Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC has brought new smartphone products under a new brand of HTC to the Chinese mainland market, aiming to become a top five smartphone vendor in this marketplace.

China Mobile and China Broadcasting Corporation have jointly announced that the TD+CMMB mobile TV service developed by the two parties has officially been put into commercial use.

Newport Media has commenced mass production of its complete 65nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor single-chip solution for the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting digital television standard.

China Broadcasting Corporation, the operator of China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting service, has published its charging standards for this mobile TV service.

China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation, the company owned by China's State Administration of Radio Film and Television, has signed an agreement with China Mobile to jointly promote the development of TD-SCDMA mobile phones with the CMMB function to provide wireless streaming video.

China's first China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting provincial operator Shandong Zhongguang Communication Company was established on February 24, 2009, which represents the start of CMMB operation at the Chinese provincial level.

Sharp is jumping into the Chinese mobile video broadcasting sector with a new mobile TV tuner that supports China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting.

The State Administration of Radio Film and Television of China held a teleconference last week on China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting, in which the administration clarified the direction for the future development of CMMB.

According to Xie Jinhui, vice director of the Academy of Broadcasting Planning of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television of China, the administration is planning to build a central-level company for China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting.

The State Administration of Radio Film and Television of China has released the second round certification results of China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting terminals and CMMB terminals produced by six companies finally gained their certificates.

Supported by the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, Shanghai Ruigao Information Technologies has completed the first large-scale indoor coverage project for China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting in Shanghai.

Sun Zhaohui, vice director for the Wireless Bureau of the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, said at a press conference that the signals of China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting will hopefully cover the entire country in the second half of 2008.

China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Telecom just held a ceremony for the donation of one thousand China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting terminals to the Organizing Committee for the Beijing Olympic Games and has formally announced plans to serve the Olympic Games with the mobile multimedia standard of CMMB.

News from China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is that China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting will soon be put into commercial use on a trial basis in the three Chinese cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen and seven programs will be available free of charge during the trial use period.