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China Mobile signs cooperation agreement with China Telecom

BEIJING-China Mobile, the country's largest wireless carrier, has signed a cooperation agreement with fixed-line carrier China Network, according to international press reports. The agreement aims to promote "rational competition" and to avoid duplicating networks.China Telecom is the largest fixed-line carrier in China, but offers...

Chinese fixed-line carrier proposes China Unicom buy

BEIJING-Future mobile competition in China could be reduced if the government approves a proposal by fixed-line carrier China Telecom to buy mobile carrier China Unicom, according to international press reports. Under the proposal, China Telecom would join fellow fixed-line carrier China Netcom Group for...

Chinese fixed-line carrier proposes China Unicom buy

BEIJING-Future mobile competition in China could be reduced if the government approves a proposal by fixed-line carrier China Telecom to buy mobile carrier China Unicom, according to international press reports. Under the proposal, China Telecom would join fellow fixed-line carrier China Netcom Group for...

UTStarcom shares dive as company cuts 4Q revenue expectations

Investors lashed out at wireless vendor UTStarcom Inc.-sending its stock down more than 23 percent to around $15.32 per share-following the company's announcement that its fourth-quarter revenues will be well below its previous guidance. Some analysts also reacted with hostility, as both Smith Barney...

UTStarcom shares dive as company cuts 4Q revenue expectations

Investors lashed out at wireless vendor UTStarcom Inc.-sending the company's stock down more than 23 percent to around $15.32 per share-following the company's announcement that its fourth-quarter revenues will be well below its previous guidance.Some analysts also reacted with hostility, as both Smith Barney...

Chinese PAS subscribers gain interoperable text messaging

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Internet Protocol networking vendor UTStarcom launched a service allowing Chinese wireless users to send and receive text messages between carriers, the company announced Monday, furthering the competition between the country's pure mobile carriers and limited mobility providers.The new offering allows Personal Access System...

China Telecom selects Proxim gear

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. has been chosen by China Telecom to provide its Tsunami point-to-multipoint broadband wireless solutions in 10 provinces in China.Deployments have begun in China's Tianjin municipality and the Shanxi province to provide high-speed Internet and voice-over-Internet Protocol services to residential and enterprise...

Huawei invests in free-space optics firm

HONGKONG-Huawei Technologies Inc. moved to strengthen its U.S. business and microwave offering by investing $2 million in LightPointe Communications Co., a free-space optics firm.Huawei joined other investors in a $17 million funding of the company.Last year, LightPointe had entered into an OEM deal with...

Vendors profit from China biz

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. last week inked $1.1 billion in contracts with Chinese mobile-phone operators, transactions that come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3 billion in deals-mostly wireless-were announced here last Tuesday at a U.S.-China technology event. Motorola's $556...

GW Briefs

GERMANYU.S. company Danger Inc. announced its first European customer, reporting German operator E-Plus will soon launch Danger's Hiptop device. The German carrier also plans to offer an unlimited data plan that will enable customers to use the phone's e-mail, Internet and instant messaging features...

UTStarcom expects 3Q handset sales to hit 4.5 million

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it expects its third-quarter handset sales to leap above 4.5 million units, representing approximately 50 percent of revenues.The company describes the estimate as its highest revenue to date for handset shipments."UTStarcom has maintained strong handset and subscriber growth, as well...

UTStarcom expects 3Q handset sales to hit 4.5M

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it expects its third-quarter handset sales to leap above 4.5 million units, representing approximately 50 percent of revenues.The company describes the estimate as its highest revenue to date for handset shipments."UTStarcom has maintained strong handset and subscriber growth, as well...

Business Briefs

Wireless Internet software provider Openwave Systems Inc. announced it could further its acquisition push with a new offering of $100 million in convertible subordinated notes due 2008. The company said it has no definite acquisition or investment plans. Openwave said it would use the...

UTStarcom gains $80M contract with China Telecom

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it has signed a contract worth approximately $80 million with China Telecom Corp. to deploy its IP-based PAS equipment in the Jiangsu province of China."Although competition in Jiangsu's PAS market is fierce, UTStarcom commands the dominant position with deployments in...

China Mobile sees profit increase

HONG KONG-China Mobile reported a 13-percent increase in profit in its first-half results, but noted declining average revenue per user and warned on increased competition.For the six months to end-June, China Mobile posted a net profit of $2.1 billion compared with last year's $1.9...

China Mobile sees profit increase, warns on competition

HONG KONG-China Mobile reported a 13-percent increase in profit in its first-half results, but noted declining average revenue per user and warned on increased competition.For the six months to end-June, China Mobile posted a net profit of $2.1 billion compared with last year's $1.9...

3G, the Chinese way

Most people agree China offers a lucrative wireless landscape. It is already the world's largest market with one of the lowest mobile penetration rates. The opportunities for vendors and operators alike are enormous.China has its drawbacks as well. Doing business in China is different...

ZTE: China Telecom to choose W-CDMA as 3G standard

BEIJING—In a report entitled "Management and Development of China Telecom in 2003," equipment manufacturer Zhongxing Telecom (ZTE) predicted fixed-line carrier China Telecom will adopt W-CDMA technology as its third-generation (3G) standard instead of the homegrown TD-SCDMA technology. China Telecom would build a trial network...

Oki Electric to double sales for PHS chips in 2003

TOKYO-Oki Electric, a leading electronic manufacturer in Japan, plans to expand sales for semiconductors for PHS handsets to meet far-expanding demand for PHS units in Asia, the firm said Wednesday. The company is targeting to sell a total of 7 million units of LSI...

UTStarcom wins China Telecom contract

ALAMEDA, California, United States-U.S.-based supplier UTStarcom said it won a US$40 million contract with China Telecom for new and expansion deployments of its PHS equipment in the Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces.Last week, UTStarcom said it would launch dual-band handsets that will work on Chinese...

TD-SCDMA to benefit from Chinese gov’t R&D

BEIJING, China-Homegrown technology TD-SCDMA will be one of the major beneficiaries of the Chinese government plan to spend $84.6 billion for research and development.Fixed-line carriers China Telecom and China Netcom are expected to adopt the technology, according to industry sources. "The past five years...

Calypso Wireless enters video phone contract with China Telecom

MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Wireless technology company Calypso Wireless Inc. said it will sell broadband video phones to China Telecom under a newly signed three-year, $500 million deal.Calypso said its phones operate over both wide area networks like GSM and CDMA as well as local area...

China’s PHS service to expand

BEIJING-Chinese analysts expect the country's PHS services will increase sharply in the first half of the year because the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has postponed the issuance of third-generation (3G) licenses. China's two major fixed-line carriers, China Telecom and China Netcom, are...

China Telecom signs new UTStarcom contracts

ALAMEDA, California, United States-UTStarcom said it signed contracts worth US$80 million with China Telecom Guangdong Province for new deployments of its PAS equipment. The equipment allows China Telecom to offer a limited mobility service.The new contracts support four major cities in the province, Dongguan,...