Days after news of rival China Unicom's non-exclusive iPhone deal with Apple, Chinese telecom operator China Mobile formally launched its Ophone platform and Ophone handsets today.

Chinese home appliances retailer Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings has announced that it has cancelled the entrance fee for suppliers in all its stores.

The first terrestrial cable transmission system between China and India, jointly developed with India's Reliance Communications and China Telecom, has recently opened.

China Unicom and Apple have jointly announced that the two parties have reached a three-year agreement to sell Apple's iPhone handsets in China.

Not operating the World of Warcraft online game in China has hit The9 with a CNY79.2 million net loss in the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.

Chinese online game developer and entertainment operator Giant Interactive Group has announced that it has acquired a 51% in Xuelang Software in Hangzhou as a part of its "Winning in Giant" program.

During China Telecom's recent meeting for the placement of 3G handset orders, Xiao Chaojun, vice president of Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment, positioned the company's product lines into three tiers, with the aim of becoming one of the top five handset makers in the world within three years.

Chinese budget hotel chain 7 Days Inn — not to be confused with a similarly named American chain whose old moniker was Days Inn — has announced the trial operation of a social networking site "Happy 7 Days" at its official website.

China Unicom Shanghai has published a notice stating that from August 31, 2009, the former website of China Netcom Shanghai, Sh.cnc.cn, will stop providing services.

Every journey begins with a small step, but Chinese Internet travel company eLong Inc.'s just-reported unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009, show that with a year-on-year gross revenue and profit increase of only 1%, the company's long flight to great growth is being done with baby steps.

According to South Metropolitan Daily newspaper, the personal data of more than 1000 employees of IBM Shenzhen has been disclosed and used to apply for credit cards.

Alipay, the Internet payment subsidiary of the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it will lift the limit on large credit card payments.

As a result of the separation of Koubei.com from China Yahoo, local media reports that about 100 employees from Koubei.com in Beijing may resign from the company.

Chinese software and online game provider Kingsoft has appointed Zou Tao, senior vice president for Kingsoft's entertainment software business, as new executive director.

BDL Media, a leading provider of digital services to small and medium companies in China, has enhanced its ability to deliver marketing, advertising, and public relations products to clients in China with a new Direct Mail License for its Shanghai Boshiyuan Guanggao subsidiary and a High & New Technology Enterprise Certification for its Beijing-based wholly-owned [...]