China Unicom's annual results for 2012 showed that the company's operating revenue increased by 19% year-on-year to CNY248.93 billion in 2012; and its net profit increased by 68.5% year-on-year to CNY7.1 billion.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom recently announced that the company's net profit was expected to increase by over 50% for the year of 2012.

Mobile phone retail chain D.phone has opened 30 Apple iOS licensing stores in Beijing, making it the largest Apple-authorized sales channel provider in the communications chain market in Beijing.

Chinese consumer electronics retailer Gome has started accepting reservations for the Apple iPhone 5 at over 1,700 retail stores in China.

China Mobile Beijing's branch has formally started providing nano-SIM cards for iPhone 5 users in its 33 business halls.

China Unicom (America) Operations Limited, one of the overseas operating subsidiaries of China Unicom, has opened a new office in Toronto.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced plans to invest CNY5 billion to build its China-ASEAN regional information communication center and regional headquarters in Nanning.

China Unicom held the groundbreaking ceremony for its new base in northwest China, which aims to promote the development of the cloud computing business of the Chinese telecom carrier.

Chinese telecom operator China Unicom announced that following a period of trial operation, its official flagship store on the e-commerce website Taobao.com has formally launched, making it China Unicom's second largest Internet store.

Chinese Internet video website Letv.com and Chinese telecom operator China Unicom have signed a strategic agreement for cooperation in basic communications, development of new products, and marketing.

China Unicom has published its financial report for the first quarter of 2012, stating that its operating revenue reached CNY61.193 billion, a year-on-year increase of 24.8%; and its net profit reached CNY1.007 billion, a year-on-year increase of 594%.

China Unicom and Motorola have jointly launched Motorola's first low-price smartphone XT390 in China.

Whether related to the rumored murder charges against the wife of former Communist elite Bo Xilai or the earthquakes in Indonesia and Mexico over the last day, one thing is for sure: Internet connections to websites outside of China were intermittently not available to many users in China today.

The Chinese subsidiary of the Japanese social networking game platform operator DeNA has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Unicom's Wostore, and the two parties will jointly establish a Mobage games special zone for smartphones.

Friday the 13th did not play well for Apple today, as the company suspended the sale of its iPhone 4S smartphones in its Chinese retail outlets.