During the Mobile World Congress 2013 held in Barcelona, Spain, the Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE launched ZTE Open, its first smartphone product running on Firefox OS.

Ericsson's global service center has established a new branch in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.

U.S.-based Best Buy has had a difficult time promoting its electronics retail brand in China, and now the company is trying a new business strategy. The strategy was just unveiled in Nanjing, Jiangsu province: the company stated that it will return to the Chinese market via its Best Buy Mobile brand.

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.

Swedish networking equipment maker Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson has announced that to meet the increasing demands for telecom management services in China and the world, the company will set up a new global network operating center in China.

Taiwanese computer company Compal has announced that it acquired Toshiba's LCD TV assembly plant in Mexico and the asset transition is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2011.

Apple Inc. has announced that it plans to start selling iPad 2, the second-generation of its tablet computer product, in 25 countries and regions from March 25, 2011, and the new product will be available in Hong Kong from April.

Sales of Apple's tablet computer product iPad with the Wi-Fi function will start sales in the Chinese mainland market from September 17, 2010.

Vincent Tong, spokesperson of the Taiwan-based original equipment manufacturer Foxconn, has confirmed to the media that to ease the pressure brought by labor cost increases, the company will relocate its major production lines from Shenzhen to Langfang in Hebei.

Taiwan-based computer monitor and flat-panel television maker TPV Technology has announced plans to build two new plants in mainland China and Mexico, respectively.

The computer production plant in Apodaca, a city in northeastern Mexico, has formally been put into production for China's leading PC maker Lenovo.

European electronics manufacturing services firm Elcoteq SE has decided to launch an intense global restructuring plan that will see one of its China facilities close.

According to the second quarter financial report in 2009 fiscal year of the international electronics retailer Best Buy (BBY), the company has gained the approval of Chinese local government to open four new stores in China.

YouTube.com, a video website owned by Google, has formally launched its Simplified Chinese interface, marking the key step for Google's indirect entry into China's video sector.

IBM (IBM) says it has opened separate centers of excellence in China, Mexico and India to provide clients with access to the latest technologies and processes in banking, retail and service management arenas.