Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that the application of the annual number fee will be extended to public radio paging and mobile virtual network services on June 1, 2009.

London, United Kingdom (March 03, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — Asia is leading the way with the roll out of miniature home base stations, termed femtocells, which will increase coverage and data rate for home and office users of 3G mobile phone networks.
Softbank (Japan) and Starhub (Singapore) have already launched commercial services and most major operators [...]

Japanese television maker Hitachi may reduce its TV business on the Chinese mainland and cut up to 2,000 employees.

Offshore software development company VanceInfo Technologies Inc. will deploy an outsourced development center for China Merchants Bank.

Chinese telecommunication operator China Unicom has confirmed that the company has sent a group to Europe to purchase 3G communications equipment and has signed contracts with European companies, including the Germany-based Nokia Siemens Networks.

GE Healthcare in Asia has released Centricity PACS Web Diagnostic, a new Web-based diagnostic viewer that will bring comprehensive detailed patient history to a single patient folder.

Samsung has adopted the VIA Nano processor, made by Taiwan's VIA Technologies, in the new Samsung NC20 mini-notebook.

Chinese online game developer and operator Perfect World Company Ltd. announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and has proven that its business model is currently not feeling so many the strains of the global financial crisis, though it did post a quarterly net income fall.

Istanbul, Turkey (March 02, 2009) /ChinaNewswire.com/ — We would like to express our deep sorrow for the loss of life of our crew members and our passengers as a result of the accident incurred during landing of our B-737-800 type aircraft on her Istanbul – Amsterdam flight.
We are grateful to all our friends [...]

Shi Yuchen, a user of the Chinese personal access system also known as Little Smart, has sued China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology at the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court for canceling the Little Smart service without a public hearing and has asked the court to withdraw the relevant documents issued by MIIT.

According to Hou Xiaoqiang, CEO of Shanda Literature, the company plans to start a lawsuit against Google to push the global search engine towards better transparency and a higher sense of corporate social responsibility.

A new law becomes effective today in Hong Kong that can help stop dishonest retail practices and better protect the interests of consumers.

China's first China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting provincial operator Shandong Zhongguang Communication Company was established on February 24, 2009, which represents the start of CMMB operation at the Chinese provincial level.

Chinese online travel and hotel booker, Ctrip.com, has made a public announcement in which it apologizes to a consumer surnamed Liang for selling him fake insurance policies and agrees to pay him CNY4,000 in compensation.