Chinese Internet search engine Baidu.com (BIDU) announced that Chief Financial Officer Shawn Wang died on December 27, 2007 in an accident in China.

Beijing Netcom will launch later today a 4M ADSL service with a monthly fee of CNY258.

Sony China has invested and opened a Sony Style sale and experience store in Shanghai, the first of its kind in the Chinese mainland.

Guangdong Telecom says it will invest another CNY5 billion to expand IPTV services and will publish the bidding results before the end of the year.

Chinese online entertainment service provider Shanda (SNDA) is aiming to bring its interactive entertainment content to thousands of Chinese consumers by providing its games products to Changhong's ITV.

China Telecom's (CHA) Shanghai branch announced that from December 31, 2007, the calling fee for fixed phones between Shanghai's downtown area and Chongming Island will be canceled.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMI) and (IBM) have signed an agreement to license IBM's 45-nanometer bulk complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology to SMIC for 300mm wafer foundry service.

Shenyang Neusoft Company, a subsidiary of Chinese software firm Neusoft Group Ltd., says its share-swap merger plan with Neusoft Group Ltd. was approved by the Restructuring Committee under the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

According to the Technology Channel of Sina.com, six companies have taken a lead in winning China Mobile's first bidding for 40,000 TD-SCDMA terminals and more companies are likely to join in the bidding next year.

Electrical appliance retailer Gome has formally initiated a new logo in China.

Hong Kong's government is inviting public views on the proposed introduction of a Unified Carrier Licence, a new licensing method to pave the way for fixed-mobile convergence in the telecommunications sector.

The Internet has become an important part of informatization systems in China's rural areas and to further promote the development of agriculture and the informatizational construction of villages, the Internet Society of China has set up the Rural Information Service Committee.

According to Analysys International's latest report, in 2011 the scale of China's Wireless Application Protocol market will reach CNY52.2 billion.

As mobile phones use more battery power with their increased functions, the requirements for battery capacity are also growing.

A public hearing is expected to be soon held by China's National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Information Industry for implementing mobile phone roaming price reduction measures.