Great news for travelers as China Mobile announced that it began lowering international roaming fees in five countries at the start of November 2012.

To further improve the handling of Internet and information security emergencies, Beijing Emergency Management Office and Beijing Economic and Information Technology Committee have jointly formulated and published an emergency technology plan.

Following news last week that 40 Shandong retailers refused to sell Nokia mobile phones, some of Nokia's dealers in Shanghai have also reportedly stopped selling Nokia brand mobile phones in protest of the company's policies.

The Beijing Olympics were expected to create great wealth for tourism companies last year, but Chinese Internet travel company eLong.com has failed to deliver as it posted worrisome financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008.

Chinese market research firm Analysys International has published its latest report on China's outdoor LCD advertising market for the fourth quarter of 2008, which states the revenue for this sector reached CNY1.726 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25.5%, but a decrease of 5.3% compared with the third quarter of 2008.

According to the report on China's Internet video market for the fourth quarter of 2008 released by the market research firm Analysys International, China's Internet video sector generated CNY130.7 million in revenue during the three months, an increase of 0.5% compared with the third quarter of 2008.

Google China is cooperating with the Beijing-based website J.cn in launching a Beijing Valentine's Day map, which will help lost lovers find services like restaurant booking and flower delivery in Beijing for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

Chinese Internet company Sohu.com has posted record revenues for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as both web advertising and online games helped push the company to higher returns.

Last year was supposed to be fantastic for Chinese travel websites as they planned on the Beijing 2008 Olympics to push them to higher revenues, but Ctrip.com's unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008, show that the travel industry is starting to crack under pressure in China from the [...]

China Mobile (CHL) has unveiled its TD-SCDMA network development plan for 2009, which says the company will invest CNY58.8 billion to complete network coverage of 238 prefecture-level cities in China.

Zhu Guang, senior director for Lenovo (LNVGY) Greater China's public relations and promotions, will depart from his position at the end of December 2008.

Zhang Yuhang, vice director for the Application Promotion Department of the Municipal Informatization Office of Beijing, said during the Wireless City Summit 2008 held in Beijing that the capital city's wireless city construction will cover all of Beijing's urban and suburban areas before the end of 2011.

A representative from Sohu.com (SOHU) has confirmed that the Chinese Internet company plans to launch its own Internet browser product, but the detailed schedule for making it available to users has not been released.

Chinese Internet portal and online game firm NetEase.com (NTES) says its total revenues grew as it announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008.

Chinese Internet company Sina.com (SINA) announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 and says net revenues increased 64% year over year to USD105.4 million, including Internet advertising revenues increasing 66% year over year to USD76.2 million.