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Tencent sets up 5 billion Yuan fund for technology investments

Bloomberg | January 25, 2011 | Mark Lee Tencent Holdings Ltd. said it has set up a 5 billion yuan ($759.3 million) fund to invest in technology firms, as China’s biggest Internet company seeks to offer a wider range of services to its users. The fund...

IBM to build Asia’s largest cloud computing data center

International Business Times | January 25, 2011 | Gabriel Perna International Business Machines' ever-expanding cloud computing services will continue development in Asia. The company announced it is collaborating with Range Technology Development, out of China, to build a state of the art cloud computing data center...

LG to preinstall PapayaMobile's apps & social network on Android phones in 2011

PapayaMobile | January 26, 2011 | Press Release PapayaMobile, a leading mobile social platform for Android, today announced that LG will preinstall Papaya applications into LG Android phones shipping in China beginning January 2011. This comes on the heels of Papaya recently releasing China-specific versions...

LG to preinstall PapayaMobile’s apps & social network on Android phones in 2011

PapayaMobile | January 26, 2011 | Press Release PapayaMobile, a leading mobile social platform for Android, today announced that LG will preinstall Papaya applications into LG Android phones shipping in China beginning January 2011. This comes on the heels of Papaya recently releasing China-specific versions...

Complaints look set to delay 3G auction – Thailand

Bangkok Post | January 24, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana TOT Plc may have to postpone its planned auction for its nationwide third-generation (3G) wireless broadband expansion in the wake of allegations by some bidders of unfair treatment and poor transparency. Chuti Krairiksh, the Information and Communications...

Huawei sues to alter Motorola-Nokia Siemens deal

Reuters | January 24, 2011 | Sinead Carew China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd HWT.UL has filed a lawsuit to block Motorola from selling one of its business units to Nokia Siemens Networks, demanding that the $1.2 billion deal be altered to avoid infringing on intellectual...

Lenovo eyeing Japanese PC market

Trading Markets | January 24, 2011 BEIJING, Jan 24, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Lenovo Group Limited (SEHK: 0992) is eyeing the lucrative Japanese market through an investment deal. Two days ago, local media said by quoting the words of an insider of...

'Cellphone sales in China grew 57% in 2010'

Times of India | January 24, 2011 SHANGHAI: Sale of mobile phones in China showed a growth of 57 percent in 2010 due to the popularity of internet and television enabled devices, according to a survey. More than 246 million mobile phone units were sold on...

‘Cellphone sales in China grew 57% in 2010’

Times of India | January 24, 2011 SHANGHAI: Sale of mobile phones in China showed a growth of 57 percent in 2010 due to the popularity of internet and television enabled devices, according to a survey. More than 246 million mobile phone units were sold on...

Kunekt signs agreements to acquire two Chinese mobile phone companies

Kunekt | January 24, 2011 | Press Release Kunekt to Design, Build and Market Quality Mobile Phones and Android Smartphones and Tablets in Developed and Developing Countries HONG KONG, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Kunekt Corporation (OTCBB: KNKT), creator of the Kunekt global brand of affordably priced,...

Kunekt signs agreements to acquire two Chinese mobile phone companies

Kunekt | January 24, 2011 | Press Release Kunekt to Design, Build and Market Quality Mobile Phones and Android Smartphones and Tablets in Developed and Developing Countries HONG KONG, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Kunekt Corporation (OTCBB: KNKT), creator of the Kunekt global brand of...

Indian police arrest 3 Chinese telecom employees

Associated Foreign Press | January 19, 2011 LUCKNOW, India — Indian police said Wednesday they had arrested three Chinese employees of telecom group Huawei who strayed into Indian territory from Nepal. The two men and a woman were seized on Monday in the north Indian state...

Huawei bulks up Canadian beachhead

Financial Post | January 19, 2011 | Jamie Sturgeon MARKHAM, Ont. - When Huawei Technologies Co. was rebuffed once again by a U.S. company last fall -- at the behest of lawmakers -- it appeared the Chinese telecom network maker's North American ambitions might finally...

China Unicom 3G Users Tops 14mn

China Unicom | January 20, 2011 | Press Release BEIJING, Jan 20, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (NYSE: CHU, SEHK: 0762, and SHSE: 600050) yesterday released the latest operational data, according to which the company's 3G users have...

Nokia's market share troubles to hit profits

Reuters | January 19, 2011 | Tarmo Virki (Reuters) - Nokia is expected to report its third profit fall in a row as the mobile phone company struggles to compete against high-end smartphones of Apple and Samsung, while also losing share at the cheaper end...

Nokia’s market share troubles to hit profits

Reuters | January 19, 2011 | Tarmo Virki (Reuters) - Nokia is expected to report its third profit fall in a row as the mobile phone company struggles to compete against high-end smartphones of Apple and Samsung, while also losing share at the cheaper end...

Ericsson, ZTE fuming over bid

Bangkok Post | January 20, 2011 | Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk and Komsan Tortermvasana Ericsson of Sweden has accused TOT Plc of being unfair and non-transparent in the bidding process for its nationwide third-generation (3G) wireless broadband expansion worth nearly 20 billion baht. The company's Stockholm headquarters warned...

Beijing tightens its control of vital minerals

New York Times | January 20, 2011 | Keith Bradsher HONG KONG — The Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources has invoked a seldom-used law to take control of 11 rare earth mining districts in southern China, the latest sign of Beijing’s efforts to manage...

Lenovo Creates New Mobile Internet Business Group to Focus on Tablets, Smartphones and Smart TVs

Lenovo | January 18, 2011 | Press Release BEIJING – January 18, 2011: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced it is establishing a new business group, the Mobile Internet and Digital Home Business Group (MIDH), responsible for creating mobile Internet-focused devices, including tablets and...

China Mobile deploys Wi-Fi hotspots to stem defections of internet addicts

Bloomberg | January 19, 2011 | Edmond Lococo Yolkie Sun’s addiction to Facebook Inc. cost China Mobile Communications Corp. a longtime customer. Sun, who used China Mobile for 11 years, switched to China United Network Communications Group Co., parent of China Unicom, to access the social...

KT to work with China Mobile, NTT

Korea Times | January 19, 2011 |  Yoon Ja-young KT, Korea’s telecommunication giant, is setting up a smart belt in Northeast Asia, lowering barriers for roaming services in the region. China Mobile and NTT Docomo, leading mobile operators from China and Japan, are joining KT...

ZTE Says U.S. Discriminates Against Chinese Telecom Equipment Suppliers

Bloomberg | January 18, 2011 | Amy Thomson ZTE Corp., the Chinese supplier of telecommunications equipment, is being denied the American Dream in the U.S., said its top executive for the region. “Because of miscommunications and misperceptions of politicians in the U.S., we believe that ZTE...

ChinaTel Group announces major network partnerships – Becomes largest 4G carrier in China

ChinaTel | January 18, 2011 | Press Release US-Based ChinaTel Group (OTCBB: CHTL) is aggressively launching and expanding its international wireless broadband networks throughout China and Peru. Up until now, ChinaTel Group has owned the exclusive rights to roll out its WiMAX broadband networks to the 29...

Bolivian president defends satellite project

Xinhua Net News | January 13, 2011 | Xiong Tong LA PAZ, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday that a telecommunications satellite to be built and launched by China would greatly contribute to Bolivia's development. The two countries signed contracts in mid-December...