Experts say the submarine optical fibre cable offers capacity for about one and half billion subscribers without saturation. Photo Cameroon.info The Management Committee of the Cameroon-Brazil Underwater Telecommunications Cable project met in the … (…
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Too Much, Too Soon in China Telecom
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.’s landmark mixed-ownership reform has had one unintended consequence: It’s transformed a U.S.-sanctioned communications equipment maker into an $18 billion market darling. Shenzhen-based ZTE Corp. has been on fire since China…
Hyundai, China Unicom To Build Big Data Center In Guizhou
South Korea’s Hyundai Group will cooperate with China Unicom to build a big data center in Guizhou. This is the first overseas big data center for Hyundai Group. With this move, Hyundai hopes to provide…
Apple Watch Series 3 rollout hits speed bumps in China as carriers still not ready
China’s early adopters who tried out Apple Watch Series 3 cellular connectivity with China Unicom are furious after connection failures and China Unicom’s passive reaction. The connection issue, however, seems to be China Unicom’s fault:…
ZTE takes centre stage as 5G pioneer innovator with China Mobile trials
Chinese telecom equipment major, ZTE is today at the forefront of global 5G developments. The company has achieved several landmarks over the last few months, which have cemented its position as an innovator in the…
The rise of new technology giants from China
Lei Jun, founder of smartphone maker Xiaomi, presents an updated version of the company’s “concept smartphone” Mi Mix, the Mi Mix 2, in Beijing on Sept 11, 2017.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Google, Amazon, Facebook and…
China: Mobile Payment Volume Hits $5T in 2016
In China, the question “Do you take credit cards?” has quickly changed to “Do you take Alipay? WeChat Pay?” Evelyn Chang, a writer for CNBC, indicates that as a foreigner visiting mainland China, she often…
China’s AI Awakening
If this country-wide effort succeeds—and there are many signs it will—China could emerge as a leading force in AI, improving the productivity of its industries and helping it become leader in creating new businesses that…
Brother, can you spare a mobile phone donation? Cash, credit cards go the way of dinosaurs in China
Paper or plastic to pay for something? That is so 2013. In China, mobile pay is the way to go in 2017 and beyond, and is even rumored to be the preferred method of payment…
Cash is already pretty much dead in China as the country lives the future with mobile pay
Mainland Chinese stores and services are increasingly centered around mobile pay apps like WeChat Pay and Alipay. Chinese mobile payment volume more than doubled to $5 trillion in 2016, according to Analysys data cited by…
China Unicom Awarded “Best 5G Initiative” RANNYs Award in Partnership with Cavium
Cavium ThunderX® ARM V8.1 workload optimized data center server processors, XPliant® SDN fabric and OCTEON Fusion® baseband SoC implements innovative POD for 5G trials SAN JOSE, Calif., and BEIJING, Oct. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Cavium™,…
Section 301: US Investigates Allegations Of Forced Technology Transfers To China
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China’s first home-built icebreaker named Snow Dragon 2
China’s first home-built icebreaker polar research vessel has been named Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, according to a report from Science and Technology Daily The construction of the new icebreaker Xuelong (Snow Dragon) 2…
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