France-based 4G chipmaker Sequans has opened a new office in Shanghai.

U.S.-based American firm Zap has signed definitive agreements with China's Jonway Group to acquire 51% stake in Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Company Ltd.

Turismo de Portugal, I.P., the national tourist board of Portugal, announced the launch of a Simplified Chinese version of the country's official tourism website visitportugal.com to coincide with the ongoing Shanghai Expo 2010.

During the Information and Communication Technology and Urban Development Forum, the first official forum of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, held in Ningbo, Zhejiang, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, revealed that China's convergence of its three networks may cover all cities in three to five years.

According to reports in Taiwanese local media, China Unicom and Taiwan Mobile have jointly launched a roaming preferential policy to free travelers between the mainland and Taiwan from high roaming fees.

Gan Shaoning, deputy director of the State Intellectual Property Office of China, has disclosed to local media that SIPO will provide two methods for intellectual property protection of the World Expo 2010.

The joint construction and sharing of Shanghai's telecom infrastructures has played an important role in the city's major projects, including the World Expo site, Hongqiao traffic hub, and Lingang new city, and the three major Chinese telecom operators claim to have realized full joint construction and sharing of mobile base stations for the 2010 Shanghai [...]

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China, an association based in Beijing comprised of journalists representing non-Chinese media, has issued an alert because some of its members have reportedly had their email accounts hacked.

HUBS1, the official hotel reservations service provider and sponsor for 2010 World Expo, announced the hotel reservation website for World Expo Shanghai Expotia.com officially is now online after a one-month trial operation.

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

Chinese home appliances and electronics retailer Gome has announced that it has signed a franchise license agreement with the 2010 Shanghai World Expo to become the authorized retailer of World Expo-related home appliances.

BesTV New Media, Shanghai Media Group's new media subsidiary, and Orange, France Telecom's mobile and Internet network brand, have signed a strategic cooperation agreement on technology and investment for integration of mobile phones, televisions, and computers.

Chinese Internet company Tencent has launched a web-based version of its instant messaging product QQ, which allows its users to use the service without any installation of software.

China Telecom Beijing has announced that its six business halls have started to sell tickets for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.

China Unicom has signed a framework agreement with the municipal government of Shanghai to implement an extensive in-depth strategic cooperation in the information sector.