Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has reportedly reached an agreement with Apple to introduce the CDMA version of the iPhone 4S into China.

China Telecom is reportedly inking a deal with Britain's Everything Everywhere to launch mobile services in the country.

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile announced that its 139 email service has opened to the users of China Unicom and China Telecom.

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile plans to invest USD1.5 billion in CMPak, its wholly-owned subsidiary in Pakistan, over the next four years.

China Unicom has reportedly decided to start selling the iPhone 4S, Apple's latest smartphone, from January 6, 2012.

Starting from January 1, 2012, China Mobile Beijing has extended the validity period of its prepaid SIM cards, including electronic cards, from the current two years to five years.

According to statistics provided by the three major Chinese telecom operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, the number of 3G users largely increased in November 2011, reaching a total of 110 million.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom announced its strategic focus for 2012 and said it will focus on the sales of phones with the prices between CNY1,000 and CNY2,000.

ChinaCache International Holdings Limited, a provider of content delivery network services in China, has reached an agreement with the Shanghai branch of China Telecom Corporation Limited to provide acceleration supporting services to the latter.

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced plans to cut 17,000 employees around the world by the end of 2013, including about 4,000 mainland Chinese employees.

Digital China Holdings Limited has published its unaudited interim results for the six months ended September 30, 2011, stating that its operating revenue increased by 23.87% year-on-year to HKD34.138 billion and its profit attributable to equity holders increased by 23.91% year-on-year to HKD665 million.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Company Limited has announced that the company will acquire a 49% stake in Huawei Symantec Technologies Company Limited, a joint venture established by Huawei and Symantec, for USD530 million.

By the end of September 2011, there were 150 million registered users of mobile phone application stores in China, an increase of almost 50% compared with the previous quarter, according to latest statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

China Telecom has published its financial report for the first three quarters of 2011, stating that from January to September, its operating revenue reached CNY182.357 billion, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei announced that following its entry into the cloud computing market in 2010, the company has decided to establish its information technology product line, mainly providing customized cloud computing solutions.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has published its user statistics for September 2011, stating that the number of its 2G mobile users increased by 81.59% compared with the previous month and its 3G users increased by 15.28%.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China has published a report on the telecom service quality in China for the third quarter of 2011, stating that 17,099 telecom service complaints were received during the reporting period, an increase of 13.8% compared with the previous quarter.

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has announced that it has decided to establish its largest call center, which will have 20,000 seats, in Huaian, Jiangsu province.

Proving that fairness ends at the Great Firewall, Chinese video website Tudou.com announced that it has reached agreement with China Telecom to increase the video upload speed on Tudou.com for users in Shanghai.

Digerati in China's capital city are set to welcome free wireless surfing beginning November 2011.

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has published its performance report for the third quarter of 2011, stating that from January to September 2011, the company realized operating revenue of CNY383.846 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%.

China Telecom and France Telecom-Orange have signed in Beijing a strategic partnership framework agreement which aims to improve the two parties' service capacity in the global market.

Chinese telecom group China Mobile has announced the formal establishment of its board of directors, and Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Mobile, signed services contracts with five outside directors.

China Unicom has completed its first cloud computing procurement project, and four manufacturers won the bidding for various aspects of the project.

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile and the Ministry of Education of China have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement to jointly promote greater online uses for education.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei and Deutsche Telekom have signed a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding to jointly expand services within the enterprise business market.

Swedish networking equipment maker Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson has announced that to meet the increasing demands for telecom management services in China and the world, the company will set up a new global network operating center in China.

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has announced its eSurfing cloud computing strategy, brand, and solution, and it plans to launch eSurfing cloud devices and cloud storage products in 2012.

According to a report published by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China on its official website, from January to July 2011, China had achieved telecom revenue of CNY668.77 billion, an increase of 16% compared with the same period of 2010.

Chinese telecom operator China Telecom has published its financial report for the first half of 2011, stating that its operating revenue reached CNY120.208 billion and its net profit reached CNY9.808 billion during the first six months of the year.