According to Liu Chuncheng, executive deputy director general of the Central Business District Management Committee of Beijing, the CBD area's application for overall wireless network coverage in public areas has gained support from Beijing's Development and Reform Commission.

The global financial crisis has reared its head at Motorola, and the company has cut about 1000 staff in China in the last couple of months.

Telecom service provider AsiaInfo Holdings announced its cheery financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2008, with total revenues meeting guidance.

Taiwan-based Siliconware Precision Industries Company Ltd. announced that its sales revenues for the fourth quarter of 2008 were TWD1.24 billion, which represented a 27.8% decrease in revenues compared to the third quarter of 2008 and a 29.8% decline in revenues compared to the fourth quarter of 2007.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published its latest statistics, which show that the accumulated revenue of the Chines software industry reached CNY757.29 billion in 2008, a year-on-year increase of 29.8%, and the growth rate was 8.3 percentage points higher than that of 2007.

According to the two major Taiwanese chip foundries, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and United Microelectronics Corporation, both of the two companies' revenue decreased by about 60% in January 2009.

Google China is cooperating with the Beijing-based website J.cn in launching a Beijing Valentine's Day map, which will help lost lovers find services like restaurant booking and flower delivery in Beijing for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

Just days after China Mobile's negotiations stalled with Apple, an insider from China Unicom has confirmed that China Unicom has started negotiations with Apple for iPhone's entry into the Chinese mobile market.

Australia-based Telstra is hoping that it does not repeat the multiple mistakes of other companies venturing into China's overcrowded wireless value-added services market with new investments in two Chinese companies.

The Chinese portal NetEase has announced that its search engine subsidiary Youdao.com will launch the beta version of a new bulletin board service product, tie.youdao.com.

Intel has decided to cancel its Intel Developer Forum held in Taiwan from 2009 and the company will only hold such forums in Beijing and San Francisco, respectively.

Wu Yun, former CEO of the Chinese video website Ouou.com, has confirmed to Sohu.com that he has left Ouou.com and become CEO of Cyworld, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Korea-based SK Telecom.

China Mobile is continuing to insist on managing the online sales for Apple's iPhone apps in China, so its negotiation with Apple about introducing the iPhone into China has now stalled.

According to information from Chinese Internet auction website Taobao.com, the website is currently cooperating with local commerce departments around China to fight sales of fake and shoddy products, and users who are found selling fake products in their online shops on Taobao.com will have their accounts permanently disabled.

According to Ma Daojie, vice general manager for China Telecom's mobile terminal subsidiary eSurfing, China Telecom will accelerate its purchase and sale of 3G mobile phones and the company will soon start its second round mobile phone tender.