Archive for the 'China' Category
Apple® today announced that iPhone® 4 will be available to customers in China beginning Saturday, September 25 at 8:00 a.m. at Apple Retail Stores including the new Apple Store® Hong Kong Plaza in Shanghai and the new Apple Store Xidan Joy City in Beijing opening on the same day. iPhone 4 will also be available on Saturday at China Unicom retail stores for qualified buyers with a new two year contract.
iPhone 4 features FaceTime®, which makes the dream of video calling a reality, and ...
Posted on 27th September 2010
Under: Apple, China |
"Motorola Inc has reached a deal with Microsoft Corp that will put Bing search and mapping services on its phones that use Google's Android operating system."
Posted on 11th March 2010
Under: China, Google, Handset, Microsoft, Motorola |
Motorola, Inc.'s Networks business announced today that it has successfully deployed a TD-LTE network at the Expo Center for World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, and completed the first indoor over-the-air (OTA) TD-LTE data sessions at the site. These advancements demonstrate another milestone of collaborative industry efforts on TD-LTE commercialization, reaffirming Motorola's commitment to address the future needs of TDD spectrum operators in China and around the world.
These milestones follow the announcement by China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) in 2009, that Motorola was selected as main equipment supplier to provide indoor TD-LTE coverage for pavilions at Shanghai ...
Posted on 26th February 2010
Under: China, Motorola, Wimax |
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9 per cent decline from 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the market registered a single-digit growth as mobile phone sales to end users surpassed 340 million units, an 8.3 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2008.
"The mobile devices market finished on a very positive note, driven by growth in smartphones and low-end devices," said Carolina Milanesi, research director at Gartner. ”Smartphone sales to end users continued their strong growth in the fourth quarter of ...
Posted on 24th February 2010
Under: Apple, China, Google, Motorola, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, Smartphone, Symbian |
A new study by Juniper Research has forecast that nearly 15 billion tickets will be delivered to subscribers’ mobile devices worldwide by 2014, compared to just over two billion this year.
The new Mobile Ticketing report found that services are developing fastest in the transport sector, with SMS, bar code and, increasingly, app driven services being offered by rail & metro companies and airlines.
But the potential of mobile ticketing does not stop there. Major cinema chains, concert organisers and sports teams are latching on to the commercial viability, which is driven by both cost savings and the ...
Posted on 4th February 2010
Under: China, Technology |
Financial Highlights
* Fourth-quarter sales of $5.7 billion
* Fourth-quarter GAAP earnings of $0.06 per share, including net charges of $0.03 per share from highlighted items
* Full-year sales of $22.0 billion; full-year GAAP loss from continuing operations of $0.05 per share, compared to a net loss of $1.87 per share in 2008
* Total cash* of $8.0 billion, a sequential quarterly increase of $839 million
* Completed cost-reduction actions that generated more than $1.9 billion in cost savings for full-year 2009, with $1.5 billion in cost savings from Mobile Devices
* Enterprise Mobility Solutions sales of $2.0 billion; operating earnings of ...
Posted on 2nd February 2010
Under: China, Motorola, Smartphone, Video, WiFi, Wimax |
"Google said on Tuesday it was no longer willing to censor search in China through its Chinese-language website Google.cn, putting it squarely at odds with the Chinese government, which has banned Twitter, Facebook and YouTube."
Posted on 20th January 2010
Under: China, Google, Internet, YouTube |
Nokia and ST-Ericsson today announced a long-term partnership in the area of TD-SCDMA technology and solutions. As part of the partnership, Nokia will be using ST-Ericsson as a key supplier of chipset platforms in its Symbian based TD-SCDMA devices and solutions portfolio.
The partnership with ST-Ericsson will bring Nokia's industry leading involvement with the TD-SCDMA standard to the next level. The partnership will enhance both companies' leadership position in China's mobile market and will create a robust user experience for Chinese consumers.
Nokia, the world's leading provider of mobile devices and solutions, has made firm commitments to TD-SCDMA ...
Posted on 18th December 2009
Under: China, Ericsson, Nokia, Symbian |
Nokia today has joined forces with New Alliance, an investment company which is part of the Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd, to form a 50/50 joint venture company designed to offer a range of mobile services in China and support the local developer ecosystem.
The joint venture company will be called Nokia Alliance Internet Services Company Limited.
According to Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President of Services for Nokia, "China is the world's largest mobile and internet market. As Nokia is entering the services business in China, establishing this joint venture is a natural step to help us bring locally ...
Posted on 10th December 2009
Under: China, Nokia |
"Digital China, a Hong Kong-listed information technology company, is to distribute Research In Motion's Blackberry handsets, accelerating RIM's effort to expand into mainland China."
Posted on 8th December 2009
Under: BlackBerry, China, Handset, RIM |
Lenovo Group today announced that it is acquiring the entire interest of Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. from a group of investors led by Hony Capital, the private equity arm of Legend Holdings. Consideration of the acquisition is approximately US$200 million in cash and Lenovo shares. Today's announcement signals that Lenovo is gearing up its efforts in the burgeoning mobile Internet market in China. Lenovo Mobile now ranks No.3 in China’s mobile handset market and is the No.1 domestic brand. The transaction is conditional upon Lenovo independent shareholder approval.
Convergence between the personal computing and mobile handset ...
Posted on 30th November 2009
Under: China, Handset, Lenovo |
The GSMA today announced that the CEOs of the world's leading communications companies, including Alcatel-Lucent, China Unicom, Ericsson, Google, Huawei, KDDI, Telefonica and Vodafone, will deliver keynote presentations at the 2010 Mobile World Congress, which will be held 15-18 February, 2010 in Barcelona. The GSMA also introduced App Planet, a new "event within an event" focusing on mobile application developers, which will be held at Mobile World Congress.
"The mobile communications industry continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, creating new opportunities and introducing new participants across the entire value chain," said Michael O'Hara, chief marketing officer ...
Posted on 29th October 2009
Under: Alcatel, China, Ericsson, Games, Google, RIM, Vodafone |
Nokia today announced the Nokia 6788, its first device for TD-SCDMA - China's domestic 3G standard, at an event in Beijing. The Nokia 6788 is the result of close collaboration between Nokia and the world's largest mobile phone operator, China Mobile.
Speaking at the event, said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO of Nokia: "Nokia sees TD-SCDMA as being central to the successful evolution of 3G in China, and so is fully committed to this 3G standard. With a wide range of integrated China Mobile applications, the Nokia 6788 marks a new level of collaboration with China Mobile and ...
Posted on 27th October 2009
Under: 3G, China, Nokia |
According to new analysis from Juniper Research, consumer demand for mobile money transfer services will see users exceed 500 million globally by 2014, principally in developing countries.
Juniper Research’s new report - ‘Mobile Money Transfer & Remittances: Markets, Forecasts & Strategies 2009-2014’ - also suggests, however, that the many new mobile money services being announced will face political, regulatory or commercial challenges as they bring their services to market.
Howard Wilcox, Senior Analyst at Juniper Research and lead author, explained: “Every country has different regulatory structures, and its own set of local market conditions that service operators need ...
Posted on 22nd October 2009
Under: China |
"China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, will next year introduce eight OPhone smartphone models from U.S. phone maker Motorola, a company official told Reuters."
Posted on 14th October 2009
Under: China, Motorola, Smartphone |
"China Unicom, the country's No. 2 mobile carrier, will begin to sell Apple Inc's iPhone in China for a retail price of 5,000 yuan ($732.50), as it leans on the phone to launch its 3G service."
Posted on 28th September 2009
Under: 3G, Apple, China |
China Mobile Communications Corporation (China Mobile) and Nokia Siemens Networks have successfully demonstrated how to ensure excellent indoor coverage for future mobile broadband. The two companies have conducted the world’s first TD-LTE femtocell demonstration. Nokia Siemens Networks’ innovation aims to support future TD-LTE rollouts, a next generation mobile broadband technology.
“User habits indicate that the majority of mobile broadband capacity will be consumed inside homes and offices where coverage is typically lower than outdoor spaces,” said Huang Xiaoqing, General Manager of China Mobile Research Institute. “Miniature wireless base stations like Femtocells can improve the indoor service experience ...
Posted on 21st September 2009
Under: China, Nokia, Siemens |
"Apple's iPhone will go on sale later this year in China, the world's largest mobile market, but its partner China Unicom may find selling the phone carries its own burdens."
Posted on 31st August 2009
Under: Apple, China |
Yulong, a mainland Chinese supplier of high-end smartphones, announced the launch of its 3G mobile phone, the Coolpad N900. Just as Apple is about to reach an agreement on entering the China market through cooperation with China Unicom, the new Coolpad N900 looms over the sales prospects of the iPhone 3G by winning itself the title "iPhone Killer".
Headquartered in Shenzhen, Yulong Coolpad is a professional company specializing in research and production of high-end smartphones which offers a variety of high-end business phone products that are considered the best smartphones in the China market. Yulong introduced the ...
Posted on 24th August 2009
Under: 3G, Apple, China, Smartphone |
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1 per cent decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 40 million units, a 27 per cent increase from the same period last year, representing the fastest-growing segment of the mobile-devices market (see Table 2).
"Despite the challenging market, some devices sold well as consumers who would usually have purchased standard midrange devices either cut back to less expensive handsets or moved up the range to get more features for their money," said Carolina Milanesi, ...
Posted on 14th August 2009
Under: 3G, Apple, Browser, China, Email, HTC, Handset, Internet, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, RIM, Samsung, Smartphone, Sony Ericsson, Symbian |