The heads of China’s major hi-tech companies joined thousands of delegates and deputies at the annual parliamentary sessions and meetings of the top political advisory body in Beijing this week, as they shared proposals that…
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China Unicom launches eSIM, allowing full use of both phones and wearables
China Unicom announced that it has officially launched the “eSIM One Phone Number Dual Terminal (eSIM一号双终端)” (in Chinese) business in six Chinese cities including Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou and Changsha. “eSIM One … (…
China Mobile Accelerates 5G Plans, Targets Five Test Cities
China Mobile is accelerating its 5G research and development plans as it now targets five test cities where it’s planning to deploy an experimental next-generation wireless network over the course of this year, local media…
China Mobile plans 5-city 5G rollout as government demands lower data prices
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone operator, will launch what it describes as the world’s largest 5G trial network across five Chinese cities this year, according to a report by RCR Wireless. The announcement…
Vivo partners with China Mobile to drive 5G advancement
Vivo announced its partnership with China Mobile on the “China Mobile 5G Device Forerunner Initiative” at the GTI Summit 2018 at Mobile World Congress. Combining the efforts of industry players including Vivo, the program will…
Telefónica and China Unicom partner in IoT
Energy industry looks to the IoT to cut waste and drive down emissions, resea… Ten euros for ten years – Europe’s first data flat rate for the I… Migrant workers to transfer $300bn via digital…
China Mobile to support govt’s requirements on speed upgrade, tariff reduction
China Mobile’s board of directors has announced that certain state policy requirements relating to network speed upgrade and tariff reduction were mentioned in the Government Work Report delivered on 5 March, including to step up…
China’s mobile payments surge in 2017
Transactions within China’s mobile payment platforms yielded US$32tn in 2017 – an increase of nearly 29 percent compared to 2016, according to the country’s central bank. The People’s Bank of China revealed on Monday that…
This remote Chinese school has just three students. But with live streaming technology, they share a classroom with hundreds
Now, thanks to high bandwidth internet technology, the classrooms at Lumacha and other schools in the northwestern part of China are no longer quiet – except that the chatter is coming across a live streaming…
China pledges to attract global talent and venture capital in bid to accelerate technology push
China has pledged to accelerate its efforts to surpass the US in advanced technologies from artificial intelligence (AI) to robotics by wooing overseas talent and venture capital investment. The government will do more to implement…
Telefónica, China Unicom partner in IoT
Madrid – Telefónica and China Unicom have signed an agreement in the field of Internet of Things (IoT). Under the partnership the two companies will have access to each other networks and deploy their IoT…
China phone users to get major tariff cut on Internet
China Mobile and China Unicom, two prominent telecom operators in China, will offer more free Internet access, reduce mobile data tariffs, enhance network speed, etc. as part of their strategy to meet a Government direction.…
China Unicom expects 178-pct surge in 2017 net profit
Chinese telecom giant China Unicom expects its net profit in 2017 to surge 177.6 percent due to primary business growth, according to a company statement. Net profit attributable to shareholders was estimated at 430 million…
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