Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has set up a video center in Shanghai to develop its online and mobile video businesses.

Chinese online game and instant messaging company Tencent has published its unaudited financial report for the third quarter of 2009.

Business-to-business media group Global Sources Ltd. says both its revenue and profit have dropped in China as it reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

China's top mobile communication services provider China Mobile has signed a commitment agreement with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to save energy.

Chinese semiconductor foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has announced that it reached an agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited.

Chinese business-to-business e-commerce company Alibaba.com has published its financial report for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Chinese online travel service provider Ctrip.com International Ltd. reports that its net revenues for the third quarter of ended September 30, 2009, were CNY545 million, up 47% year-on-year.

Chinese mobile wireless value-added services firm KongZhong Corporation announced its unaudited third quarter 2009 financial results and stated its profit and revenue grew over the previous quarter.

Indian state-owned telecommunications operator BSNL has announced that it has placed a purchase order of mobile communication equipment of 20 million GSM lines for India's southern zone to the Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei and will not call for any new bids.

Microsoft has signed a cooperation memorandum with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs to set up a cloud computing technology research center in Taiwan over the next 12 months.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, one of the largest semiconductor foundries in mainland China, has announced that its CEO, Dr. Richard Chang, has resigned to pursue other personal interests.

China's Ministry of Commerce has recently published the latest performance statistics for the country's rural home appliances and electronics subsidy scheme and stated that by October 31, 2009, the total sales within the scheme had reached CNY50.842 billion.

Deng Haihua, spokesperson for China's Ministry of Health, revealed at the 4th China Health Communication Conference held in Beijing that the ministry is optimizing its press spokesperson system and will soon create the new position of "Internet spokesperson".

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China Telecom Beijing branch has announced plans to increase its subsidies for users who buy its 3G mobile phones from the previous 30% to 70%.