China Telecom is expected to be transformed, and it is likely that China Telecom will get their long-sought-after mobile service-operating license and thus become a comprehensive service operator.
The frequent testing of China’s 3G standard has reached the final stage, with the trend that TD technology could be put into commercial use.
BlackBerry begins its journey to the Chinese market, yet without an official Chinese name. But it faces far more problems than just that.
Where there is no doubt that 3G will be launched in China, it is more meaningful to concentrate on the 3G business itself than the licenses to be issued.
Every 3G application is complex. There might be a network of chains, instead of a single chain.
The final target for many firms is not mobile E-mails, but the enterprise mobile application market. This may be a real application of the 3G technology.
IM is a result of the combination of the two most successful applications in the telecommunications industry: desktop IM based on fixed networks and SMS on mobile networks.
The digital-service-focused 3G era is close, and China Mobile is pushing the development of value-added 3G services.
Then what kind of role does IT play in industry development here in China? Many answers are found in the year-long survey launched by CEOCIO China and the CIO Leadership Study Team.
Major domestic telecom operators, although starting IT initiatives at different times, have a common understanding of what IT means to their development.
Unlikely policy is having an impact on the brand and business income of China’s mobile operators.
Prudence is the most important principle China Mobile holds in its overseas expansion strategy, as revealed by its successful acquisition of Paktel.
The ambiguous cooperation between China Mobile and Tencent is only the starting point of their scrambling for the instant messaging market.
Evolving from the closed network under its control to the open networks, China Mobile has great potential and continues to fortify its position.
As they struggle against the increasingly powerful China Mobile, another two telecom carrier, China Telecom and China Netcom, are realizing that cooperation might be the only way out.
The ambiguous cooperation between China Mobile and Tencent is only the starting point of their scrambling for the instant messaging market. But the telecom carrier’s participation will undoubtedly mean big changes in the future of a large number of m
Much like the “Number Portability Service Package”, one-way charging for mobile voice services is another warm-up for China Mobile’s 3G plans.
As the transition to the 3G era gets underway, parallel dual networks with Chinese characteristics will shape China’s dual stand-by handset market.
Palm’s partnership with China Mobile may be its last chance in China.
Chinese credit card users are slowly beginning to discover the allure of bonus points - but many businesses have already found great opportunities in them.