A representative in charge of the planning of China Mobile's online application store Mobile Market has revealed that the company's location-based service module is currently finishing its test phase, and will be launched next month.

China Unicom has reportedly started the public test of its online application store Wostore and the platform will be formally put into operation later this month.

Nokia and China Mobile have announced the launch of a joint mobile phone application store, MM-Ovi, marking a new start for two companies' cooperation in the mobile application sector.

Mobile Market, China Mobile's online mobile phone applications store for its OPhone and other devices, has published a notice stating that it started to charge for software and game products downloaded from its website from November 1, 2009.

China Mobile, one of the major mobile communications solution providers in China, has issued a bulletin which states that the company will launch an initiative on its MobileMarket platform to reward mobile application developers and to promote the online business of mobile application.

China Mobile and the Symbian Foundation have inked a deal for cooperation on services for TD-SCDMA.

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile has announced plans to recruit 100,000 experienced mobile phone application products users to test the applications provided in its new mobile phone application online store Mobile Market.