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Nokia 801T Lands in China with Symbian, TD-SCDMA Connectivity

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia plans on increasing its presence on the market in China, and the company has just announced a new Symbian smartphone for this market, namely the Nokia 801T. The new device is running under the Symbian operating system, and is set to land on shelves in China with support for the loc...

27 December 2011
06:41 GMT

DROID RAZR Launched in China as Motorola MT917 with 13MP Camera and HD Display

As expected, Motorola Mobility introduced its latest Android flagship smartphone, the Motorola RAZR in China. The device is expected to hit shelves in mid-December for a price that will be disclosed in due time.However, the phone was launched as Motorola MT917 and comes with improved features in comparison with the o...

27 November 2011
06:07 GMT

Motorola RAZR En-Route to China with Different Design

Unveiled last month, Motorola's new Android flagship smartphone, the DROID RAZR, or simply RAZR, is about to make its debut in China as well.After the handset maker officially introduced the CDMA version of the smartphone in the United States, as well as the GSM model, which will be launched in other regions of ...

2 November 2011
04:34 GMT

Apple 'Promised' an LTE iPhone 5 to China Mobile - Rumor

Amid recently re-heated rumors that Apple’s iPhone 5 will be packing LTE-capable chips, China Mobile has confirmed to the press via one of its managers that the operator is confident that the next iPhone will support the 4G wireless standard.Mobilebusinessbriefing.com reports that China Mobile expects the next ...

26 October 2011
11:01 GMT

China Mobile Announces HTC Sensation Z710t with NovaThor Platform

Major carrier China Mobile and HTC have just announced the first smartphone to be delivered with ST-Ericsson’s latest NovaThor platform, the HTC Sensation Z710t.Unlike the original HTC Sensation, which features Qualcomm's MSM 8260 chipset, the Sensation Z710t comes with a slightly lower 1GHz dual-core proc...

27 September 2011
03:09 GMT

RIM Brings BlackBerry Bold 9788 to China Mobile

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion has just announced the release of their first BlackBerry smartphone to arrive on shelves in China with support for the TD-SCDMA wireless network that China Mobile operates, the BlackBerry Bold 9788. The handset will be released on shelves at the wireless carrier sta...

7 September 2011
10:30 GMT

Motorola Intros MOTO MT870 for China Mobile

Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility and wireless phone carrier China Mobile have just announced the release of the first dual-core TD-SCDMA 3G smartphone in the country, the MOTO MT870. The new device will arrive on the market with Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system on board, as well as with ...

30 June 2011
14:21 GMT

FCC Filing Shows Nokia T7-00 Is Real

During the next few years, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is expected to bring to the market new handsets running under the Symbian operating system, and to continue offering support for the OS, it seems that the Nokia T7-00 would be one of these handsets. The mobile phone has just made an appearance into the wild...

27 May 2011
11:40 GMT

Sony Ericsson WT18i Walkman Phone Spotted in China

An unannounced Walkman series mobile phone has just emerged in China, the Sony Ericsson WT18i. Although the phone is expected to be released in China, an international variant of the phone should be available in the near future. As most of the Walkman series mobile phones, the WT18i is a music-oriented device that...

9 May 2011
07:35 GMT

Linux Foundation Gets New Member, China Mobile

Wireless carrier China Mobile, the largest wireless services provided in the country, and also the largest in the world by number of subscribers, has just announced that it would join the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization aimed at supporting the growth of Linux. The foundation already counts a number of a...

4 November 2010
05:38 GMT

Motorola's MOTO MT716 OPhone Lands in China

Mobile phone maker Motorola has been hard at work lately with the development of some new devices for various wireless carriers around the world, and the MOTO MT716 is one of these handsets, accompanied by various smartphones that just landed on the market in the US.The new smartphone comes with OPhone OS v2.0 on bo...

6 October 2010
03:40 GMT

China Gets the Galaxy S Treat with Three New Samsung Smartphones Announced

One of the biggest telecom markets in the world, the Chinese market has just received three brand new Galaxy S devices. Samsung has recently announced officially, that some of its already leaked Galaxy S smartphones will be available in China from three major carriers, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom.The...

8 September 2010
06:24 GMT

BlackBerry 8980 Atlas Going to China

BlackBerry Curve 8980 is one step closer to a release in China, as the device resurfaced after almost a year, bearing the China Mobile carrier branding. The official announcement is imminent, and will probably include the Bold 9700 also, which is released through the same carrier. Leaked in October 2009, Blackberry C...

1 September 2010
05:21 GMT

Sony Ericsson A8i Hits China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA Network

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has just announced the launch of a new device aimed at the Chinese market, the Sony Ericsson A8i, which includes support for China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network. According to the company, this is its first smartphone to include support for TD-SCDMA technology, while being powered b...

31 August 2010
06:01 GMT

HTC Brings First HTC-Branded Smartphones to China

Today, Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced the launch of the first HTC-branded devices on the market in China. At the same time, the company announced the signing of an agreement with the wireless carrier China Mobile, the largest operator in the country and around the world by number of subscr...

27 July 2010
08:23 GMT

Ericsson to Offer Managed Services to China Mobile

Infrastructure services provider Ericsson has been recently selected by China Mobile Hebei, a provincial company of China Mobile, for the delivery of managed services. According to the company, Ericsson would offer these services for all of the 22,000 2G/3G (GSM/TD-SCDMA) base station sites the carrier has in the He...

19 July 2010
06:47 GMT

Motorola and China Mobile Demo TD-LTE at Shanghai Expo

The Networks business of Motorola, Inc. recently announced that it was supporting China Mobile Communications Corporation's (CMCC) presence at the Shanghai Expo by showcasing end-to-end TD-LTE experiences at the event. According to the company, participants will experience the performance of TD-LTE via USB dong...

3 May 2010
05:37 GMT

Nokia X5 and Nokia C5 with TD-SCDMA Go to China

Today, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced two new handsets with TD-SCDMA connectivity, the Nokia X5 and the Nokia C5. According to the company, the two devices have been developed specifically for China Mobile, the largest carrier in the world by number of subscribers. In addition, Nokia unveiled that the ph...

23 April 2010
04:03 GMT

Ericsson Signs Deals with China Mobile and China Unicom

Telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider Ericsson recently announced the signing of 2G/3G frame agreements with Chinese wireless operators China Mobile and China Unicom, aimed at the expansion of their networks. According to the company, the new deals will offer carriers the possibility to enhance China&...

30 March 2010
04:30 GMT

China Mobile Launches OPhone 2.0 with WM API Support

Leading wireless carrier China Mobile, the largest in the country and the largest in the world by number of subscribers, has announced on Tuesday the release of a new version of its Android-based OPhone mobile platform, 2.0. There are a great deal of novelties that were included in the new version of the mobile clie...

3 February 2010
06:47 GMT

BlackBerry IM & Email and Curve 8520 Arrive in Hong Kong

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion and wireless carrier China Mobile Hong Kong announced on Friday the launch of a new BlackBerry IM & Email Service Plan in Hong Kong, as well as the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone for the operator's customers. The new service plan from China Mo...

19 December 2009
03:25 GMT

Nokia and ST-Ericsson Announce TD-SCDMA Partnership

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia and telecommunications solutions provider ST-Ericsson have announced today that they signed a long-term partnership aimed at development of TD-SCDMA technology and solutions. According to the agreement, Nokia is set to use chipset platforms from ST-Ericsson for its Symbian based TD-S...

18 December 2009
08:20 GMT

China Mobile and RIM Team on TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE

Leading mobile phone carrier China Mobile and Canadian handset vendor Research In Motion announced today a partnership aimed at supporting the TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE technologies on RIM's BlackBerry smartphone operating system. At the same time, the duo also announced that they planned on launching the BlackBerry ...

8 December 2009
04:37 GMT

Mobile Internet Usage in China on the Rise

The usage of mobile services in China seems to grow rapidly lately, with the number of mobile phone owners to have accessed the Internet via their devices being said to have reached 181 million at end of August 2009. According to China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), a survey it has conducted in the Aug...

27 November 2009
10:46 GMT

TD-SCDMA to See Over 20 Million Subscribers in 2010

TD-SCDMA is one of the wireless technologies that should see a great increase in subscribers in the near future. According to Sun Yuwang, president of Leadcore Technology, a provider of TD-SCDMA solutions in China, the number of TD-SCDMA handset subscribers should increase over 20 million during the next year. China...

26 November 2009
08:58 GMT

LG Unveils GW880 OPhone for China Mobile

South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has just unveiled the LG GW880, a handset that should soon become available for purchase in China via the country's largest wireless carrier, China Mobile. The new device is running under China Mobile's OPhone operating system which, most of you should know al...

25 November 2009
10:08 GMT

China Mobile Goes Official with Dell Mini 3i

Today Wireless carrier China Mobile officially announced the launch of Dell Mini 3i, a new touchscreen mobile phone that comes to the market with the operator's OPhone and Mobile Market platforms. According to the company, the new handset is set to become available for purchase in the country in Red Passio...

23 November 2009
02:26 GMT

Huawei Announces First TD-LTE/SAE Trial Network Deployment

Telecommunications infrastructure vendor Huawei announced recently the deployment of the first TD-LTE/SAE trial network for the wireless carrier China Mobile. According to the company, the new network is capable of delivering download speeds of up to 29Mb/s, and is meant to be used for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.&...

16 November 2009
14:31 GMT

Dell Announces Dell Mini 3 for China and Brazil

Computer maker Dell announced recently that it had made the first steps into the smartphone market with the launch of its new Mini 3 handsets. According to the company, the phones are to be launched in China on the airwaves of China Mobile, as well as in Brazil, with Claro, which is part of the largest mobile phone n...

14 November 2009
06:45 GMT

China Mobile to See 100 Million 3G Subscribers by 2011

China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the country, and also the largest in the world based on the number of subscribers, is expected to reach a number of over 100 million 3G subscribers by 2011. During the 2009 Sino-Japan TD-SCDMA Collaboration Conference, Yang Hua, secretary general of the TD-SCDMA Industry ...

13 November 2009
11:09 GMT

China Mobile and Futuremark Ink Benchmark Deal

Futuremark Corporation announced today the signing of an agreement with China Mobile, aimed at the development of a new benchmarking piece of software. As you probably know by now, Futuremark is the global leading developer of performance-analysis software, as well as of services for smartphones, handheld devices and...

3 November 2009
14:41 GMT

Introducing Nokia 6788 with TD-SCDMA Support

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia has announced today the launch of its first mobile phone that comes with support for TD-SCDMA, China's domestic 3G standard, namely the Nokia 6788. The new handset has been developed in collaboration with China Mobile, the largest carrier in the world when it comes t...

27 October 2009
05:23 GMT

Nokia Siemens Networks Announces TD-LTE Femtocell Demo

Infrastructure solutions provider Nokia Siemens Networks and wireless carrier China Mobile have announced today that they managed to successfully complete the world’s first TD-LTE femtocell demonstration. According to the duo, their demonstration proved that future mobile broadband could come with impressive in...

21 September 2009
07:30 GMT

China Mobile’s OPhone Series Boasts Marvell Chips

Wireless carrier China Mobile announced not too long ago the launch of its first handsets powered by a home-made version of Google's Android operating system, which are called OPhones. The new handsets are expected to perform quite well on the market, much to the detriment of Apple's iPhone sales, yet to th...

17 September 2009
18:01 GMT

China Mobile and the Symbian Foundation Announce Collaboration

China Mobile, the world's largest carrier when it comes to the number of subscribers, together with the Symbian Foundation announced today their collaboration on the improvement of the mobile ecosystem in the country. At the same time, the agreement between the two is also aimed at stimulating the development of...

9 September 2009
08:23 GMT

China Mobile Unveils Its First OPhones

China Mobile, the largest wireless carrier in the country, and the largest in the world when it comes to the number of subscribers, has recently unveiled some of the handsets that will come to the market under its own OS, called Ophone (an Android-based platform). Among the companies that will come to the market with...

1 September 2009
04:43 GMT

More Details on Dell's Smartphone Emerge

Computer maker Dell has been recently rumored to plan on releasing on the Chinese market a smartphone running under Google's Android operating system. The handset is expected to surface one of these days, and some more details on it have emerged on the Web, showing that it will indeed sport an Android OS, while ...

11 August 2009
04:49 GMT

Motorola Announces Frame Agreement with China Mobile

Motorola, Inc., a leading provider of mobile telecommunication equipment, services and handsets, announced on Wednesday that it had signed a one-year frame agreement with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) to deliver mobile solutions to the carrier. According to the deal, sealed on April 27, 2009 in Washi...

14 May 2009
04:49 GMT

China Mobile Launches App Store This Year

China Mobile has recently confirmed that it has plans to release its own application store before the end of the ongoing year, based on the fact that it is making great progress with the roll-out of its 3G networks, built on the China-developed standard called TD-SCDMA, says IDG News. A company spokesperson is report...

22 April 2009
05:49 GMT

Android-Based Ophone to Be Launched in China in May

Mobile phone users in China will soon have yet another nice-looking smartphone to enjoy, namely the Ophone. According to the latest news on the Web, the handset is expected to be launched in the country as soon as May, running under Google's Android operating system. Given the handset's great looks, there ...

22 April 2009
03:30 GMT

Dell to Sell Smartphones in China

The second largest computer maker in the world, Dell, is expected to come to the market with a series of smartphones during the ongoing year, which have been previously reported as “not too appealing” to wireless carriers in the US. According to the latest news on the Web, the giant manufacturer intends t...

14 April 2009
02:40 GMT

HTC Magic to Land in China in May

The second Google phone in the world, HTC Magic, will soon become available on the Chinese market. The device is expected to be added to China Mobile's offering, the largest mobile phone operator in the country, and will become available under the name of Dopod G2 (this is the name under which the company sells ...

19 March 2009
09:19 GMT

China Mobile to Invest $8.6 Billion in 3G This Year

China's largest telecom operator, China Mobile, announced recently that it planned on investing around 8.6 billion dollars this year in the development of the third-generation network. As already reported last week, the company was granted a license for the Chinese-developed TD-SCDMA standard for 3G. The carrier...

14 January 2009
09:18 GMT

Android Based Smartphone by Lenovo for China Mobile

Since Lenovo's cellphone department was taken over by Hony Capital, as we already informed you in an earlier article, the mobile manufacturer has been working very hard on building a really influential name for itself in the cellphone business. Now, it has partnered up with China Mobile to release a promising An...

15 December 2008
02:22 GMT

Nokia and China Mobile Will Release TD-SDCMA Phones

TD-SCDMA handsets created by Nokia will soon be coming to China, and it looks like the reign of exclusivity around this kind of handsets has ended for Samsung and LG, which have been, until now, the only foreign companies supplying China.China Mobile's Chairman and Chief Executive Wang Jianzhou declared that the...

18 November 2008
06:08 GMT

China Mobile May Offer Android Handsets

Sources in Taiwan were kind enough to offer some information about China Mobile's plans for the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. Here is what we’ve been able to find out so far.The largest operator of mobile communication services in China, China Mobile Communications, is very likely to offer Android...

29 September 2008
10:35 GMT

Nokia Introduces New 6122c Handset

Nokia has just announced the launch of the Nokia 6122c, exclusively available for China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC). As an S60 multimedia device, the Nokia 6122c offers CMCC customers rich entertainment features and powerful applications scalable ability. With CMCC keys specifically dedicated to the Inte...

6 May 2008
03:47 GMT

Ericsson Expands China Mobile's And China Unicom's Networks

Ericsson unveiled today that it has signed two "GSM expansion framework agreements" with China Mobile and China Unicom, the giant Chinese mobile operators. The agreements were announced during a ceremony in Beijing, attended by Wen Jiabao, China's Premier, and Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden's Prime Minister. The...

14 April 2008
10:25 GMT

No iPhone for China Mobile, This Time for Good

Apple and China Mobile have been discussing to bring the iPhone on the Chinese market since November 2007. At a given moment, the discussions stopped, but the fact seemed possible at the end of the last year. However, now it's clear that China Mobile will not be an iPhone carrier, as the two companies have offic...

14 January 2008
07:27 GMT

China Mobile Still In Talks With Apple

When China mobile first announced that it had begun talks with Apple over the iPhone, it was pretty big news, considering the potential of the market. When reports appeared that the talks have ended with no agreement, it was not a particularly huge surprise, considering how different the dynamics of the Chinese mobi...

3 December 2007
10:30 GMT


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