As rumoured, RIM has confirmed their agreement with China Telecom in their Q3 results reported today. The details only extend as far as “devices and services”, but combined with their recent China Mobile and Digital China partnerships, RIM’s hitting this part of the world hard, and in a quarter or two we’ll hopefully see some…
Up to 19 LTE networks to go live in 2010, 36 networks to be operational in 2012; list of who and where!
The GSA (Global Suppliers Association) is reporting that over the past 8 months there has been a near 100% increase in the number of operators around the world committing to the LTE standard. There are now 51 network commitments in 24 countries, an increase of 96% over the past 8 months. Not all is rosy…
Palm, BlackBerry devices coming to China Telecom?
The Chinese mobile market is ever interesting. Now that all carriers have rolled out 3G, it’s time to build a differentiating portfolios. China Unicom is known to carry the iPhone, China Mobile is betting big on their flavor of Android – OPhone, and China Telecom… well, they seem to work to get some Palm and…
CPhone breaks cover in China, gives oPhone some Android competition
Android is capturing the hearts and minds of smartphone users around the world. Surprisingly, China’s Red Wall of Censorship hasn’t gotten in the way of Google’s Chinese aspirations. A new Android phone has broken cover at the PT & Network Comm China show, giving the Chinese masses yet another Android option to fawn over. China’s…
China Telecom offers video news to its 3G users in Shanghai
China’s official Xinhua News Agency launched a mobile TV service for China Telecom’s 3G subscribers in Shanghai. Xinhua will provide China Telecom Shanghai Branch with exclusive news about the Shanghai Expo, analysis reports and various news items; whereas the carrier will provide the infrastructure and accompanying telecommunications services. For the record, China Telecom had 214…
Sexy text messages will land you in a Chinese jail
China might soon overtake the US as the world’s leading superpower, but that doesn’t necessarily mean China’s Communist ways are going to evolve. In fact, China’s backwards policies are being enforced more vigorously than ever. Forget internet censorship. Forget about all those journalists jailed for speaking on China’s human rights issues. Chinese authorities are now…
Huawei readies C7300 and T550+ touchscreen phones for China
Huawei is working to introduce two new all-touchscreen phones to the Chinese market – C7300 and T550+. The first of the two is a CDMA2000 device, and will most probably end up in China Telecom’s portfolio. Specs wise, the C7300 boasts a 2.5-inch QVGA display, GPS, 2-megapixel camera, handwriting recognition support, media player and of…
Rumor: Dell to launch a smartphone in China in a few days
With little to no shame, I’m republishing a rumor from TechCrunch that may or may not prove valid, and if it does prove to be true, then it doesn’t really matter to you anyway. Dell, once upon a time the largest PC manufacture, is rumored to be launching a smartphone in China in a few…
CDMA-based Motorola W562 heading to China Telecom
A new Motorola handset has been spotted at the company’s Chinese website and at the Bluetooth SIG. It’s the CDMA-based Moto W562 candybar, which will soon be offered through China Telecom. Specs wise, there’s nothing spectacular about it. We see a 2.4-inch 176×220 pixels screen, Bluetooth connectivity support, 2-megapixel camera, standard 3.5mm headset jack, 64MB…
mInfo to power up China Telecom’s mobile search service
mInfo scored a partner in China for its mobile search product. It’s China Telecom which will use MInfo’s solution to offer the so called “QuanNengSou” (Complete Search) services to its subscribers. Initially, the new service will be available in key markets in Q2 2009, while the nationwide launch is set for the second half of…