iPhonAsia comment: 3G licenses were “approved” at year’s end (2008) … and now (apparently) they will formally be “issued” … This will unleash about $41 billion (USD) in cap ex to build out 3G network capacity. 3G licenses tipped today for all three The mainland telecoms regulator will likely issue licenses for third-generation (3G) mobile [...]
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China Mobile slashes mobile data fees to promote smartphone use
Posted in 3G, China Mobile, China Telecom on Jan 4th, 2009
China Mobile cuts Internet fees to tap smartphone use China Mobile has slashed the mobile Internet traffic fee by up to 70 percent in many areas, including Shanghai and Beijing, since Thursday. The latest move will attract more of the more than 600 million Chinese handset users to access the Internet, and boost the [...]
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China Mobile: Tea Leaves Give Mixed Reading
Posted in 3G, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, iPhone, iPhone in China, TD-SCDMA, WiFi on Nov 27th, 2008
Here (below) is iPhonAsia’s comment to Ryan Barnes’ article China Mobile: Tea Leaves Give Mixed Reading, published on Seeking Alpha, November 27, 2008. Read > HERE Nice article Ryan … I thought it was interesting to read recent comments from China Mobile’s CEO re Apple’s App Store … Wang Jianzhou gave Apple and Steve Jobs kudos [...]
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NOTE: The following ramblings are based largely on rumor and guesswork. The latest on iPhone in China ~ Dan Butterfield – November 5, 2008 China Mobile wants no pre-publicity over “new” to be announced TD-SCDMA handsets from prominent vendors such as Apple, Nokia and HTC. Why? These new phones will be very popular and China [...]
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China exerts central authority – China Mobile to pay competitors
Posted in China, China Mobile on Sep 26th, 2008
iPhonAsia Comment: Much has been made over the USA’s move towards socialism and China’s move to capitalism ….. well today China showed that they can still exert their central authority over business enterprise and in dramatic fashion. China Mobile will spread around 50 yuan ($7 billion USD) to help their competitors. China Mobile [...]
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