Virus Bulletin, the international anti-virus software certification organization, has published the latest results for its VB100 tests, in which anti-virus products of Chinese security companies 360, Rising and Kingsoft gained certifications.

Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority has accredited four local certification bodies to provide a full range of equipment testing and certification services on a non-exclusive basis.

China's encryption standards have a new international convert, as Sybase has succumbed to following the Chinese government's edicts on data security and has duly received a security certificate from the Chinese government.

By ChinaTechNews.com Editorial Team Mobile phone users in India are eyeing April 15, 2009, the day when as many as 25 million of their China-made mobile phones will die, with apprehension and concern.

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced at an industry seminar held in Shanghai that the Shanghai-based TA Technology has become its newest Authorized Test Laboratory, marking the birth of the alliance's thirteenth Wi-Fi test lab around the world.

ZTE Corporation, China's leading telecom equipment manufacturer, has announced that its WiMAX 16e system gained the Wave2 qualification certification issued by the WiMAX Forum.

With the cancellation of Shenzhen's local standards and the adoption of China's new national standard regarding high-tech enterprises, companies like Foxconn may no longer meet China's definition for being high-tech, which could greatly affect their tax payments.

News from General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China is that AQSIQ and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China have jointly issued a notice asking that 13 types of information security products under eight categories undergo a mandatory certification.

Digit Wireless' Fastap enabling keypad technology has been certified under the Chinese text-entry standard GF 3006 — 2001 Standard Scheme of Chinese Phonetic Alphabet Input with Universal Keypad by China's State Language Commission.