China Mobile announced it will launch Rich Communication Services (RCS) across the country on 1 December, a move that will pit the world’s largest operator head-to-head with messaging giant Tencent. Under the new brand 4G+Smart,…
TECHNOLOGY
China racing for AI military edge over U.S.: report
Some machine learning technology is already being applied to a Pentagon project that aims to have computers help sift through drone footage, reducing the work for human analysts. China’s People’s Liberation Army is also investing…
PC smash hit PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds officially coming to mobile… in China
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In AI Technology Race, U.S. Chips May Be Ace-In-The-Hole Vs. China
Yes, China has many strengths as it sets out for worldwide dominance in AI technology. Its internet giants Baidu (BIDU), Alibaba Group Holdings (BABA) and Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) are also pouring money into AI research…
China’s tech giants reach global elite with gamers, shoppers
Tencent and Alibaba do have a major advantage over American rivals because China severely restricts access to its internet, with Facebook and Google kept outside the “Great Firewall”. But they have also deftly tapped into…
How Nokia Single RAN assisted China Unicom to save 84% of energy
Harry Kuosa, who’s responsible for Single RAN marketing at Nokia Networks, said that Nokia Single RAN solution has assisted China Unicom to save 84 percent of energy while building its 4G network in the country.…
China mobile data traffic jumps 148%
Mobile internet data traffic in China jumped 148 per cent year-on-year in October to an average of 2.25GB per subscriber a month, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) revealed. In the period from…
Head-To-Head Survey: China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU) & BlackBerry (BB)
Complete the form below to receive the latest headlines and analysts’ recommendationsfor China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd with our free daily email newsletter: China Unicom (Hong Kong) (NYSE: CHU) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) are both mid-cap…
China Mobile and partners to develop apps on 5G
China Mobile has partnered 112 companies to develop new applications on 5G that should be available between 2018 and 2020 , the world’s biggest mobile carrier said yesterday. The latest apps cover drone, bike sharing,…
China Mobile to Invest Two Billion Yuan on IoT Services in 2018
China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest wireless carrier by subscribers, said it will roll out a 2-billion-yuan ($303 million) subsidy program next year for customers who purchase its Internet of Things (IoT) technology. China Mobile…
China’s economy ‘will be mainly digital by 2021’
He also shared predictions for the information and communications technology market, including on cloud computing, blockchain technologies, artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Wu said that by 2020, more than 70 per cent of China’s top…
China Mobile makes $300m push in IoT
China Mobile, the world’s largest telecom carrier by subscribers, will hand out 2 billion yuan ($303 million) as subsidies to internet of things (IoT) device makers, as part of its broad push to build one…
‘Bloody’ video game will get socialist makeover for China
Related: How China plans to beat the U.S. at technology “Battlegrounds” is currently distributed to home computers via an online platform called Steam. Over 40% of players are in China, who can circumvent censors by…
