Category Archives: Microsoft

Alliance forged to boost China’s CDMA cell phone industry

China Telecom, a major telecom service provider, announced it has co-launched a CDMA industrial alliance Friday with more than 100 other companies from cell phone design and making to software and content providers. Most of the member companies engaged in … Continue reading

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Filed under CDMA, China Telecom, Huawei, Microsoft, Samsung

Mobile World Congress 2010 – day one overview

Mobile World Congress, the cellphone industry’s annual confab in Barcelona, Spain, kicked off on Monday. Microsoft starts over in smartphones: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has used a stage at the Mobile World Congress to unveil Windows Mobile 7 Series, new … Continue reading

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Filed under Android, Emerging Markets, Microsoft, Mobile World Congress, Nokia

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

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Filed under 3G, Android, Emerging Markets, Marvell, Mediatek (MTK), Microsoft

Android finds favour in China

Google’s Android mobile operating system has found an unlikely source of support in China – the biggest mobile phone market – despite Google’s threat to pull out of the country. Hundreds of small, grey markethandset makers are seeking to become … Continue reading

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Filed under Google, Mediatek (MTK), Microsoft, Shenzhen