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OpenStack, the massive open source infrastructure-as-a-service project that allows enterprises and public hosting services to run their own on-premise clouds, today released version 25 of its software, dubbed Yoga. Like…
The NYSE will delist three Chinese telecoms after all
The New York Stock Exchange announced this morning that it will be delisting three major Chinese telecom companies, a move that it first announced last week before seeming to reverse…
More Chinese phone makers could lose US apps under Trump’s Clean Network
More than a third of the world’s smartphone sales come from Chinese vendors Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo. These manufacturers have thrived not only because they offer value-for-money handsets thanks to…
The US is formalizing Team Telecom rules to restrict foreign ownership of internet and telecom assets
It has the simplest name, but the sort of shadowy overtones that national security writers lust after. Team Telecom, a mostly informal working committee of the Departments of Defense, Homeland…
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How US national security agencies hold the internet hostage
Team Telecom, a shadowy US national security unit tasked with protecting America’s telecommunications systems, is delaying plans by Google, Facebook and other tech companies for the next generation of international fiber optic cables. Team Telecom comprises representatives from the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice (including the FBI), who assess foreign investments in American…
Huawei says US ban will cost it $30B in lost revenue
Following a string of trade restrictions from the U.S., China’s telecoms equipment and smartphone maker Huawei expects its revenues to drop $30 billion below forecast over the next two years,…
China grants first 5G licenses amid Huawei global setback
It’s official. After much anticipation, China named the first companies to receive 5G licenses for commercial use on Thursday. The announcement from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the…
Several chip companies, including Qualcomm and Intel, have reportedly stopped supplying Huawei after blacklist
Several key suppliers are reportedly cutting off Huawei after the Trump administration added the Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone giant to a trade blacklist last week. According to Bloomberg, semiconductor…
With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
Over the course of the last year and a half, the OpenStack Foundation made the switch from purely focusing on the core OpenStack project to opening itself up to other…
FCC looks to slap down China Mobile’s attempt to join US telecom system
The FCC has proposed to deny an application from China Mobile, a state-owned telecom, to provide interconnect and mobile services here in the U.S., citing security concerns. It’s another setback…
Apple’s Greater China Revenue Grew Sequentially In Q2 As iPhone Growth Impresses
Apple’s earnings are out, and the iPhone’s 17 percent growth was likely the most noteworthy number in its hardware results. That’s a big increase for a device that analysts expected…
Apple Back Among The Top Five Smartphone Vendors In China On iPhone 5s Success, IDC Reports
Apple has gained an entire percentage point of market share and cracked the top five smartphone manufacturers, according to the latest figures from research firm IDC. Apple’s share rose from…
Tim Cook Celebrates China Mobile’s iPhone Launch
The iPhone is finally available for sale in China Mobile stores after Apple spent years negotiating for a deal with the carrier, the world’s largest by subscriber number. In a…
Apple Announces Deal To Bring iPhones To China Mobile Starting On Jan. 17
Apple and China Mobile just announced that they’ve reached an agreement that will see the iPhone 5s and 5c launch on the China Mobile’s 4G and 3G networks early next…
China Mobile Kicks Off iPhone Preorders Thursday, 4G Network Booting Up Dec. 18
Last week, it came out that China Mobile and Apple had finally penned a deal to bring the iPhone to China’s largest mobile network, and now the Wall Street Journal…
China Mobile’s Jego Wants To Challenge Skype By Targeting Overseas Chinese Users First
Jego, a VoIP app for iOS and Android, was launched by China Mobile International last month as part of an effort to build its international retail business by offering an…
Apple Finally Signs Long-Awaited Deal To Sell iPhones On China Mobile’s Network
China Mobile has finally signed a deal to offer Apple iPhones on its network, an agreement that took years to reach, reports the Wall Street Journal. China Mobile is the…
The iPhone Quietly Goes Up For Pre-Order On China Mobile
According to Fortune, China Mobile has begun quietly taking pre-orders for Apple’s iPhone 5s and 5c smartphones. The below screenshot reportedly originated on a website owned by a subsidiary of…
China Mobile Will Get 4G In December, A Potential Sales Boost For Apple iPhones
After months of speculation, China Mobile will finally be the first carrier to offer 4G LTE in China on Dec. 18, followed by China Unicom and China Telecom, the country’s…
Apple Secures License For iPhone To Run On China Mobile’s Network Standard
Apple has secured the final government license needed to run the iPhone on China Mobile’s proprietary wireless network. After years of negotiations, this is the latest of several recent signs…
Mobile Payments Provider Fortumo Partners With China Unicom and China Telecom, Now Has Deals With All Three Of China’s Major Telecoms
Fortumo announced that it has inked direct carrier billing agreements with China Unicom and China Telecom. Together with a China Mobile deal signed in February, this means that the Estonia/U.S.-based…
China’s Efforts To Rapidly Build Its 4G Network Is A Boon For Struggling Telecom Gear Makers
The Chinese government will reportedly begin issuing 4G licenses (link via Google Translate) by the end of this year or early 2014 at the latest, following news that China Mobile…
Docomo Inks Deal With China Mobile To Take Its ‘D Game’ Gaming Portal Abroad For The First Time
NTT Docomo, the largest carrier in Japan, is taking one more step into China today. The company announced that it will offer a localized version of its new “d game”…
Via Licensing Adds China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom To Its 4G LTE Standards-Essential Patent Pool
Via Licensing Corporation today announced that China Mobile and Deutsche Telekom joined the company’s LTE patent pool for standards-essential patents. The two telecom giants join AT&T, Clearwire Corporation, DTVG Licensing,…
Apple And China Mobile Are Talking iPhone, Might Not Reach An Agreement This Year
The iPhone might be coming to the world’s largest mobile carrier, China Mobile. The world comes from Bloomberg quoting China Mobile’s chairman. The report also details that the phone might…
Clearwire, China Mobile Partner Up To Expand LTE
It’s no secret that Clearwire is looking at rolling out an LTE network of their own here in the States, but a recently announced partnership could bring them some big…
Apple, China Mobile In Talks To Bring The iPhone To Its 600m Users
The world’s largest mobile carrier, China Mobile, does not currently support or sell the iPhone. That might be changing, though. Reuters is reporting that the carrier has held meetings with…
Asian Power: China Mobile, NTT Docomo And KT Form Business Alliance
It can’t get bigger than this in Asia’s mobile industry, and in fact, it’s a business alliance with the potential to shake things up on a global level. Today, the…
Is Search Now A Strategic Industry in China?
Editor’s note: This is a guest post penned by Michael Cole, Managing Director of RightSite.asia, China’s largest online marketplace for commercial and industrial real estate. Cole has also successfully launched,…
HTC to sell HTC-branded Android, Windows Mobile smartphones in China
Taiwan-based phone manufacturer HTC has been selling smartphones in China under the name Dopod for many years, but this morning the company announced that it will soon start selling TD-SCDMA-based…