China Telecom

A quick wrap-up of global carrier news. • SK Telecom and Telecom Italia are teaming up to work on LTE and the “Internet of Things.” SK Telecom said the partnership will have a positive impact on technology and communication in …

China’s No. 3 operator China Telecom witnessed its wireless subscriber growth slow during the first nine months of this year due to increased competition from rivals. The operator said it lost more than 4 million wireless customers through the first nine …

Chinese operators look set to begin offering Apple’s latest iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices, with reports indicating the products have received government approval. According to Reuters, the launch hold up was centered on concerns that the latest Apple …

Editor’s Note: Wireless industry trade group GSMA and its GSMA Intelligence division recently released its rankings of the world’s 30 largest mobile operators based on an equal weighting of total connections at mid-year and total revenues over the past 12 months. …

China Mobile, China Telecom, Telus and Verizon in on testing A handful of telecommunication operators have partnered with a pair of standards bodies to test transport software-defined networking technology, which when combined with advances in network function virtualization are expected …

Verizon Wireless is set to launch its voice over LTE service in the coming weeks, according to multiple reports. The offering will take advantage of the carrier’s IP-based data network to transmit both voice calls and video calls. The carrier …

Increased competition appears to be hitting the Chinese mobile market, with reports that the country’s largest operators – and some of the largest in the world – are set to slash rate plans in order to maintain their tremendous growth. …

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! China’s …

Now that carriers have begun deploying SDN, there are more tangible use cases for the technology within the telecom sector.

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the …

An AT&T acquisition gets approved in this week’s capital markets round-up.

Verizon’s stock woes highlight this week’s capital markets round-up.

Facebook enters the fray, China Telecom faces investment concerns and telecoms lean on acquisitions to build out their offerings in this week’s capital markets news round-up.

China Telecom investors receive encouraging news in our latest telecom capital markets weekly round-up.

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the …

Apple finally reeled in the biggest fish, announcing over the weekend that it finally secured a deal with China Mobile to offer its iPhone products beginning next month. China Mobile is the world’s largest wireless carrier with more than 760 …

China’s Shanghai Daily is reporting that China Mobile will launch “4G” services on Dec. 18, bringing the latest wireless technology to the world’s largest mobile operator. The TD-LTE network will run across a total of 130 megahertz of spectrum that …

China Telecom, the country’s No. 3 operator, said it added just over six million net customers during the third quarter, which was down considerably from the 8.5 million customers the carrier added during the same quarter in 2013. The carrier …

China Mobile saw net profits inch up only slightly in 2012, with financial growth stymied by increased expenses. The carrier did maintain its position as the world’s largest wireless operator, ending the year with 710 million total customers. Operating revenues …

The cost of bringing 3G smartphones to China showed up in the China Telecom’s earnings report today as the nation’s third-largest carrier reported a sharp drop in quarterly profits.

China Telecom do Brazil, which is directly managed by China Telecom Americas, announced the introduction of their data services product portfolio that includes international private leased circuits, IP access, IP VPN and fully managed data services. The company said it …

Chinese wireless operators showed robust year-over-year growth in net customer additions, with all three of the country’s largest carriers showing increased demand for mobile, and more specifically 3G, services. The results also showed increasing impact from Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone device …