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Friday 7 December 2012
Nokia increasing competition in entry-level to mid-range smartphone segment
Nokia is strengthening its deployment in the entry-level to mid-range smartphone market with the launch of Lumia 620, a move which will affect the sale of Windows Phone 8 handsets...
Monday 22 October 2012
China Unicom likely to adopt FDD LTE, say reports
China Unicom, the only WCDMA operator in China, may adopt FDD LTE as its 4G mobile telecom standard, according to China-based media reports.
Monday 17 September 2012
China market: Dual-core CPUs, 4-inch displays become standards for entry-level smartphones
Local brands in China have made upgrades to the specifications of their entry-level smartphones for the CNY1,000-1,500 (US$158-237) segment making dual-core 1GHz processors and 4-inch...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
China Unicom begins construction of cross-strait undersea cable TSE-1
China Unicom on August 20 announced that it has started construction of TSE-1, the first undersea telecom cable directly linking Taiwan and China across the Taiwan Strait, and may...
Friday 17 August 2012
China market: China Unicom may not continue contract-bundled sale of iPhone, says report
China Unicom, the only WCDMA mobile telecom in China, began 24-month contract-bundles of iPhone 4 in September 2010 and, as initial contracts will expire in September 2012, may not...
Friday 3 August 2012
China market: China Unicom reportedly to cut subsidies for end market devices
China Unicom reportedly plans to lower subsidies offered for the purchase of end market devices, particularly CNY1,000 (US$157) smartphone models due to weakening profitability, according...
Monday 4 June 2012
China market: China Unicom gearing up for sub-CNY800 WCDMA smartphones
China United Network Communications (China Unicom), the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, will promote sale of WCDMA smartphone models priced at below CNY800 (US$127) to...
Friday 18 May 2012
China Unicom aims at 30% of revenues from e-commerce services in 2014
China Unicom, one of the three largest mobile telecom carriers in China, plans to have its existing e-commerce platform become the largest of its retail channels, with a goal of having...
Tuesday 7 February 2012
Senao to expand retail chain in China
Senao International, a Taiwan-based retail chain of handsets and other consumer electronics, has set up Wo Senao, a joint venture retail chain with China Unicom in the China market...
Wednesday 18 January 2012
China market: Top-3 telecom carriers promoting CNY1,000 smartphones
While China Unicom has launched smartphones priced at CNY1,000 (US$158) recently, rival carriers China Telecom and China Mobile are also ready to enter the segment soon, according...
Tuesday 27 December 2011
China market: China Unicom to launch mid-level smartphones for sale at below CNY1,500
China United Network Communications (China Unicom), the only WCDMA mobile telecom carrier in China, on December 26 unveiled mid-level Android smartphone models equipped 1GHz processor...
Wednesday 21 December 2011
China market: China Unicom launches smartphone MI-ONE
China Unicom and xiaomi.com, a China-based smartphone vendor, on December 20 jointly unveiled MI-ONE, a customized 3G smartphone model, for contract deals by the carrier.
Tuesday 15 November 2011
China market: China Unicom procures more GPON than EPON
China United Network Communications (China Unicom) has finished procurement of PON equipment worth CNY4 billion (US$628 million) for deployment of FTTx networks for 25 million additional...
Tuesday 27 September 2011
PT/Expo Comm China 2011 opens
PT/Expo Comm China 2011, an annual ICT exhibition claimed to be the largest in Asia, is taking place in Beijing from September 26-30, with major focuses on TD-LTE, Things of the Internet...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Taiwan gives green light to cross-strait submarine cable
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) has approved an application by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) for laying a submarine cable between one of its outlying islands and a city...