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Japanese electronics firm NEC has reportedly quietly established a mainland China handset division, but NEC has yet to officially confirm the rumor. Read More
An IT Times reporter found recently that although China's own WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) wireless networking standard is available as a standard option for wireless equipment, it is seldom actually used. Read More
At the "2010 Leadcore Customer Conference" held in Shanghai on April 22, He Zhili, vice general manager of China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) terminal division, said that as of April 18, 2010, a total of nearly 6.99 mln TD-SCDMA terminals have been sold, including 3.44 mln handsets and 2.48 mln wireless wireline phones. Read More
China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) will reportedly release its first fully Internet-capable 3G handset this month. Read More
China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) deputy general manager Yang Xiaowei has said that China Telecom will adjust its terminal development strategy in 2010, and will no longer offer large subsidies for low-end handsets, instead switching its focus to RMB 1,000 - 2,000 mid- and high-end CDMA terminals. Read More
Chinese electronics manufacturer Hisense (600060.SH) will release the E3, its first 3G OPhone, next month. Read More
A source close to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has revealed that while the Ministry had considered banning Wi-Fi enabled iPhones from entering China, China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) has finally convinced MIIT to permit the phones, by promising that future iPhones will support upgrades to WAPI, China's homegrown wireless broadband standard. Read More
A source at China Telecommunication Technology Labs (CTTL) who asked to remain anonymous says that Apple has sent a China-targeted version of its iPhone to Chinese testing authorities for testing, and has tasked its engineers with finding a way to implement a WAPI module in the iPhone.Read More
Motorola China's vice president of sales, Wen Tao, has confirmed the company will release a Wi-Fi capable WCDMA handset in China by the end of this month or early next month at the latest. Read More
According to an internal bidding memo from China Mobile (NYSE: CHL, 0941.HK), the company will construct 108,000 new WLAN hotspots in 2009. Read More