Ultimately, China doesn’t need Google … the world’s most popular video streaming platform, the market leading mobile operating system, the second most popular app store, as well as other services. In other words, a business…
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Chinese airlines permit mobile phones in flight mode
Spring Airlines, the country’s largest budget carrier, followed suit Thursday, announcing that it will allow mobile phones to be used in flight mode from next month. China’s restrictions on the use of portable electronic devices…
China Unicom Research Institute joins Zigbee Alliance
The Zigbee Alliance has announced that the China Unicom Research Institute, one of China’s three major mobile service carriers, has joined the Alliance at the participant level. Zigbee is adopted by SSUG as the major…
The Mobile Payment Race: Why China Is Leading the Pack — for Now
The legions of Chinese travelers visiting Tokyo’s famed Ginza shopping district on any given day are just as likely to whip out their mobile phones when it comes time to pay for their fancy cosmetics…
China, Europe jointly test technology for storm satellite
BERLIN — China and Europe are jointly testing new technology that could help satellites peer through clouds and analyze storms. The European Space Agency says it has teamed up with China’s National Space Center to…
United States Is Trying to Keep Huawei and China Mobile Out
The United States is drawing a line against the entry of Huawei Technologies as a partner for AT&T Inc, and the reason seems to be national security. It might seem odd that one of the…
US menaces companies with ties to Huawei and China Mobile – report
The position of the US state towards Chinese telecoms companies seems to be hardening by the day. Reuters reports that Huawei’s abortive attempt to do a handset deal with AT&T was scuppered by members of…
NXP completes virtualization networking trial with China Mobile
NXP Semiconductors has announced that its virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE) service has completed a virtualization networking trial with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC). NXP reports that this is the first time it has deployed…
US lawmakers making it difficult for AT&T and others from having commercial ties with Huawei and China Mobile, citing security concerns
The warning comes after the administration of US President Donald Trump took a harder line on policies initiated by his predecessor Barack Obama on issues ranging from Beijing’s role in restraining North Korea to Chinese…
Philippine lawmakers worry China Telecom may be a ‘Trojan horse’
given China’s telecommunications expertise and sophisticated technology. Despite Duterte’s warm relations with China, the Philippines has a long history of mistrust of it, due largely to its maritime assertiveness and its challenges to Philippine ……
China Has a Plan to Clean Up Space Junk with Lasers
So far, proposals have ranged from giant magnets and nets and harpoons to lasers. Given their growing presence in space, China is also considering developing giant space-based lasers as a possible means for combating junk…
China’s clean technology to change energy trade mode in the Middle East: experts
Once a country with an insatiable demand for Middle East oil, China is now making use of its advantage in clean energy technologies, changing the traditional cooperation mode between the world’s largest oil supplier and…
Google says ‘no changes’ to mapping platform in China after report
BEIJING (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google said on Tuesday it has made “no changes” to its mapping platform in China, denying an earlier media report that claimed it was re-launching the function in China,…