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Bits & Bytes: American Roamer’s new GCA version; Machines talk with Cisco; and more

InfiNet Wireless, manufacturer and provider of carrier-grade wireless infrastructure solutions, announced that LCR Honda has selected its InfiMan 2x2 wireless solution to provide a mobile team communications infrastructure for its race-day locations. Both engineering and mechanical teams rely on high-speed, high-capacity communications connections to...

Bits & Bytes: American Roamer's new GCA version; Machines talk with Cisco; and more

InfiNet Wireless, manufacturer and provider of carrier-grade wireless infrastructure solutions, announced that LCR Honda has selected its InfiMan 2x2 wireless solution to provide a mobile team communications infrastructure for its race-day locations. Both engineering and mechanical teams rely on high-speed, high-capacity communications connections to...

China Telecom strengthens No. 3 position in market

China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA), the nation's third-largest mobile operator, said it added 2.57 million new mobile customers in July, pushing its customer base to 110.94 million subscribers. The carrier noted that through the first half of the year it had become the world's...

China Mobile sees 1H11 revenues up almost 9% on year

DigiTimes | August 22, 2011 | Han Lee, Adam Hwang China Mobile, the largest mobile telecom carrier in China, brought in revenues of CNY250.080 billion (US$38.2 billion) for the first half of 2011, increasing 8.82% on year, according to the company. Read the full article here...

China Mobile adds 5M customers in July

China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) said it added just over 5 million new customers in July, pushing its total customer base to a world-leading 621.851 million subscribers. China Mobile announced earlier this month that it added more than 32 million customers during the first six...

Steve Jobs, China Mobile Negotiate IPhone Deal

Forbes | August 19, 2011 Apple CEO Steve Jobs is personally negotiating with China Mobile, the world’s largest cell phone carrier, to bring the iPhone to an increasingly tech-hungry Chinese market.' ..... Full article via Forbes

3G services lead China Unicom's growth

China Unicom Ltd. (CHU) said it added 2.126 million customers in July, pushing its total customer base to more than 183.7 million subscribers. The carrier remains the second largest operator in China, well behind China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) and its more than 616 million...

China Mobile pushes past 616M customers

China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) continued to show strong customer growth and solid gains in its 3G operations and accompanying data services during the first half of the year.The carrier said it added more than 32 million new customers during the first six months of...

China Mobile invests $780M in finance arm

China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) has set up a $780 million finance unit that the world’s largest wireless operator said would be used to “further strengthen the internal funds management and better control liquidity risks, and to fully and better leverage the advantages on capital...

Top 10 mobile markets

With more than 5.3 billion mobile connections across the globe, the wireless industry continues to chase worldwide saturation.To the surprise of few, the world's most populous nations – China and India – are also the world's largest mobile markets. China continued to lead the...

China Mobile to Cut International Roaming Fees, Caijing Says

Bloomberg | July 31, 2011 China Mobile Ltd. (941) will cut international roaming fees charged for 38 countries and regions by as much as 80 percent starting tomorrow, Caijing said today on its website, citing a company announcement. Read the full article here via Bloomberg

Mobile News Weekly: LightSquared explains GPS coexistance, mobile money and more

RCR Wireless News rounds up the week's latest news, including a report in the Shanghai Daily that says China Mobile will get the Apple Inc. iPhone sometime this fall. Meanwhile, China search engine giant Baidu reached a licensing agreement with three U.S. music companies...

Contracts: Tellabs & Celeste; Nokia Siemens wins 2 contracts; and more

TellabsFrance: With French broadband Internet service provider CELESTE to exclusively provide the nationwide optical transport network in order to expand its high performance and high bandwidth fiber optic network to all major cities in France.Value: UndisclosedNokia Siemens Networks China: With China Mobile has successfully...

China’s Mobile Ads Expenditure To Hit $1.4 Billion in 2015

Penn Olson | June 27, 2011 | Willis Wee Mobile advertising expenditure is rocketing around the world, but nowhere like it is in China. Citing eMarketer, Chinese Internet research firm iResearchproduced a graph showing rising mobile  spending in China. By 2015, the figure will hit a whopping $1.4...

Potential China Mobile (CHL) Trade Has $43.33 Breakeven

Market Intelligence Center | June 27, 2011 China Mobile Ltd (NYSE: CHL) closed Friday’s trading session at $47.03. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $43.51 and 52-week high of $54.70. China Mobile (CHL) stock has been showing support...

China Telecom open to new partners, distribution channels

GUANGHZOU, China – Transformation. The phrase was an overarching theme during a couple of events here as operators and equipment vendors evolve to meet challenges that arise from a fast-paced wireless industry where devices and applications are taking center stage, forcing the world's largest...

China Telecom in talks to add iPhone

Published reports indicate that China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA) is looking to add Apple Inc.'s iPhone to its lineup in an attempt to remain competitive in the Chinese market. According to a Reuters report, China's No. 3 operator has contacted Apple about selling the...

North Korean 3G subscriptions pass half million mark

North Korea’s only 3G operator has reported the number of 3G mobile subscriptions in the country has surpassed half a million. The number represents a landmark for the company since it hit something of a peak in 2009, and was forced to rethink its strategy...

China Mobile eyes international expansion

China Mobile Ltd. (CHL) is looking towards international expansion into emerging markets similar to an investment it made last year in Pakistan, according to a Reuters report.According to the Reuters story, China Mobile's chairman, Wang Jianzhou told investors at a conference in Hong Kong...

Rumor: Apple & China Mobile reach agreement on 4G iPhone

According to Market Watch, rumor has it that China Mobile Ltd. has indeed come to a consensus with Apple Inc. on using its fourth-generation technology on iPhones in the China Mobile network. The company’s chairman Mr. Wang Jianzhou claims the talks are ongoing and Apple...

Apple tops and Dell drops in top brand value list

Apple was crowned king of brand values with the top slot as Round Rock-based Dell Inc. plummeted from the 2011 list this year. Tech companies and telecoms did well on the new ranking of brand values by global agency Millward Brown Inc. Apple climbed a...

No LTE iPhone 5 this summer – just a minor upgrade to iPhone 4S

Those who have been waiting impatiently for Apple to unveil the iPhone 5, complete with LTE support, will be sorely disappointed according to sources who say the new phone will be nothing but a minor update with HSPA+ thrown in.

AT&T dubbed most valuable brand in telecom

AT&T Inc.'s (T) image may have been shaken domestically by troubled iPhone connections, but the company's brand has never been stronger worldwide, according to a retail ranking conducted by marketing firm Millward Brown.The ranking found that the AT&T brand is worth nearly $70 billion,...

Alcatel-Lucent narrows Q1 loss

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) narrowed its first-quarter loss driven by strong wireless sales in North America. However, the company's stock slid nearly 5% in trading as analysts worried the infrastructure provider needs more contracts outside North America. The stock price was improving at press time,...