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Huawei to build Ugandan's national data transmission backbone
Ugandan has secured a US$106M loan from the Chinese government to construct a
national data transmission backbone to foster the development of information and
communication technology. Huawei Technologies and Data Fundi and Bankshire,
their local counterparts, would undertake the construction of the project.
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France Telecom reiterates its decision to
procure mobile phones from China
France Telecom reiterated its decision to procure mobile handsets from China and
has established its Orange Developer Center (ODC) in Orange Lab Beijing.
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China GrenTech wins TD-SCDMA bids from China Mobile and China Telecom
China GrenTech has won bids from both China Mobile and China Telecom to supply
TD-SCDMA wireless coverage equipment for the expanded TD-SCDMA technique trial
network.
The win with China Mobile Group reportedly came through the first centralized
bidding process for China Mobile Group's TD-SCDMA wireless coverage products.
This is another win for the company garnered through China Mobile Group's large
scale centralized bidding process.
The expanded TD-SCDMA technique trial networks have been deployed in 10 cities
in China, among which, networks in 8 cities will be constructed by China Mobile
Group, while networks in the other two cities will be constructed by China
Telecom and China Netcom, respectively.
GrenTech established a business relationship in 2001 with China Mobile Group,
the largest wireless telecommunication network operator in China and largest
capital investor in wireless coverage solutions.
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Luxury cellphone seller Vertu opens flagship store in Shanghai
Vertu, which sells mobile phones costing from 37,000 Yuan (US$4,805) to 2.7
million Yuan each, opened a flagship store on the Bund 18 in Shanghai yesterday.
"We have seen surging demand in China as more and more Chinese people require
the 'exceptional experience' we provide," said Pauline Cheng, Vertu China's
sales and operation director.
Each Vertu phone is made in England to a high standard of craftsmanship. It
features luxury materials used to decorate the phone such as diamonds, rubies or
leather.
Vertu, an independent subsidiary of Nokia, opened 25 stores in 18 cities on the
Chinese mainland. Vertu aims to open more stores in China, especially in the
second-tier cities.
"The luxury firms have cultivated the Chinese market and we are following their
steps to explore the market," said Cheng in the new Shanghai store next to Patek
Philippe.
China is the world's third biggest luxury market behind the United States and
Japan.
Vertu is a convergence of high technology and a luxury brand, Cheng added.
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Shanghai Media Group, Shanghai Unicom partner on mobile TV service
Dragon New Media, a subsidiary of Shanghai Media Group (SMG), has partnered with
Shanghai Unicom to provide mobile TV service.
Dragon New Media provides a mobile TV service based on streaming media
technology. Its parent company, SMG, received the country's first mobile TV
license in April of 2005, and kicked off a nationwide mobile TV service in
partnership with China Mobile in September, 2005.
Shanghai Unicom said its mobile TV service will be available to both its GSM and
CDMA subscribers. Live content from SMG's most popular TV channels, such as
Dragon TV and China Business News, will be offered through the mobile TV
service, as well as news and financial information, and video-on-demand (VOD)
content related to movies, music and lifestyle.
In addition, Shanghai Unicom's subscribers will be able to watch SMG's reality
TV shows "My Hero" and "My Show," as well as movie content provided by the
Shanghai Film Group Corporation, on their mobile phones.
Shanghai Unicom is currently offering a free trial of the mobile TV service. Its
CDMA subscribers can find a shortcut to the service from the company's wireless
Internet platform, while its GSM subscribers can access the service through the
site Nuvi.cn.
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Nokia to ship TD-SCDMA mobile phones to China in 1H08
Nokia plans to ship cellphones based on China's 3G standard (TD-SCDMA) in the
first half of next year.
"We believe that the market need for TD-SCDMA terminals is in the first half of
2008 and Nokia is planning to have a product offering in that time frame," Nokia
said in a statement delivered to Shanghai Daily yesterday.
Equipment and handset makers have been waiting for Chinese regulators to issue
3G licenses. China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator, is constructing
TD-SCDMA networks in several cities for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
"It is natural for Nokia as it won't miss the opportunity for China Mobile's
potential TD-SCDMA orders in the world's biggest mobile phone market," said
Sandy Shen, a Gartner's analyst based in Shanghai.
China Mobile is expected to invest as much as $784.5M to procure TD-SCDMA phones
around October.
About 18 phone makers now have TD-SCDMA phone products, including ZTE Corp,
Huawei Technologies, Datang Mobile, Samsung, LG, Haier, Lenovo Mobile, and TCL.
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China Mobile to invite bids for TD-SCDMA cellphones in September
China Mobile Communications Corp. will invite bids for the supply of TD-SCDMA
mobile phones in September worth as much as $784.5M.
China Mobile will buy about two million TD-SCDMA handsets, putting the average
price between $260 and $390. Two million TD-SCDMA handset numbers will be issued
from October through the first half of 2008.
China Mobile is now constructing TD-SCDMA networks in Beijing, Shanghai and
other cities, while China Telecom and China Netcom are expanding their existing
TD-SCDMA networks in Baoding and Qingdao, which are expected to be completed in
October.
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China Media Group expands its Telecom & Mobile Computing business unit
China Media Group Corporation ("CMG") announces Thursday that it has expanded
its Telecom & Mobile Computing business unit to include the provision of Fixed
and Wireless Broadband Platforms / Solutions.
Mr. Con Unerkov, Chairman of China Media Group, stated, "Our mission is to
become one of China's leading new-age media companies through the use of new
technologies and devices combined with traditional media of TV, Newspapers,
Magazines, Billboards and the Internet to reach today's mobile society."
Mr. Unerkov further added, "People today spend more time on the go and this has
quickened the pace of technology adaptation. Today, internet advertising is the
fastest growing segment in the advertising industry. Technology is moving so
fast that we need to prepare our business for this new advertising medium. The
media market worldwide is changing rapidly and the broadband industry appears to
be playing a major role in this."
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Nokia, Neusoft to jointly explore online security market in China
Nokia has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Neusoft to jointly
explore the online security market in China.
Under the agreement, the two sides will carry out a series of cooperations on
technology, products and sales in the online security sector. Neusoft is a
specialized Chinese vendor of solutions, digital products and services with
expertise in software technologies.
After the signing of the agreement, Neusoft will became an OEM of Nokia's
network security product line and it will take advantage of its sales network in
China to sell the new products jointly developed by the two sides.
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Datang Telecom's parent may transfer stake
Datang Telecom Technology Co said its parent may transfer a stake in Datang to a
newly created unit.
The China Academy of Telecommunication Technology may move shares in the
Beijing-based company to a unit the parent established in March to manage its
holdings, Datang Telecom said in an e-mailed statement.
The academy owns 36.6% in Datang Telecom.
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Tsinghua University and Nokia announce new
research framework
Nokia and Tsinghua University, China, Monday announced the establishment of a
research framework and a facility dedicated to long term joint research
programs. This agreement is the first of its kind in Asia for Nokia Research
Center (NRC), which has established similar arrangements with several
world-class universities in the US, UK and Finland in recent months. Tsinghua's
professors and students will collaborate with NRC researchers on a wide range of
topics; some global, others focused specifically on Asia. The research framework
establishes the principle and practice that Nokia and Tsinghua will follow in
pursuing joint research projects over time and sets the direction and overall
topics for research.
Commenting on the agreement, Professor Zhisheng Niu, Vice Dean of the School of
Information Science and Technology at Tsinghua, said: "In some ways, the future
of mobile technology is the future of all technology in China. The country has
set itself the goal of developing indigenous innovation and, with four times as
many mobile subscribers as internet users, the opportunities within mobile
technology are clear. In addition, a world-class communications network is
essential to breakthroughs in all areas of science and technology research,
rendering mobile technology doubly important. With this announcement, therefore,
Nokia is not only promoting research in its own fields, it is actively
facilitating and supporting an entire culture of innovation."
The research will initially focus on a handful of areas, including wireless and
Internet for Asia, interaction solutions for Asia, Mechanics & Hardware for
Multimedia communications devices and mobile internet-based services. The
collaboration will be substantial from the outset, with around 20 Nokia
researchers working alongside 30 professors and associates and up to 50 students
from Tsinghua.
Commenting on the agreement, Dr. Bob Iannucci, Nokia Senior Vice President and
Head of NRC, said: "This new agreement gives us an opportunity to partner with
an acknowledged leader in information technology and engineering. The
establishment of NRC's first joint research facility in Asia further reinforces
the commitment to our open innovation model - which has served us and our
collaborators well in the US and Europe over the last eighteen months. We
anticipate that our collaboration with Tsinghua University will contribute
significantly both to the advancement of the state of the art in mobility and to
technologies with a specific relevance to Asia."
With over 480 million mobile subscribers in China, interest in mobile
technologies in the country is high. But the attraction of Tsinghua as a
research partner for Nokia goes beyond this statistic. Seppo Pienimaa, who is
heading NRC's contribution to the research facility, commented: "China's
universities have excellent facilities both for teaching and research in science
and technology. With the increasing number of engineering graduates every year,
the pool of talented and enthusiastic thinkers is large. NRC is excited by the
possibilities for collaboration that this opens up: we expect that sharing our
ideas across borders, oceans, cultures and life experiences will help develop
completely new areas of creativity and enable us both to pose - and to answer -
the most challenging questions."
About Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University, which was established in 1911, is one of the most famous
comprehensive universities in China.
Currently, the university consists of 54 departments distributed in 13 schools,
including the schools of sciences, architecture, civil engineering, mechanical
engineering, information science and technology, humanities and social sciences,
economics and management, law, arts and design, public policy and management,
medical, and applied technology.
With a splendid legacy accumulated over the past 90 years, Tsinghua has retained
its character and charm while promoting rigorous scholarship research, ensuring
academic and educational prestige in China and abroad. The university presently
has over 7,100 faculty and staff, with over 900 full professors and 1,200
associate professors, including 24 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
and 24 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. In addition, Tsinghua has
over 20,000 students, including 12,000 undergraduates, 6,200 master's degrees
candidates and 2,800 doctoral candidates.
With strong support from the nation and in the face of unprecedented
opportunities, Tsinghua University is poised to become a world-class university
in the 21st century. With the inspiring motto "Self-discipline and Social
Commitment," Tsinghua is dedicated to the well being of Chinese society.
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Vimicro and Microsoft strengthen working alliance in China to develop digital
multimedia market
Vimicro Corporation, a leading fabless semiconductor company designing advanced
mixed-signal multimedia products and solutions, and Microsoft China, reaffirmed
their strategic partnership during a ceremony in Beijing on May 24. The
companies are continuing to cooperate in the Microsoft-Vimicro Multimedia
Technology Center, originally established in 2003 within Vimicro's Beijing
headquarters, and are expanding the scope of their work together to include the
mobile multimedia sector. Mike Yu, vice president of Vimicro is appointed as the
Dean of Microsoft-Vimicro Multimedia Technology Center.
Vimicro and Microsoft China are finalizing a Memorandum of Understanding to
increase their joint efforts in further developing the digital multimedia
market. One goal of the Microsoft-Vimicro Multimedia Technology Center is to
enable Vimicro's multimedia processors to be compiled to the requirements of
Windows Vista drivers and be ready to get Windows Vista logo certification.
''Vimicro is honored to be Microsoft's ongoing partner,'' said Dr. John Deng,
chairman and founder of Vimicro. ''Over the past four years, Microsoft and
Vimicro have experienced great successes. As a result of our collaboration,
Vimicro has earned international recognition for the quality of our products at
a faster rate and Chinese Ministry of Information Industry's recognition as the
outstanding representative of Chinese IC design industry. Together, Vimicro and
Microsoft are continuing to cooperate in multimedia area and expand the
international digital multimedia market.''
Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang, corporate vice president of Microsoft and chairman of
Microsoft China Research and Development Group stated, ''Technology innovation
is essential to China's sustainable economic development. Microsoft desires to
contribute to China's innovation blueprint by developing a flourishing IT
eco-system through collaborating with partners on innovation. Vimicro is one of
the outstanding independent innovation representatives in China. Through
combining the innovation thoughts, strength and experience together, we're
confident that this new collaboration will continue to provide world-class
digital multimedia experiences
Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang, corporate vice president of Microsoft and chairman of
Microsoft China Research and Development Group stated, ''Technology innovation
is essential to China's sustainable economic development. Microsoft desires to
contribute to China's innovation blueprint by developing a flourishing IT
eco-system through collaborating with partners on innovation. Vimicro is one of
the outstanding independent innovation representatives in China. Through
combining the innovation thoughts, strength and experience together, we're
confident that this new collaboration will continue to provide world-class
digital multimedia experiences to consumers.''
Through their partnership over the past four years, Vimicro and Microsoft have
cooperated in real-time multimedia communications and 3C convergence areas. The
collaboration has already resulted in breakthrough PC-camera and embedded
notebook-camera solutions.
Vimicro and Microsoft began collaborating in 2002, when they formed a strategic
partnership to promote Windows-based digital imaging technology in the worldwide
market. The partnership combined Vimicro's VXP imaging technology with the
Windows XP platform to provide an enhanced multimedia experience for PC-users
worldwide.
About Vimicro
Vimicro International Corporation is a leading fabless semiconductor company in
China designing, developing and marketing proprietary digital multimedia signal
processing chips and solutions enabling multimedia applications for mobile
phones over 2.5G/3G networks and PCs over broadband Internet.
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KPN's Telfort selects Huawei's OSS solution
China-based Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next
generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world,
recently held the contract signing ceremony in its headquarters in Shenzhen,
China with Telfort, part of the Netherlands' largest telecoms operator KPN,
announcing that Telfort will procure the prepay solution of Huawei CBS. Huawei
CBS will help operators build an open and horizontal billing architecture with
the capability to support various networks and services.
Huawei currently supplies the KPN Group with extensive transmission and all-IP
based core network products. Telfort will have the opportunity to significantly
shorten its service delivery cycle for 2G and 3G services with the convergent
rating, charging and billing infrastructure powered by Huawei CBS.
The benefits of Huawei's CBS are manifold:
- It provides common and rule-driven rating engine to offer flexibly
configurable tariff plans, enabling short time-to-market to win in fierce
competition.
- It adopts customer-oriented data model and offers unified customer view,
enabling personalized marketing to attract new customers, reduce churn and boost
traffic.
- It supports both prepaid and postpaid subscribers with open and modularized
architecture, enabling converged operation and multi-supplier environment to
reduce CAPEX & OPEX.
Telfort CEO Mr. Marco Visser expressed his satisfaction with the cooperation
with Huawei at the ceremony. He said, "Huawei CBS is an important building block
for Telfort's future service development. This is the first time that the KPN
Group has been cooperating with Huawei on services, and marks a deepening of the
relationship between us."
Dr. Haiping Che, President of Huawei Application and Software Product Line,
said, "KPN is a prominent European operator that is highly innovative in
adopting new services to grow its competitive edge. Our product portfolio is
closely aligned with KPN/Telfort's strategy and well positioned to meet its
needs. We will continue to work closely with the KPN Group to help it achieve
its business goals."
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Google, Microsoft, Apple and British Telecom
start to shift their outsourcing focus from India to China
Google, Microsoft, Apple and British Telecom have started to shift their
outsourcing focus from India to China. Remi Vespa, a veteran of the outsourcing
industry, said over 50% of its prospects - mostly mid-sized corporations -
currently outsource to an Indian provider, and were considering changing.
Vespa also points to a problem for outsourcing to India: "Apart from the top
Indian players, smaller companies have a very bad reputation. You work with a
company, and six months later, it's gone - or its key staff have left to start
their own company and want your contract!"
China plans to build service outsourcing bases in 10 cities, encourage 100
multinationals to outsource services from China, and foster 1,000 large- and
medium-sized service outsourcing enterprises.
The Global Outsourcing Report predicts that by 2015, China, currently placed
second, will have taken over the No 1 spot from India.
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China Telecom might launch AVS-based IPTV
trial in Shanghai
China Telecom, the country's largest fixed-line operator, is reportedly planning
to run field trials of a domestic codec that could lead to it dropping support
for H.264.
The trials will begin next month in Shanghai, the largest IPTV market in China,
using the Audio Video Coding Standard (AVS). It's unknown how big the trial will
be. But if China Telecom decides to standardize its IPTV platform on AVS, it
would be a blow to suppliers of H.264 gear.
China Telecom denied the news.
However, Huawei Kong, vice director of the Institute of Computing Technology, a
leading state-run research group, believes the trials will happen. In addition,
Leping Wei, chief engineer of China Telecom, indicated last month that China
Telecom was considering AVS after seeing positive results from tests in Dalian
by China Netcom, its rival.
China Netcom plans to use AVS-based IPTV in 20 cities by the end of 2007, and
hopes for 6 million AVS-based IPTV users in five to seven years, or 40% of its
current broadband users.
However, in a market dominated by H.264, some observers believe it doesn't make
much sense to switch to AVS, which may carry higher costs because of its
immaturity. However, there is a sense that political pressure rather than
business sense is driving the decision. All of China's telcos are
state-controlled.
AVS is among a handful of domestic standards that China is promoting in order to
lessen its reliance on foreign intellectual property. If the strategy is
successful in the long run, it will shift the flow of royalties and fees into
the coffers of local, rather than foreign, companies and help to build up
domestic technology.
IPTV users in Shanghai shot up 150% in 1Q07. IPTV users in China are expected to
top 17 million by 2010.
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Chinese government agencies support WAPI
WAPI Industry Alliance has hosted a small-scale meeting and reported about the
WAPI status to senior officials from National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC),
Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Information Industry (MII). The three
ministries were determinant in government procurement. In the follow-up plenary
conference, Zhou Chengyue, vice director-general of the Treasury Dept. of MOF
said, MOF will further enhance its support to WAPI ( Wireless LAN Encryption
Standard with Chinese IPr). MOF will require the regional government to adopt
Chinese IPR products in priority.
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TD-SCDMA handset vendors prepare for bidding in 3Q07
Lenovo Mobile has made full preparation for the upcoming TD-SCDMA terminal
bidding in 3Q07 by China Mobile. Lenovo Mobile would focus on the domestic
market and TD-SCDMA handsets in the coming one or two years, while the patent
licenses of CDMA 2000 and WCDMA the company has got are preparations targeting
at the international market.
TD-SCDMA handset vendors include ZTE, Datang, Huawei, Lenovo Mobile, Samsung, LG,
Motorola, Longcheer, Holley, Bird, Amoi, Haier, Hisense, Envada, New Postcom,
SIMCom, UT Starcom, TCL, etc.
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China Mobile tests mega-memory SIMs
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, is launching a trial of
mega-memory SIM cards in five provinces.
The operator is planning to issue 50,000 SIM cards by next month, each packing
128-megabytes of flash memory. It plans to use the cards and specially equipped
handsets to store super-large phonebooks, downloaded music tracks, mobile yellow
pages and location-based services. The music downloads will be protected by a
digital rights management application. The cards will also carry 512 kilobytes
of conventional smart card memory to store the card’s operating system and
applications.
China Mobile is conducting the trial in Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu
and Shanxi provinces, say sources. The handsets will download content to the
SIMs via a high-speed connection that uses the MultiMediaCard protocol. This
protocol is available in handsets and SIMs sooner than the alternative USB
protocol, which international standards makers have adopted. China Mobile would
likely move to USB if it continues with the mega-memory concept. Chinese SIM
vendors Kesi, Eastcompeace and Datang will supply the cards.
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Hong Kong approves Wi-Fi plan
A multi-million program to provide wireless Internet services in government
premises has been approved by the Hong Kong Legislative Council for improving
Internet services.
Deputy chief information officer Stephen Mak of Hong Kong government said the
program of HK$217.6 million ($27.84 million) would bring benefits to citizens,
the commercial sector, the information and communications technology industry
and Hong Kong as a whole.
Under the program, Wi-Fi facilities will be set up at about 350 government
premises for free use by the public in the coming two years.
And Wi-Fi services in priority sites, such as libraries and community halls,
will be provided by mid 2008.
"Through this program and in concert with other Wi-Fi initiatives in the private
sector, we envisage that ubiquitous access to the Internet would progressively
be made available in all built-up areas of Hong Kong," Mak said.
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Nokia completes construction of its China Campus
Nokia has finished construction of its China Campus, which will be home to its
China headquarters, R&D center, and mobile phone manufacturing base. The
project, located in Yizhuang economic and industrial zone in southeast of
Beijing, cost 450 million Yuan (about US$58 million) to build. The newly built
Nokia China Campus and Xingwang Industrial Park will form the biggest handset
manufacturing base in the world. Total investment in Xingwang Industrial Park
exceed 13 billion Yuan and output totaled 100 billion Yuan.
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ZTE wins CDMA WLL contract with United Telecom of Georgia
China-based ZTE Corporation has signed its first commercial contract in Georgia
for construction of a CDMA WLL network. United Telecom of Georgia (UTG) is the
largest fixed line operator in Georgia and agreement with it signifies the
success of ZTE in opening a doorway for itself in Georgian market.
The network, based on ZTE's mature All-IP CDMA solution which enables wireless
data transmission, better QoS (Quality of Service) and improved data service
applications, will support a wide variety of data rich multi-media applications
for UTG subscribers upon completion by August 2007. Whereas the phase 1 network
is expected to mainly provision voice and 1X data services for over 100,000
subscribers from Kakheti region of west Georgia.
"We're preparing to be a comprehensive operator, and this is our first time to
adopt CDMA for a WLL network," noted Mr. Jorg Schmolinski, CEO of UTG, "We have
been impressed with the strength and depth of ZTE's CDMA technology expertise,
that is the reason why we eventually chose it."
"ZTE's All-IP CDMA solution is a carrier-class hardware platform providing open
interfaces, advanced NGN Softswitch technology and powerful functionality.
Importantly, these features provide the necessary degree of compatibility for
the new network to be integrated with the operator's existing fixed-line
infrastructure," said Mr. Yan Tingxiang, Chief Representative of ZTE Georgia.
"The IP-based A interface enables more flexible network deployment and
transmission and substantial cost savings for bandwidth transmission between the
Media Gateway and Base Station Controller."
To date, ZTE has deployed over 60 million lines of CDMA equipment in over 100
carriers' networks in more than 60 countries and regions, including India,
Indonesia, the Czech Republic and a variety of countries in Africa, as well as
in developed markets like the U.S.A. and Europe.
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Intel launches Chinese-language tech blog
Intel has just launched a Chinese-language tech blog. China houses the world's
second-largest online market and will see 200 million netizen by 2010.
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Huawei helps global mobile operators deploy
ALL-IP core networks
China-based Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing
next-generation telecommunications networks for operators around the world,
recently held a large-scale seminar entitled "Leading Mobile Networks into an
ALL-IP Era" in the city of Xian, Shaanxi, China. Top mobile operators and
analysts from 20 countries attended the seminar to discuss the strategic
deployment and implementation of the transition to the ALL-IP network.
ALL-IP based mobile network can provide lower risks, lower costs, and increased
benefits to operators. Construction of ALL-IP core network becomes a key
investment for the industry as a whole. Still, carriers concern about the
migration from TDM network to IP network, service quality based IP, network
reliability, and future-oriented evolution.
In the seminar, Huawei shared its profound understanding of ALL-IP network
deployment, and introduced its commercial ALL-IP based mobile softswitch
solution to the attendees. Currently, leading operators such as China Mobile,
France Telecom (FT), KPN have selected Huawei to construct their ALL-IP core
networks. By now, Huawei mobile softswitch have served more than 280 million
subscribers all over the world.
With abundant of successful commercial experience, Huawei can help operators
reduce the risk for ALL-IP transformation. By innovative ALL-IP based mobile
softswitch solution of Huawei, operators can obtain a valuable core network. The
service quality is good as legacy TDM (Time Division Multiplexing). The network
is high reliable and flexible for operation and maintenance, which can lower
CAPEX and OPEX. Also, Huawei ALL-IP based mobile core network can enable a real
unified core network for 2G and 3G, significantly saving infrastructure
investment. What's more, professional and comprehensive services provided by
Huawei such as consultancy, network layout, network optimization can further
guarantee the smooth migration from TDM to ALL-IP.
Mr. François Ravel, head of the Services and Network Control Systems Department
in the France Telecom Network, Carrier & IT Division, said: "France Telecom has
launched various initiatives to implement its NExT strategy at both the central
and the local level. One important project has been the launch of Unik and VoIP
products."
Mr. Michael Vocke, responsible for KPN's mobile networks in the Netherlands
added, "KPN's ambition for the future is: nationwide coverage of HSDPA, Fixed /
Mobile convergence being reality and communications in general becoming ALL-IP.
We have put our trust in Huawei to help us achieve this."
"As a leading ALL-IP core network solution provider, Huawei has cooperated with
top operators around the world as their strategic business partner for ALL-IP
core network transformations" said Mr. Ding Yun, President of Huawei core
network. "Huawei ALL-IP core network solutions can quickly improve the network
capability for operators, helping them to develop their potential and providing
them with long-term benefits."
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Huawei, Symantec to form JV to deliver
security and storage appliances
China-based Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei) and US-based Symantec Corp.
are forming a joint venture company. The new company will develop and distribute
world-leading security and storage appliances to global telecommunications
carriers and enterprises.
Businesses around the world are building and maintaining IP networks and IT
systems that support a growing number of connections. This requires balancing
increasing performance and availability requirements with system security and
data integrity. The joint venture will help carriers and enterprises effectively
address these challenges by offering security and storage appliances that are
easy to implement and maximize value to customers. According to IDC, the global
security and storage appliance market is $23 billion today, and the market in
China is forecast to exceed $1.1 billion.
"Symantec is a software leader that offers world-class security and storage
technologies that our customers are demanding," said Ren ZhengFei, chief
executive officer, Huawei. "The partnership with Symantec is part of Huawei's
All IP and FMC (Fixed mobile convergence) strategy. Network security will
definitely form the foundation as telecom networks migrate toward an All IP
environment. The partnership will enable us not only to provide leading network
security solutions to carriers, but also to deliver professional security and
storage solutions to enterprises, helping our customers build a safer and more
efficient network."
The new company will be headquartered in Chengdu, China, with Huawei owning 51
percent of the joint venture and Symantec owning 49 percent. Huawei will
contribute its telecommunications storage and security businesses including its
integrated supply chain and integrated product development management practices.
Additionally, the new company will have access to Huawei's intellectual property
(IP) licenses, research and development capabilities, manufacturing expertise
and engineering talent, which includes more than 750 employees. The joint
venture's services and support infrastructure will draw upon Huawei's successful
model for customer service and technical support, including worldwide technical
support and call center operations.
"Huawei and Symantec agree that we need to constantly innovate and develop new
solutions to keep pace with the evolving risks and increased availability
requirements facing service providers and enterprise customers," said John W.
Thompson, chairman and chief executive officer, Symantec. "Huawei's world-class
product development and manufacturing capabilities joined with Symantec's
leading edge security and storage software technologies will offer unique
solutions that will give customers more confidence that their systems are secure
and available."
Symantec will contribute some of its leading enterprise storage and security
software licenses, working capital, and its management expertise into the new
company. Symantec will also contribute $150 million toward the joint venture's
growth and expansion.
The joint venture is expected to close late in the calendar year, pending
required regulatory and governmental approvals.
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Vodafone launches ultra-low cost handsets made by China's
ZTE
Vodafone unveiled its first Vodafone-only branded ultra-low cost consumer
handsets, the Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225, aimed at providing millions of
people in emerging and developing markets the opportunity to access to the
benefits of mobile technology for the very first time.
The Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225 are part of Vodafone's ongoing commitment to
expand access to mobile in emerging markets, where mobile technology and
networks are often the only viable and cost effective telecoms service. The
handsets are therefore key to offering a range of services, particularly in
rural areas where mobile penetration is often at its lowest.
In markets such as India or Tanzania the cost of purchasing a mobile handset can
be one of the key barriers to accessing mobile services. In countries such as
Kenya and Egypt, where Vodafone has introduced mobile financial remittance
services, mobile technology has been shown to be able to provide secure and
socially beneficial services beyond simple voice and data services to those who
have not access to a bank account. The Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225 handsets
are intended to help drive mobile penetration and will provide access to
services for people in emerging markets that are already commonplace in Western
Europe. The handsets are likely to retail at around $25-$45 US Dollars (19-35
euros) depending on the specific model and the local market conditions.
The Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225 are the first handsets manufactured for
Vodafone by China's ZTE Corporation, following a global handset procurement
agreement signed between the two companies in December 2006. The handsets are
almost identical in functionality however the Vodafone 125 has a black and white
screen and the Vodafone 225 has a colour screen. Features, design and
functionality were specified by Vodafone.
"The Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225 are the first of a range of ultra-low cost
handsets which will be manufactured exclusively for Vodafone and its affiliates
by ZTE Corporation, "said Jens Schulte-Bockum, Vodafone's Global Director of
Terminals. " We are delighted that they represent everything that customers have
come to expect from Vodafone ? high quality and exceptional value for money. We
believe that the Vodafone 125 and Vodafone 225 will help enfranchise millions
more people across the world, giving them good quality, attractive handsets,
with popular features and functionality, at a reasonable price"
"Our work with Vodafone represents a big breakthrough in the market and has
given ZTE an opportunity to demonstrate its capabilities in product design,
production and management", said He Shiyou, General Manager of ZTE's Handset
Division and Senior Vice President of ZTE.
Vodafone Egypt, Vodafone Romania and Vodacom (South Africa) will be the first
countries to launch the Vodafone 125 and 225 handsets in the next few weeks.
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China Netcom USA picks XO Communications
US-based XO Communications has signed an agreement with China Netcom (USA)
Operations Ltd. ("China Netcom USA") to provide high capacity network services
across the United States. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, XO
Communications will provide China Netcom USA with multiple inter-city XO(R)
Wavelength Services at 2.5 Gigabits per second speeds across a nationwide
footprint connecting China Netcom's points of presence in the United States.
China Netcom is China's leading broadband and telecommunications company and a
leading international data communications operator for multinational business
customers. In addition, China Netcom's USA Operations provides clients with
direct IP connectivity to CNC domestic China IP network as well as IPL and MPLS
VPN capabilities between the USA and China.
"We selected XO Communications because its nationwide network offers the
reliability and scalability to support our growing bandwidth requirements in the
United States," said Lou Xiaohang, President of China Netcom USA.
"We are very pleased to be selected by China Netcom USA as a major network
infrastructure provider," said Ernie Ortega, president of XO Carrier Services.
"The investments XO has made in its network give customers like China Netcom the
capacity and scalability to grow their business over XO's extremely robust, next
generation network."
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Huawei
wins Vodafone's Outstanding Performance Award
During the second annual Global Supplier Conference of Vodafone held in May
2007, China-based Huawei won the Outstanding Performance Award in recognition of
its delivery of highly competitive products and services to Vodafone across the
group's network and its spirit of true strategic partnership with the operator.
For more details, please visit http://www.vodafone.com/start/media_relations/news/
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China releases mobile TV standard (CDMB)-
CAS158-2007
China Association for Standardization has released mobile TV standard (CDMB)-
CAS158-2007. CDMB core technology is the DAB based channel transmission
technology and AVS based signal processing technology. DAB technology is the
technical specification on Digital audio Terrestrial Broadcasting (GY／T214-2006)
recommended by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT);
AVS is the national standard (GB／T20090) launched by National Standards
Administration.
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Shanghai-based Zhangjiang High-tech industrial park to establish VC fund
Shanghai-based Zhangjiang High-tech industrial park is planning to establish a 1
billion yuan risk capital investment fund to support fast-developing enterprises
in the park. It is reported, 300 million comes from Zhangjiang Group, 3 million
from Zhangjiang holdings and 4 million are collected from the market. Main
investment will be put in semiconductor, software, etc. The fund is mainly used
to fuel fast-developing companies and those who has potential to be public
listed. The administrative committee of the fund will invite famous investors
like IDG, Sino-century assets management Co.Ltd. etc. to involve in the fund
management.
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China Mobile wants to buy CMPak (formerly Paktel) from its parent
China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou said the the listed China Mobile has the
preference to buy CMPak, formerly called Paktel, from its parent company China
Mobile Communication Corp. (CMCC), may execute the right at any moment, but
still has no concrete timetable about that. CMPak is conducting the capacity
expansion work now, which will involve 400 million US dollars of investment this
year. Because the acquisition was just completed, the company cannot make a
timetable for CMPak about when it will become profitable.
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China Mobile gained 5.28 million new users in April
China Mobile Ltd., the world's largest mobile phone operator by users, added a
record number of subscribers for a ninth consecutive month as the company cut
prices on services to gain market share from fixed-line carriers.
China Mobile gained 5.28 million users in April, compared with 5.12 million in
March. The mobile operator's total subscribers increased to 321.4 million by the
end of last month.
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China Unicom Group to invest several billion Yuan in its CDMA network
China Unicom Group, the parent company of China Unicom, will invest several
billion Yuan in its CDMA network. All of the China Unicom listco’s investment
this year has nothing to do with the CDMA network, while its business capital
expenditure in GSM network will grow to 13.6 billion Yuan. China Unicom began to
upgrade its GPRS last year and sharply reduced its subsidies to CDMA mobile
phones. The GSM to GPRS upgrading will cover 129 cities before June 18, and
further extends to the whole country by yearend. China Unicom formally
introduced three types of GPRS business, which are mobile online business based
on WAP, multimedia messaging services (MMS) and value-added data business based
on JAVA.
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China Unicom launches GPRS-based data services
China Unicom, the smaller of China's two cellular operators, launched data
services based on the GPRS standard, which could give the company a leg-up in
the booming value-added service (VAS) market.
The GPRS data services will enable Unicom's GSM users to surf the mobile
Internet, send MMS (multimedia messaging service) messages and download data,
including music, using their mobile phones.
Unicom, has been operating cellular networks based on second-generation (2G)
mobile telephony standards, GSM and CDMA.
The CDMA networks have already been upgraded to the high-speed CDMA1x-2000,
usually billed as a 2.75G service, which offers users a number of data services,
such as mobile Internet access and MMS.
But its GSM subscribers could only make voice calls and send short text
messages.
An upgrade from GSM to GPRS, a 2.5G mobile technology, could boost the
competitiveness of Unicom's GSM networks, said company vice-president Li Gang.
The upgrade marks Unicom's shifting focus from the CDMA service to GSM networks.
The company has been investing heavily on CDMA networks to snap up subscribers
from its larger rival, China Mobile, while investing little in its GSM networks.
Since last year, however, Unicom has stepped up its investment in GSM networks.
Some industry observers say this is as a sign Unicom might sell its CDMA
networks to fixed-line carrier China Telecom and focus solely on GSM services.
China Telecom Chairman Wang Xiaochu has publicly expressed interest in buying
one of Unicom's two cellular networks. Unicom denies it is in talks to sell to
the operator.
Rumors suggest Unicom will scale down or cease investment in CDMA networks this
year. Li denied the reports, saying Unicom will continue its investment, but
would not elaborate.
He added that the GSM service offers much untapped potential for Unicom.
Hong Kong-listed Unicom had 110 million GSM subscribers by March, an increase of
16 percent year-on-year. The number of CDMA subscribers totaled 37.7 million by
March. China Mobile had 316 million subscribers by March.
Unicom's GPRS service is now available in 70 cities across the country and will
be expanded to 129 cities on June 18.
Tong Xiaoyu, head of Unicom's VAS unit, said the company will soon launch a
number of new data services based on GPRS, such as banking, instant messaging,
as well as e-mail and mobile stock services.
The soaring stock market has boosted demands in China for mobile data services,
such as real-time stock quotes and transactions on mobile phones.
The Shanghai Composite Index has quadrupled after a five-year slump that ended
in July 2005. Mobile stock, enabled by CDMA services, is already very popular
among customers, according to Unicom.
Value-added services have become a new revenue stream for both China Mobile and
China Unicom. China Mobile last year generated 23.5% of its total revenue from
the value-added services, compared to 20.6 percent in the previous year. Unicom
generated 21.5% of its CDMA revenue from VAS, or non-voice services.
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China Unicom to expand its fast-growing mobile share trading service through
partnership with portal websites
China Unicom will join hands with portal websites, such as Sina.com, Sohu.com
and Tencent.com, in injecting Internet resources into the mobile share trading
service, said the company’s vice president Yang Xiaowei. At present, China has
approaching 40 million CDMA mobile phone users, which represent huge market
potential for this new service. Since it went into operation in Shanghai and
Shenzhen on April 15, its number of subscribers has kept surging.
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China Unicom to launch 3G-related VAS in Guangdong
China Unicom will launch a series of 3G-related value-added services (VAS) in
south China's Guangdong province in an effort to meet the continuously changing
demand. Presently, some of those value-added services such as instant messaging
tool, smart home and video surveillance have been put into an initial commercial
operation. Other 3G-related services like video sharing, mobile payment, and
mobile phone TV have also been put into technological experiment.
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Delayed 3G launch in China gives Ericsson more opportunity to accelerate
transformation
Ericsson need to face a new transformation when business expansion of global
telecom carriers slowed down, especially in newly emerged 3G markets like China
and India.
“Ericsson is strong in traditional hardware and network equipment market. In the
future, Ericsson will do more in software architecture and we will focus on
multimedia service.” said Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of Ericsson in an interview.
“The delayed 3G launch in China gives us more opportunity to accelerate
Ericsson’s transformation.”
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China Netcom, Ace Achieve collaborate on TD-SCDMA
Ace Achieve Infocom is collaborating with China Netcom for the construction of
the TD-SCDMA network infrastructure in Qingdao. This investment will focus on
basic infrastructure facilities, core network, wireless construction as well as
handset receiving end-terminals. The total addressable market for Ace Achieve's
repeater solutions in this project, targeted to complete by October 2007, is
estimated at 100 million yuan.
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China to see 200M netizens by 2010
China recorded a netizen population of 144 million by the end of March in 2007.
The figure is expected to reach 200 million by 2010, said Xi Guohua, MII 's Vice
Minister.
Of the Chinese netizens, young people, teenagers in particular, account for a
large proportion. "Unhealthy information flow on the Internet will do harm to
young people both physically and psychologically," Xi said. He called for
healthy content to be provided for Internet and keeping teenagers away from
net-based porn.
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Datang Telecom drafts 4G standard
China-based Datang Telecom has drafted 4G standard technical scheme and begun
R&D on 4G and 3G technology convergence in China. Datang will submit their
proposal to ITU after the convergence trails in China completed. The standard
will become international standard if ITU accepted the proposal or converge it
with other international standards. Datang is preparing to launch the standard
and verify relevant 4G core technologies.
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China Telecom, Sina to launch co-branded video sharing platform, "Sina-Vnet
Podcast"
Sina.com (SINA) says it is working with China Telecom to launch a co-branded
video sharing platform under the brand name of "Sina-Vnet Podcast".
Charles Chao, president and CEO of Sina, says, "Although video sharing is still
at an infancy stage in China, we believe this will prove to be a fast growing
trend in China in the near future. Through the Sina-China Telecom partnership,
we hope to not only provide internet users in China the best multimedia
experience, but also offer a scalable solution for video sharing without being
constrained by bandwidth and related costs."
Under the strategic alliance, the co-branded site will be hosted on Sina.com but
Internet users will also be able to access the Sina-Vnet Podcast platform via
China Telecom's portal Vnet.cn.
"China Telecom will continue to improve the networking quality to ensure that 'Sina-Vnet
Podcast' delivers the best user experience," said Keke Yang, general manager of
China Telecom's Value-Added Business Division. "We believe that our efforts to
provide podcasting service will lay solid ground work for China Telecom to
continue to explore new business model that will add value to our partners as
well as our customers."
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NTT DoCoMo invests in Gobi Fund II targeting convergence in China
NTT DoCoMo has signed an agreement with Gobi Fund II, a venture capital fund
operated by Gobi Partners. Under the agreement, NTT DoCoMo will invest $10
million in the Fund that is targeting a final close of $120M. It will operate
for ten years. The Fund will target venture companies in China working on the
convergence of telecommunications, media and technology within the IT and
digital media sectors. Investment activities will begin this month.
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China adds WCDMA and CDMA2000 to 3G mobile standards to be used in China
China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) approved Wednesday the use of
European and American standards for 3G mobile phones that are rivals to China's
homegrown TD-SCDMA, placing equipment vendors such as Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson
closer to receiving contracts worth as much as $20 billion.
Huawei makes wireless equipment based on WCDMA and CDMA2000. TD Tech, a JV
between Siemens Communications Group and closely held Huawei Technologies Co.,
has won some orders from China Mobile.
ZTE makes mobile gear for all three mobile standards. ZTE last month won orders
from China Mobile Communications Corp. to build TD-SCDMA networks.
Huawei and Ericsson are expected to get big slices of the WCDMA equipment pie in
China.
In January 2006, China first picked TD-SCDMA as one of its 3G technologies.
China's homegrown TD-SCDMA has been called the "Chinese 3G standard", WCDMA is
European and CDMA2000 is American.
"The three world standards will all be used in China," said Yang Peifang,
secretary general of the ministry's telecommunication economist panel.
By adding the two foreign standards to the Chinese market, the government has
consolidated its "technology neutral" stance and offered an open market for
different technologies.
"The introduction of the other two standards will help improve TD-SCDMA," said
Yang.
China's 3G development depends primarily on strong demand for mobile data
processing functions involving multimedia solutions and internet connections.
China's major four operators -- China Netcom, China Telecom, China Mobile and
China Unicom -- have started training 3G talents, constituting a war chest and
making technological preparations for a smooth transition from 2G to 3G.
China's TD-SCDMA technology passed a series of tests organized by MII last year.
Base stations and handsets based on TD-SCDMA are all qualified after three years
of tests. Key TD-SCDMA technologies and products meet 3G service requirements,
reported MII.
"We will let operators choose which standard they want to use. But the
government will decide how many 3G licenses are issued," said Xi Guohua, Vice
Minister of MII.
MII has set the technical specifications for WCDMA and CDMA2000 in a statement
posted on its Web site to "provide more clarity'' for domestic and foreign
companies to develop related products based on all three standards.
The government has promised to provide 3G mobile communications services in time
for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. TD-SCDMA is most likely to get the first license
followed by WCDMA and CDMA2000 a few months later.
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TD-SCDMA Forum's Chen Haofei touts TD-SCDMA's
prospects
Foreign equipment and handset makers should get more involved the
locally-developed TD-SCDMA standard or lose in the world's largest mobile phone
market by subscribers, said Chen Haofei, secretary-general of TD-SCDMA Forum.
"I believe many foreign companies have misjudged (the prospects of) TD-SCDMA,"
he told China Daily.
TD-SCDMA has long been lagging behind the better-established foreign standards
WCDMA and CDMA 2000 and lacking support from foreign companies. But a strong
backing from the government has significantly helped it mature and give it an
edge over foreign rivals.
China Mobile Communications Corp (CMCC), parent of Hong Kong-listed China Mobile
Ltd, is now expanding a trial of TD-SCDMA to six cities, with a budget of 30
billion yuan for the expansion. That's an indication of the head start TD-SCDMA
is getting.
The Chinese government has yet to formally award operators licenses to build 3G
networks. Once that happens, it will result in billions of dollars in contracts.
Chen said the expanded TD-SCDMA trial is actually a soft launch of commercial 3G
in China, something like "doing it without licensing".
Foreign telecom firms such as Ericsson and Nokia have been betting big on WCDMA
though they have tied up with some local companies in developing TD-SCDMA.
But they have not won many orders from the trial as they did not pool enough
resources in developing the local standard, Chen said.
China Unicom in 2001 started building a cellular network based on CDMA, a 2G
standard developed by US wireless firm Qualcomm. Around 30 billion yuan was
spent on the first phase of the network.
Compared to CDMA, CMCC's spending on the TD-SCDMA trial is already a "decent
figure", said Chen.
Chen said he expected CMCC will focus on fine-tuning the TD-SCDMA networks
before the end of next year and not much investment will be made on networks
based on other foreign standards.
TD-SCDMA Forum forecast an additional investment of 20 billion yuan in building
TD-SCDMA networks next year, with 40 billion yuan each in 2009 and 2010.
"Foreign companies need to get serious about TD-SCDMA as they are less likely to
get anywhere with WCDMA and CDMA 2000 in the near future," Chen said.
He estimated CMCC will spend 4 billion yuan of the budgeted 30 billion yuan in
procuring 2 million TD-SCDMA mobile phones from around October.
Big foreign handset makers except Samsung have yet to give full support to
developing TD-SCDMA cellphones. Motorola has developed a model based on the
Chinese standard. Nokia and Sony Ericsson have adopted a wait-and-see policy.
To profit from the opportunities brought about by TD-SCDMA, "foreign companies
need to show a good attitude, at least to get a ticket to the TD-SCDMA game",
said Chen, adding that TD-SCDMA is a neutral and open platform.
The TD-SCDMA Forum was established in 2000 by eight firms, including five
Chinese companies and Motorola, Nortel Networks and Siemens.
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China Mobile expands GSM/GPRS/EDGE network
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a comprehensive agreement valued at $340M for mobile
communications solutions and services with China Mobile, the world's largest
cellphone operator by subscribers and stock market value. The deal was secured
through Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB), Alcatel-Lucent’s flagship company in China.
Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will provide China Mobile with
GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio and core network equipment, customised solutions and related
services that will support China Mobile’s network expansion programs in 2007.
The network expansion China Mobile plans to undertake with the solutions
provided by Alcatel-Lucent is expected to enable the operator to meet the demand
for mobile service in China while reducing network operating costs.
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China Mobile's parent acquires 100% of Paktel for US$460M and renames it CMPak
China Mobile Ltd, the world's top mobile phone operator by subscribers and stock
market value, said Wednesday its parent, state-owned China Mobile Communications
Corp., bought 100% of Pakistan telecommunications operator Paktel Ltd. for
US$460 million and renamed it CMPak Ltd.
"The parent company plans to invest US$400 million in Pakistan this year to
expand the (CMPak) networks," China Mobile Ltd.'s chairman, Wang Jianzhou, said
after the company's annual general meeting.
Wang said China Mobile Ltd.'s parent made the acquisition as investors in the
listed unit were wary of risk, but China Mobile Ltd. might acquire the Pakistan
operation from its parent in the future.
Wang said China Mobile Ltd. doesn't have a timetable to buy CMPak.
China Mobile already has a foothold in Pakistan, which has more than 52 million
mobile users, after it agreed earlier this year to buy an 89% stake in
money-losing operator Paktel Ltd for US$284 million, its first acquisition
outside its home market.
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Huawei conducts forum with African Financial Ministers and African
Development Bank
China-based Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing
next-generation telecommunications networks for operators around the world,
shared its vision on bridging the digital divide and enriching the lives of
Africans at a forum held in conjunction with the 2007 Annual Meeting of the
African Development Bank Group (ADBG) held in Shanghai, China. The forum was
attended by African government officials, including Minister for Finance
Republic of Kenya, African Development Bank executives and Mr. Wen Ku, Director
of Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Information Industry of
China.
As one of the leading telecommunications vendors in Africa, Huawei has played a
significantly role in the development of the continent's telecommunications
industry, contributing towards greater economic progress in Africa. This was
highlighted in speeches by Hon. Amos Kimunya, Minister for Finance Republic of
Kenya, Mr. Wen Ku, Director of Science and Technology Department of the Ministry
of Information Industry of the People's Republic of China and Mr. Gilbert
Mbesherubusa, Director of African Development Bank at the Forum alongside
demonstrations of a number of E-Government solutions.
"Huawei is pleased to have had the opportunity to strongly contribute to the
telecommunications infrastructure in Africa and we look forward to working
closely with the African Development Bank Group," Mr. Li Jinge, Senior Vice
President of Huawei continued. "Huawei will continue to increase its investment
in Africa to promote China-Africa cooperation and interaction on
telecommunications, so that the two countries will continue to grow together
providing a brighter future for the people of Africa."
Huawei has 32 representative offices and technical service centers across
Africa, including two regional headquarters; Egypt (Cairo) and South Africa
(Johannesburg). Huawei has over 2,500 employees in Africa, of which more than
60% are local employees. Over the last decade, Huawei has grown to become a
highly regarded brand in the emerging telecommunications market across Africa,
with products and solutions serving more than 40 African countries.
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China Unicom picks Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a USD 120 million agreement for mobile communications
solutions and service with China Unicom, a leading Chinese mobile service
provider. The agreement encompasses a range of network projects China Unicom has
undertaken or plans to undertake in 2007.
The projects include a CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A high-speed data network upgrade
to be implemented in China Unicom’s network in Macau, as well as a further
expansion in the CDMA core network, radio solutions, and applications that will
support China Unicom’s broader mobile network expansion.
The agreement also provides for GSM/GPRS/EDGE core and radio network solutions
and optical network components in support of China Unicom’s GSM service
offerings.
The network solutions planned for in the agreement will enable China Unicom to
keep pace with the demands of a rapidly expanding wireless services market in
China and provide users with a range of new applications and services.
“The agreement we are signing with China Unicom is significant because of the
scope of solutions it involves,” said Frederic Rose, President of Alcatel-Lucent
Asia Pacific. “It meets China Unicom’s demand for near term expansion and
provides a means to sustain growth in the future.”
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China VoIP's Jinan Yinquan receives ISO9000 Certification
Jinan Yinquan Technology has been informed by the CEPREI Certification Body that
it has received its ISO9000 Certification
Jinan Yinquan Technology Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of China VoIP &
Digital Telecom Inc. has been informed by the CEPREI Certification Body that it
has received its ISO9000 Certification (CNAS Certificate No. 01207Q10197ROS and
ANAB certificate No.U258). The certification provides Jinan Yinquan the ability
to provide its customers with products and services that match stringent
International quality standards.
As an international standard in quality management system established by the
International Standardization Organization (ISO), ISO 9000 has become one of the
basic requirements for a technology firm entering new markets and earning
customer confidence. By following requirements of the ISO quality management
system standards, the organization can ensure customers and related parties of
its process capability and product quality, and provide a solid foundation for
continual improvement of self-performance.
The CEPREI Certification Body with its unique legal status is a registrar
authorized and accredited by a national department and/or accreditation bodies
home and abroad, to conduct third-party certification. It grew out of Inspection
Division of China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Research
Institute (the Fifth Electronic Institute) established in 1956, which is the
first scientific research organization at national level engaged in product
quality and reliability research in China.
As early as 1979, the CEPREI Certification Body introduced the concept of
Certification into China. Ever since then CEPREI has issued more than ten
thousand certificates of various types to its clients. It sets foot in all
administrative regions in mainland China and other countries and regions
including Hong Kong Special Administration Region, Taiwan, USA, Germany,
Holland, Denmark, Australia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.
As one of the most authoritative accreditation bodies in the world, America
National Standard Institute-Registrar Accreditation Board (ANAB) has authorized
CEPREI Certification Body to issue ISO9000, ISO14000 and TL9000 certificates
with an ANAB logo since 2001.
“Being ISO 9000 certified enhances our company’s ability to deliver high quality
products to our customer base and improve on our ability to penetrate new
markets such as Beijing and Shanghai,” said Li Kunwu, President and CEO of China
VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc. “Our approval by the CEPREI Certification Body is
further evidence of the quality of products and services Jinan Yiquan provides
to its growing customer base.”
The Company’s proprietary NP Soft Switch IP telephone system enables users to
access Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) services allowing customers to
use the system to make telephone calls to anyone in the world at a much lower
cost than standard telephone rates.
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Huawei, Global Marine Systems to establish JV
to deliver submarine network solutions
China-based Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei), a leader in providing next
generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world,
and U.K.-based Global Marine Systems Limited (“Global Marine”), the independent
market-leading subsea cable installation and maintenance company, Monday
announced they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
intent to establish a joint venture (JV) to deliver end-to-end competitive
submarine network solutions to reliably deliver highly advanced global
communication capabilities. The JV commits itself to becoming the leader in
providing submarine solution and services globally.
Industry analysts forecast a huge year in 2007 with at least 20 new supply
contracts expected to be awarded totaling nearly 100,000 route-kilometers -
largely driven by two transpacific cable projects and a number of medium-sized
(2,000-10,000 kilometer) systems. These projections reflect a sustainable,
stable growth market driven by the steady development of the Internet industry.
The JV combines Huawei’s advanced optical expertise and Global Marine’s
market-leading submarine engineering capability. It will give submarine network
developers and operators a strong end-to-end solutions alternative that
encompasses world-class, field-proven terrestrial and subsea technologies.
“This strategic partnership leverages on our complementary strengths. Global
Marine has over 150 years worth of experience in the installation and
maintenance of subsea telecommunications systems, while last year Huawei was the
fastest growing vendor in optical networks and is ranked No.2 with 11.3 percent
global market share in 2006, according to Ovum-RHK.” said Mr. Yin Xuquan,
Huawei’s president of Optical Networks.
“The ultimate goal of all telecoms networking is to provide affordable higher
quality transmission.” said Gabriel Ruhan, Global Marine’s CEO. “The JV will
deliver just that, combining Huawei’s optical network leadership, powerful R&D
resources and exceptional reputation for customer service with Global Marine’s
expertise in the installation and maintenance of subsea systems.”
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ADRs of Chinese telcos (China Mobile, China Telecom, China Netcom, China
Unicom) rally
Investors sent American Depositary shares of Chinese companies telcos Friday. In
afternoon trading Friday, ADRs of China Mobile Ltd. rose $2.59, or 5.8%, to
$47.53; China Unicom Ltd. added 63 cents, or 4.4%, to $15.04; China Netcom Group
Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd. rose $3.08, or 6.4%, to $51; and China Telecom Corp.
climbed $2.83, or 5.4%, to $55.74.
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ADRs of China's Baidu and The9Limited climb
American Depositary Shares of Chinese Internet search engine operator Baidu.com
Inc. added $2.89 to $127.77 in afternoon trading.
American Depositary Shares of Chinese online game operator The9Limited added
$1.91, or 4.6%, to $43.15 in afternoon trading. The stock's 52-week high is at
$43.45.
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China Unicom to test WiMax in 21 provinces
China Unicom, the second largest mobile service provider in China, is reportedly
planning on a test project for WiMax. The test network will be built in 21
provinces in which the company has licenses for using the 3.5Ghz band.
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Huawei and Batelco enter into strategic
partnership
China-based Huawei Technologies has entered into a strategic partnership with
the Bahrain Telecommunications Company, Batelco.
The aim of the agreement is to extend and improve the existing relationship
between the two groups, while facilitating the best possible commercial terms,
knowledge transfer, and marketing processes.
"The agreement with Batelco will establish a common platform for the recognition
and development of Bahrain's growing telecommunications market," said Tang
Qibing, Vice President Middle East, Huawei Technologies.
Under the terms of the agreement, Batelco will provide Huawei with relevant
information concerning future requirements and strategies. In exchange, Huawei
will provide Batelco with updates on its product development and future roadmap
of services.
The relationship agreement is currently in effect and will continue to be in
force until 31 December 2009.
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Comba enjoys wireless biz opportunities related to Beijing Olympics including
Tibetan and Mount Everest highway
Comba Telecom Systems is undertaking a series of wireless enhancement projects
in Tibet to enable mobile telecommunications coverage along the Qinghai-Tibet
Railway and several key highways in Tibet.
Connecting Xining, Qinghai Province and Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region,
the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has 45 stations and runs on high altitudes. Comba is a
supplier of mobile telecommunications solutions for the Qinghai-Tibet wireless
coverage project and is installing a range of repeater solutions along the
entire railway. It has already completed phase one of the project and phase two
of the project is currently in progress, involving the installation of more
repeater solutions, seven of which are already in operation.
In addition to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway project, Comba is also supplying
repeater solutions integrated with solar power support systems that can enhance
mobile communication access on key highways linking Lhasa and the Zhufeng
Station on Mount Everest and for the highways linking Zhufeng Station to Base
Camp No.1 and No. 2. The Group has finished construction work at 12 service
spots along the highways.
Comba's Chairman and President, Mr. Tony TL Fok, said, "We are pleased that our
products are helping to provide telecom access to more remote areas in the
country, and are especially proud that we are enabling wireless communication
coverage along the world's longest railway running on the highest altitude. This
is a new milestone for us and evidenced our determination and dedication to
contribute to the infrastructure of China. Thanks to the ability of Comba's
staff to overcome tough atmospheric and climatic conditions on the project
sites, ensuring telecommunication availability for the inauguration of the
Qinghai-Tibet railway on 1 July 2006."
"Comba is
