Beijing Unicom China Unicom wireless app store 0762.HK 600050.SH CHU Qihoo 360 QIHU 360 Mobile Assistant