Category Archives: 3G
China Unicom to focus on 3G network construction in 2010
China Unicom will focus on 3G network construction this year, and ensure enough investment in 3G and fixed-line broadband sectors, though the company’s overall investment will be slightly lessen than that in 2009, said the board chairman Chang Xiaobing. Chang … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, Apple, China Unicom, Mobile payment
China Telecom Aims at 100mn CDMA Users in 2010
China Telecom Corporation Ltd., one of the nation’s Big Three 3G carriers, aims to enlarge its CDMA user base to 100 million in 2010, a China Telecom executive disclosed in a report. The company tries to breed its CDMA terminal … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, CDMA, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom
MTK Enhances Presence in China’s 3G Market
Since early this year, MediaTek, also known as MTK, a mobile phone chip maker holding 90% of the 2G mobile phone chip market, has started reaching out to the 3G market in China. On January 15, MTK signed a strategic … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, Mediatek (MTK), TD-SCDMA
3G poised to roar with new vigor
IT may be the Year of the Tiger for astrologers, but for the telecommunications industry, 2010 is shaping up as the year of 3G. After a lukewarm market response when 3G first appeared in China early last year, the next … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, China, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Nokia, Qualcomm, TD-SCDMA
MediaTek ties with Microsoft to fend off Marvell in China
All the handset platforms will be battling for the mass market smartphone this year, with Chinese 3G particularly important. MediaTek, the king of the low end Chinese cellphone market, is teaming up with Microsoft, and soon Google, to take their … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, Android, Emerging Markets, Marvell, Mediatek (MTK), Microsoft
China Launches its Largest 3G Mobile Phone Production Base
China Wireless Technologies announced on Tuesday that the company’s Yulong CoolPad Dongguan Songshanhu base had gone into production. The base covers an area of 33.333 hectares and is predicted to reach a production capacity of 40 million units, and become … Continue reading
Huawei targets Android at major Chinese 3G boom
Last year’s Mobile World Congress was a letdown for the Android crowd. After a huge amount of pre-show build-up, there were few actual announcements, though the HTC Magic did make its debut. This year will be very different, with the … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, China Mobile, Google, HTC, Huawei
Subsidies to Boost China’s 3G Handset Market in 2010
Driven by aggressive subsidies from wireless carriers that reduce consumer pricing for cell phones, domestic shipments of 3G handsets in China are expected to rise by nearly a factor of six in 2010, according to iSuppli Corp. Domestic shipments of … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, China, China Mobile
Battle begins over 3G market
Here is a good article from the China Daily that goes into detail on the ramifications of 3G phones in China. The launching of the third-generation services by China’s leading cell phone operators this fall signals the start of a … Continue reading
Filed under 3G, China, China Unicom
3G struggles to gain popularity in China
This is a good article on 3G in China. I will try to break-it down later, but wanted to make sure I updated the site with this info first. China Unicom recently announced that it will begin selling iPhones this … Continue reading
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