The personnel adjustment regarding China's telecom restructuring has been published with Wang Jianzhou appointed to work as president and CEO of China Mobile (CHL); Zhang Chunjiang as first vice president and party secretary of China Mobile; Wang Xiaochu as president and CEO of China Telecom (CHA); Shang Bing as party secretary of China Telecom; Chang [...]

Chinese wireless value-added services company KongZhong (KONG) says its unaudited first quarter 2008 financial results reveal total revenues increased 8% sequentially to US$21.39 million, but total mobile advertising revenues were a weak US$212,000.

China Unicom (CHU) says that due to the earthquake, its G net and C net in Wenchuan, Sichuan Province have both broken.

Top management from China Telecom has disclosed to the local media that a measure regarding China's telecom industry restructuring may be released on May 17, the World Telecommunication Day.

Ericsson (ERIC) signed GSM expansion framework agreements this week with China Mobile and China Unicom valued at about US$1.3 billion and US$140 million, respectively.

China Unicom (CHU) has taken a lead in the telecom sector by launching a nationally unified online business hall in China.

After turmoil last week caused by information that Focus Media (FMCN) was sending SMS spam to Chinese users, China Mobile (CHL) and China Unicom (CHU), the two major mobile service providers in China, have now each strengthened their management of wireless spam by launching hotlines of their own for users to report spam messages.

Following the launch of voice search services by Chinese fixed-line telecom operators, the country's mobile communications operator China Unicom (CHU) has announced plans to launch its own voice navigation service 10191, which is expected to be put into commercial use before the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.