Tencent is the largest stock in the Hang Seng Index with a market cap of HK$2.58 trillion ($330 billion). There were no China technology names in 1997. Telecomm Big players China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. and China Mobile Ltd. have crowded out old-guard locals ... ( read original story ...)
Despite False Starts, Focus on Mobile Transit Ticketing Continues in China
China Mobile has introduced a prototype of a contactless SIM to enable transit ticketing on the iPhone. It remains to be seen whether it launches the new SIM embedded with a tiny antenna, but other mobile transit initiatives are proceeding. NFC TIMES ... ( read original story ...)
These 20 Leading Technologists Are Driving China’s AI Revolution
China’s leading technology companies are on fire, heavily investing in artificial intelligence and building true global presences. McKinsey recently reported that academic and research institutions in the country publish more cited research papers than ... ( read original story ...)
Worldwide technology park group encourages partnership
Chengdu, a leading centre of hi-tech excellence in China, is building an alliance of world-class ... Chengdu Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone and Sophia Antipolis, a leading European technology park, proposed building a confederation of first-class ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: China Unicom counts Alibaba, Tencent among investors in drive to raise $10 billion – sources
FILE PHOTO: Two men chat beside a logo of Alibaba (China) Technology Co. Ltd at its headquarters on the outskirts of Hangzhou Thomson Reuters By Julie Zhu and Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese tech giants Alibaba Group Holdings and Tencent Holdings ... ( read original story ...)
EXCLUSIVE-China Unicom counts Alibaba, Tencent among investors in drive to raise $10 bln -sources
* China Unicom to raise $7.3 bln from new share issue -sources * Share sale plan to be finalised this summer -sources * Unicom among first SOEs targeted in shift to mixed ownership By Julie Zhu and Kane WuHONG KONG, June 22 (Reuters) - Chinese tech giants ... ( read original story ...)
China Unicom counts Alibaba, Tencent among investors in drive to raise US$10b: Sources
Chinese tech giants Alibaba Group Holdings and Tencent Holdings will be among new investors pouring a total of around US$10 billion into mobile carrier China Unicom, sources said, part of efforts by Beijing to rejuvenate state behemoths with private cash. ( read original story ...)
China’s Big Three sign up 102M 4G subs from Jan-May 2017
China’s three largest operators - China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom – registered a further 24.3 million 4G subscribers in May 2017. This brings their collective additions to 102 million for the first five months of the year, with China’s ... ( read original story ...)
China: Mobile advertising expenditure increases 90% in Q1 2017
The mobile advertising market has made significant gains over the last few years and APAC stood out as it leads growth across all regions with a 139% increase in eCPMs. According to the latest Smaato findings, China in particular is on a roll and already ... ( read original story ...)
China sees quantum leap in secure telecommunications technology
Enjoy a longer, more in-depth read. June 20, 2017 Beijing—A Chinese quantum satellite has dispatched transmissions over a distance of 746 miles, a dozen times further than the previous record, a breakthrough in a technology that could be used to deliver ... ( read original story ...)