News apparently from Datang reveals that the Chinese government has decided to merge the two stated-owned telecom equipment makers, Datang Telecom and Potevio, before the end of 2010.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Datang Telecom Technology Company has published a report stating that its net profit in the first half of 2009 is expected to reach CNY7.69 million, mainly attributed to sales growth of 3G terminal products.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has published the list of the top 100 Chinese electronic information enterprises in 2009, with the telecom equipment maker Huawei topping the list with annual revenue of CNY122.7 billion.

Chinese telecommunications operator China Mobile has published the ratings for its third round TD-SCDMA equipment tender, with ZTE, Huawei, and Datang gaining listings on the top.

Beijing No. 1 Secondary People's Court has accepted two lawsuits filed against Datang Telecom Technology Company Ltd.

According to a Chinese TD-SCDMA equipment provider, China Mobile will launch its third round 3G wireless network equipment tender on March 16, 2009.

The Shanghai Municipal Government has signed a strategic cooperative framework agreement with the Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group.

Datang Telecom Technology says it is being sued by two investors in China for misleading statements made in its financial report released in 2004.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, the Shanghai-headquartered integrated circuit foundry, has announced that the company has signed a two-year strategic cooperative agreement with the Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Datang Holdings.

The board of directors at Chinese telecom equipment maker Datang has approved the proposal for building a Tianjin communications terminal manufacturing plant, in which Datang Telecom will invest CNY10 million.

China Mobile (CHL) has released the results for its second round TD-SCDMA tender, and Chinese manufacturer Datang is the largest winner with ZTE, Huawei and Nokia Siemens Networks also gaining significant chunks of the deal.

Although the final result for its second-round TD-SCDMA tender has not come out yet, China Mobile (CHL) has now started its planning for the third-round TD-SCDMA deployment and the company will reportedly set up TD-SCDMA networks in 162 Chinese cities.

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMI) has reached an agreement with China's Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Holdings Co. Ltd under which Datang Holdings is investing USD172 million in common equity in SMIC for a 16.6% interest in the company.

China's TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance has launched regulations to prevent vicious competition among its members.

Alcatel Shanghai Bell and Datang Mobile have jointly announced that the two sides signed a cooperation agreement to promote the commercial development of TD-SCDMA in China and overseas.