Posted by: Sarah Wu on Aug 25 2010

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) will establish a national cable network company "China Radio Television Network Co" to carry out the country's "Three Network Convergence", China Securities Journal reported August 23 citing SARFT technology division chief Wang Xiaojie...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Aug 19 2010

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, 0941.HK) recorded 4.89 million new subscribers in July, compared with 5.06 million new subscribers in June, to bring its total number of customers to 558.93 million, the company announced August 20...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Aug 04 2010

China Telecom (NYSE:CHA, 0728.HK) plans to launch its digital reading platform in late August in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Cctime.com reported August 3 citing an unnamed source. The service is already accessible to the company's mobile users through its CTWAP service but is unavailable on personal computers or mobile services from other carriers, the report said...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Jul 22 2010

China Telecom (NYSE:CHA, 0728.HK) signed a framework agreement on publishing digital media with the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), gov.cn reported July 21. China Telecom will provide internet technology and other services to GAPP and affiliated media and publishing organizations in order to facilitate the circulation of digital publications through handset, computer and e-reader network channels, the report said...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Jul 20 2010

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, 0941.HK) recorded 5.06 million new subscribers in June, compared with 4.77 million new subscribers in May, to bring its total number of customers to 554.04 million, the company announced July 20...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Jul 19 2010

China Telecom's (NYSE:CHA, 0728.HK) Beijing branch announced that it has officially launched four service packages for government and corporate clients based around Research In Motion's (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM) "Blackberry" handset, priced between RMB 189 and RMB 589 per month, Beijing Times reported July 16...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Jul 05 2010

China Telecom (NYSE:CHA, 0728.HK) has signed a framework agreement with the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) to cooperate on the construction of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks, the state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported July 2...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Jun 21 2010

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, 0941.HK) recorded 4.77 million new subscribers in May, down from 5.33 million new subscribers in April, to bring its total number of customers to 548.98 million, the company reported June 21...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Jun 17 2010

Domestic telecommunications equipment provider ZTE Corp (0763.HK, 000063.SZ) announced June 13 that it has obtained a RMB 1 billion contract to supply Passive Optical Network (PON) equipment to China Telecom (NYSE:CHA, 0728.HK)...

Posted by: Tom Telford on May 21 2010

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, 0941.HK) recorded 5.33 million new subscribers in April, down from 5.97 million new subscribers in March, to bring its total number of customers to 544.21 million, the company reported May 20...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on May 12 2010

Chinese bank card network operator China UnionPay has formed a mobile payment industry union with 18 national and regional banks, mobile telecom carriers and handset-related products manufacturers with the goal of establishing mobile payment standards and business models, China UnionPay announced May 11...

Posted by: Tom Telford on Apr 28 2010

China Telecom (NYSE:CHA, 0728.HK) reported net income of RMB 4.27 billion in the first quarter of 2010, down 9.1% year-on-year, the company reported April 28. Operating revenues grew 3.6% on an annual basis to RMB 52.71 billion, the report said...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Apr 23 2010

China's major telecommunications companies recorded revenue of RMB 209.66 billion in the first quarter of 2010, up 5.3% year-on-year, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Telecom Development Vice Director Zhu Jun said in an April 22 press conference...

Posted by: Sarah Wu on Apr 21 2010

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL, 0941.HK) recorded 5.97 million new subscribers in March, up from 5.52 million new subscribers in February, to bring its total number of customers to 538.89 million, the company reported April 20...

Posted by: Sijia Xie on Apr 20 2010

The Hang Seng Index rose 1.02% to close at 21,623.38 on April 20, in main board trading volume of HK$62.72 billion. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, which tracks mainland-based companies listed in Hong Kong, rose 1.49%.

Shares of China Eastern Airlines (NYSE:CEA, 0670.HK, 600115.SH) gained 3.24% on Tuesday...