According to Professor Zhou Feng, deputy director of the Automatic Identification Technology Lab of Fudan University and a member of the standard work team, the second draft of the national RFID standard will soon be submitted to the Standardization Administration of China for final review at a meeting to be held in Chongqing next month.

Industries International Inc. announced today that its board of directors has approved a change in its corporate name to China Telephone, Inc.

Despite various reports in the Hong Kong media earlier this week, the China Daily today quotes an unnamed source at the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) as dismissed rumors that the regulator plans to merge China's four major state-owned telecommunication firms into two companies in order to raise the sector's competitiveness ahead of foreign entry [...]

China Wireless Communications, Inc. announced that it has signed a technology service contract for one year with Beijing Huayuan Real Estate Corporation, a real estate veteran in China.

Motorola, Inc. has launched an Application Center of Excellence (ACOE) in China that will provide the dedicated resources of an applications development organization to research new wireless data services and help operators evaluate applications and integrate them into their networks.

China is hoping to become the largest information technology (IT) market in the world in the next five years, according to an official from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII).

Primeton Technologies announced today it has successfully completed contract signings with Digital China, Jiangsu Tianze Infoindustry and Beijing Centergate Technologies.

Redback Networks Inc., a provider of next-generation broadband networking systems, today announced that China Netcom's Liaoning Communication Corporation, is deploying a network of Redback SmartEdge 800 Service Gateway systems to provide a new powerful, integrated platform for business and consumer broadband access and services in the northeastern Chinese province.

The new Spring 2004 Chinese Wireless Development Survey from market researcher, Evans Data Corporation, reveals the unique measures taken by Chinese wireless developers to secure wireless systems.

Centra, a provider of specialized application software and services for online business collaboration, today announced that Ikonnet Technologies, Centra's principal reseller based in Shanghai, has partnered with Shanghai Information Industrial Co, a subsidiary of China Telecom, to jointly market Centra's ASP online meeting services.

Information Technology (IT) media company TechTarget today announced it has partnered with ChinaByte, the leading IT portal in China, to develop Chinese-language versions of TechTarget's Web sites targeting specific communities of IT professionals.

Vyyo Inc., a global supplier of broadband end-to-end solutions for telephony and high-speed data connections, announced that China Telecom has begun to deploy Vyyo's solutions throughout the Hebei province.

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. today announced that it has co-developed a 32 polyphonic sound generator LSI, ML2871, and 16 polyphonic sound generator LSI, ML2873 with Casio Computer Co., Ltd. for the Chinese market.

Wolfson Microelectronics plc announced today that it has contracted CSMC Technologies Corporation for foundry services, using the 150mm fab facility at Wuxi, China.

Storage Computer Corporation, a provider of high-performance storage and data management software, announced today it has signed a distribution agreement with Beijing Challenger Group of China.