Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei has signed an agreement with the Belgian wireless Internet equipment maker Option, to acquire all issued shares of M4S, Option's wholly-owned semiconductor company.

China UnionPay has collaborated with commercial banks, mobile communication operators, and mobile phone manufactures for the establishment of the Mobile Payment Industry Alliance in China.

China Mobile's Beijing branch and the Beijing-based hypermarket retailer Wumart Stores have signed a strategic cooperation agreement for mobile phone payment services.

Advanced ID's Hong Kong subsidiary, Advanced ID Asia Pacific, says it will acquire Shenzhen DDCT Technology, which specializes in development, production, and sales of RFID/UHF hardware, including UHF readers, and antenna tags throughout Asia.

Motorola (MOT) has deployed a campus-wide WLAN for Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications to enable multimedia Internet-based teaching, automatic academic office management, Internet access, and long-distance teaching.

Blue Bamboo says its Chinese partner KuaiPay has designed and integrated a closed loop contactless payment system for the Holland Heineken House, which is located in the Nongzhanguan area of Beijing.

Fujitsu and Fujitsu Frontech Limited announced at the Fujitsu International Forum 2008 that they would sell their super high frequency waterproof RFID tags in overseas markets, including China, starting May.

According to Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, a total of more than 16 million tickets embedded with RFID chips will be used during the Beijing Olympic Games and this is the first time that RFID has ever been used for the Olympic Games.

According to Chinabyte.com, Cisco (CSCO) and Motorola (MOT) may enter Guangdong's Foshan Innovation Industry Park as RFID solution providers.

Emirates Airline is partnering with London Heathrow, Dubai International and Hong Kong International airports, to trial the latest RFID technology in baggage handling.