The Chinese IT Service Alliance has been initiated by the Consumer Electronics After-sales Service Commission of the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce with Red Express Service, a subsidiary of Hisap High Technology Corporation, as one of the key members. The purpose is to provide industry self-regulation of China's domestic IT service market. Read More >

Zhang Jindong, president of Chinese electronics retailer Suning, has disclosed at a press meeting that Suning will open stores in Hong Kong in 2010 and use that as a springboard to enter the international market. Read More >

F-Secure is partnering with CSL, Hong Kong's largest mobile operator, to offer CSL customers an integrated on-device protection and automatic over-the-air security update named F-Secure Mobile Security Service. Read More >

China Mobile (CHL) has announced plans to issue TD-SCDMA numbers in eight Chinese cities from April 1. Read More >

Guo Yuanzheng, general manager of Mozilla Online Ltd, a China-based subsidiary of the Mozilla Corporation that is in charge of promoting Firefox in China, has told the local media that Firefox will soon start a new campaign to seize more market share in China. Read More >

Samsung China has for the first time released its complete line of business products and solutions and initiated a traveling exhibition of these products in about 100 cities in China. Read More >

Only days away from the start of the second quarter of 2008, Chinese wireless value-added services firm Linktone (LTON) has graced investors with its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. Read More >

In cooperation with the State Council Information Office and the Ministry of Public Security, China's new Ministry of Information Industry has made an SMS Management Rule which is expected to provide oversight on short message services and the related management issues and will be unveiled in a few weeks. Read More >

Tom Group's 2007 financial report shows that the company's business revenue in 2007 was RMB2.683 billion and losses reached RMB297 million, which the company says is mainly caused by eBay Eachnet which suffered a loss of about RMB104 million. Read More >

According to No. 1 Finance Daily, Suzhou-based Hejian and Japanese wafer giant Elpida will jointly set up a 12-inch wafer plant in Suzhou Industrial Park under the name of He Fa. Read More >

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has signed a contract with Henan Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, to develop its Business Operation Support Systems. Read More >

Philips' NXP Semiconductors STB222 set-top box solution has been selected by Changhong to deliver AVS-compliant IP STB platform to manufacturers and Pay TV operators in Asia. Read More >

SVA, which has submitted three high-generation LCD proposals to local governments in China, plans to invest over US$1.5 billion to build a sixth generation LCD line. Read More >

Chinese gaming company The9 (NCTY) has confirmed that Chen Xiaowei, former head of China.com, will be the new president of the company, effective May 16, 2008. Read More >

In cooperation with Chinese enterprise mail service provider 263.net, the Internet Society of China has released a TAP intelligent anti-spam product, which is one of the key products under China's "863″ program and can reportedly help block 99% of spam mails. Read More >