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Vodafone, China Mobile and an investment fund linked to billionaire George Soros are among 22 bidders vying to enter Myanmar, one of the world's last unexplored mobile telephone frontiers. http://phys.org/news284402393.html Technology Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:39:59 EST news284402393 China Unicom Ltd., the country's second biggest mobile phone company by subscribers, said Thursday that 2012 profit jumped by more than two-thirds as revenue from third-generation mobile services surged despite stiff competition. http://phys.org/news283064426.html Technology Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:00:33 EST news283064426 State-owned China Telecom Corp. said Wednesday that profit fell 9.5 percent last year because it spent more to market the iPhone as it battled rivals for higher-paying customers. http://phys.org/news282976147.html Technology Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:29:17 EST news282976147 China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by number of subscribers, said Thursday that profit rose just 2.7 percent last year as it grappled with fierce competition and higher costs. http://phys.org/news282456382.html Technology Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:07:19 EST news282456382 Nokia unveiled a cheaper model in its Lumia smartphone range, powered by Microsoft's Windows phone software, as it tries to regain dominance in emerging markets like China. http://phys.org/news280988686.html Electronics Mon, 25 Feb 2013 04:24:52 EST news280988686 China Mobile is seeking support from Taiwanese chip and handset makers to back the fourth generation high-speed mobile network co-developed by the state-owned Chinese telecom operator. http://phys.org/news277705330.html Technology Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:22:16 EST news277705330 China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, Monday reported a 1.4 percent rise in net profit for the first nine months of the year, amid robust growth in its subscriber base. http://phys.org/news270118022.html Technology Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:50:10 EST news270118022 (AP) — China Telecom Ltd., one of the country's three major state-owned phone carriers, said Wednesday its first-half profit fell 8.3 percent amid intense competition and high technology costs. http://phys.org/news264833524.html Technology Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:52:15 EST news264833524 Telecom giant China Mobile posted a worse-than-forecast rise in first-half net profit of 1.5 percent on Thursday, citing intensive competition and the spread of new mobile technologies. http://phys.org/news264313383.html Technology Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:25:40 EST news264313383 China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, said Wednesday the company is in talks with Apple to offer the popular iPhone to its users in the Asian nation. http://phys.org/news256388513.html Technology Wed, 16 May 2012 12:04:27 EST news256388513 Concerned about possible cyber-spying, U.S. national security officials are debating whether to take the unprecedented step of recommending that a Chinese government-owned mobile phone giant be denied a license to offer international service to American customers. http://phys.org/news255954621.html Technology Fri, 11 May 2012 13:30:01 EST news255954621 (AP) -- Apple, already the world's most valuable company, hit the $600 billion level for the first time Tuesday. http://phys.org/news253278133.html Technology Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:02:20 EST news253278133 China said Friday it had broken the barrier of one billion mobile phone accounts at the end of February, as more people in the world's most populous country ditch fixed phones. http://phys.org/news252312983.html Technology Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:20:01 EST news252312983 A Chinese government agency is investigating two telecommunications giants for allegedly monopolising Internet broadband services, state media said Wednesday, in an unusual public spat. http://phys.org/news240056456.html Technology Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:21:07 EST news240056456 Apple's iPhone 4S was available in several Beijing shops Saturday, despite not officially being for sale in China. http://phys.org/news237904713.html Technology Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:38:50 EST news237904713 (AP) -- China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Thursday its first-half profit rose 6.3 percent as sales were boosted by greater usage of mobile Internet devices. http://phys.org/news232865071.html Technology Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:44:50 EST news232865071 Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd., whose top management is based in Santa Clara, Calif., has been tapped to help China achieve the goal of creating its own mobile technology standards. http://phys.org/news232362243.html Technology Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:40:01 EST news232362243 (AP) -- A former deputy chairman of state-owned China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, was convicted Friday of taking bribes and sentenced to prison. http://phys.org/news230540113.html Technology Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:55:34 EST news230540113 China plans to roll out commercial "fourth generation" mobile phone technology nationwide in 2014, state media said Friday, citing the country's top telecom regulator. http://phys.org/news219040203.html Technology Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:30:02 EST news219040203 China may soon launch a domestically developed "fourth generation" mobile phone system in its commercial market, state media reported Friday, citing leading carrier China Mobile. http://phys.org/news218438660.html Technology Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:00:01 EST news218438660 A system designed to track the location of millions of mobile phone users is to be tested in Beijing, sparking concerns over privacy, state media reported Thursday. http://phys.org/news218373210.html Technology Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:40:02 EST news218373210 (AP) -- China's main government news agency launched an Internet search site Tuesday, giving its own sanitized view of the Web following Google's closure of its China-based search engine last year over censorship. http://phys.org/news217576297.html Technology Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:52:12 EST news217576297 The People's Daily, the mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party, this week officially launched its search engine service as the country's state media seek even greater influence on the Internet. http://phys.org/news212128025.html Technology Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:10:02 EST news212128025 Apple on Saturday will launch the iPhone 4 in China and expand its presence in the world's biggest online and mobile market by opening two new stores in Beijing and Shanghai, the company said Monday. http://phys.org/news204178528.html Electronics Mon, 20 Sep 2010 05:30:01 EST news204178528 Sony Ericsson said Wednesday China would become its biggest handset market by volume in the next three to four years, as it moved to grab a bigger slice of the fast-growing smartphone market. http://phys.org/news202548861.html Technology Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:50:01 EST news202548861 (AP) -- The state-run Xinhua News Agency said Thursday it will launch its own search venture, giving Google a new, well-financed rival following the closure of its China-based Web search engine. http://phys.org/news200819806.html Technology Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:16:59 EST news200819806 (AP) -- Apple's Chinese partner says it will sell iPhones with Wi-Fi starting Monday, adding to mounting competition in China's smart phone market. http://phys.org/news200289108.html Electronics Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:56:45 EST news200289108 Taiwan's HTC said Tuesday it plans to sell smartphones in China under its own brand name as it looks to the huge market as a critical growth engine for its products. http://phys.org/news199439634.html Technology Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:54:19 EST news199439634 French-US telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent said on Wednesday it had been chosen by mobile operators China Mobile and China Telecom to install a fiber optic network in China enabling high-speed Internet access. http://phys.org/news198933453.html Technology Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:18:07 EST news198933453 (AP) -- Motorola Inc. said Monday that it is selling most of its wireless network division to Nokia Siemens Networks, a Finnish-German joint venture, for $1.2 billion as part of a planned breakup of the company. http://phys.org/news198746691.html Technology Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:40:12 EST news198746691