Any person or company hoping to get new telephone service installed in one of China's major cities may need to wait until after the Olympics have finished.

Datang has established partnerships with many multinational corporations, including Microsoft (MSFT) and Dell (DELL), in Beijing to promote their cooperation in various aspects from TD-SCDMA terminal solutions to application software.

According to the Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing Working Group, in a vote for the draft of the final standard by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission, the Intelligent Grouping and Resource Sharing Standard of China has passed with a high support of 96% and it has formally become an international [...]

China Netcom (CN), the cooperative partner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the fixed communications service sector, has announced plans to jointly provide high-definition Olympic programs to TVB, one of Hong Kong's biggest free television broadcast companies, with PCCW Global.

China Mobile (CHL) has sent an internal memo to its partners which outlines the business management organization during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

AsiaInfo (ASIA) has signed a contract with China Unicom to upgrade its rechargeable mobile phone card system in China Unicom's headquarters and subsidiaries in Hunan and Fujian provinces.

Guizhou TV Station has announced in a press conference that it opened a shopping channel called Jiayou Shopping Channel on July 25, 2008, marking Guizhou TV Station's entry into China's television direct sales retail sector.

Lenovo (LNVGY) can't wait to cash-in on its Olympics sponsorship and has announced the final Internet charity auction of limited-edition notebook PCs inspired by the Lenovo-designed Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch to benefit organizations in China.

IBM (IBM) says it has opened separate centers of excellence in China, Mexico and India to provide clients with access to the latest technologies and processes in banking, retail and service management arenas.

Ifeng.com, the authorized online broadcaster of Phoenix Satellite TV's programs, has sued Ku6.com, one of China's leading video websites, for "maliciously" uploading programs of Phoenix and gaining illegal profits through these programs.

China Unicom has announced that China United Telecommunications Corporation Ltd. and the operation companies of China Unicom signed a CDMA transfer agreement with the H-share company of China Telecom on July 27, 2008.

With a theme of "2008 Microsoft Hosted Exchange Day", the Microsoft Hosted Exchange customer experience meeting was held in Xiamen, Fujian Province this past weekend.

Chinese electronics retailer China 3C Group has signed a product distribution agreement with Juda Group, a Chinese consumer electronics goods manufacturer.

According to a quarterly report on China online advertising market in the second quarter of 2008 released by Analysys International, the online advertising market of China reached CNY2.808 billion, which increased by 33% compared with the first quarter of 2008 and a year-on-year increase of 72.5%.

Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com (SOHU) says its revenue jumped to USD102 million from USD39 million a year ago as it reported unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.