Deng Xiaofeng, chairman and general manager for China Telecom, revealed that China Telecom holds an open attitude towards overseas acquisitions, and the company is currently working with three Indian telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel Ltd., Reliance Communications Ltd., and Tata Communications Ltd., to realize cable access between China and India.

AsiaInfo Holdings Inc.'s wholly-owned Chengdu subsidiary has inked a deal to buy a majority stake in a Chinese company that provides software services to the cable industry.

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

For about a day, businesses and computer users have been complaining about the near-shutdown of Internet services in China. According to information from China Unicom, due to the FNAL/RNAL cable breakdown caused by Typhoon Morakot last week, the Internet communication between China and other countries and regions such as the United States and Europe has [...]

Microsoft (MSFT) and Guangzhou Digital Media Group have formally launched Zhujiang Digital, a connected TV service powered by the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV platform.

Huawei Marine Networks, a joint venture invested by Huawei Technologies and Global Marine Systems Limited, has started operation following an unveiling ceremony held in Tianjin.

China's Huawei Technologies has helped StarHub, a telecom operator in Singapore, deploy the world's first commercial 3G femtocell network.

According to China Tietong, its Hong Kong branch has gained a telecommunications unified carrier license from the Office of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Hunan Cable Television Network (Group) Holding Co., Ltd, an affiliate of Hunan Broadcast & TV Media Corp, has obtained a combined CNY3.3 billion loan from China Development Bank, China Construction Bank Hunan Branch and Bank of China Hunan Branch for renovating and digitalizing the cable television network throughout Hunan Province.

China Telecom (CHA) says it is working with four other Trans-Pacific Express Consortium team members to complete their latest project by the end of the year.

Beijing Gehua CATV Network Co., Ltd, a leading cable television service provider in China, has signed with LGI China Holdings, BV, PRC VP Beijing Broadband L.P. on forming a joint venture to promote the development of value-added services.

Verizon Business announced that it is working closely with its Asian partners to activate the U.S.-mainland China portion of the Trans-Pacific Express submarine cable in July.