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Steve Jobs in Talks with China Mobile?

Riley Kennysmith — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:52:04 +0000

Steve Jobs is rumored to be meeting with China Mobile Ltd representatives to officially bring the iPhone to the network. TechCrunch reports that China Mobile is the world’s largest mobile operator and already has more than 7 million iPhone users on its network. If the talks are real and successful, China Mobile may soon sell and officially support iPhones.

China Mobile operates on a different 3G standard than the iPhone supports, so the jailbroken iPhones currently on the network only get 2G.

Analyst: Apple iPhone 4S Likely To Be On Sprint, T-Mobile, and China Mobile

Amit Chowdhry — Sat, 14 May 2011 16:55:12 +0000

According to Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek, the Apple iPhone 5 is unlikely to have LTE functionality. Misek also said that the iPhone device that is expected to launch in September should be called the iPhone 4S. And if his sources are correct, Apple will announced that the iPhone 4S will be available on Sprint, T-Mobile, and China Mobile.

The iPhone 4S is also expected to have minor cosmetic changes, a better camera, A5 dual-core processor, and HSPA+ support. However the Qualcomm LTE chipset Apple would have used “is currently not achieving yields sufficient for inclusion in the iPhone 5,” added Misek.

[Forbes]

Ericsson Makes $1.8 Billion Deal With China Mobile and China Unicom

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:03:39 +0000

Ericsson has announced a deal with China Mobile and China Unicom that is worth $1.8 billion. Ericsson will provide China Unicom with a faster 3G network. Ericsson will also provide China Mobile equipment to boost their capacity for mobile networks. “The signing of the significant frame agreements is a manifestation of our continued strong co-operation with our Chinese customers,” stated Ericsson head of China Mats Olsson. [BBC]

China Mobile Invests $5.8 Billion In Pudong Bank For 20% Ownership

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:59 +0000

China Mobile will be paying $5.8 billion for 20% of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. China Mobile will develop mobile e-commerce and finance businesses with Pudong as a result of the deal. China Mobile will buy about 2.2 billion Pudong bank shares at about 18.03 yuan. This is a discount of 13% to Pudong bank’s shares from Feb. 25. [NYT]

China Mobile Selling The Motorola MT710 Starting December 28

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:35:26 +0000

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) will soon start selling a phone that is similar to the Droid in China. However the phone will be using China’s 3G standard and the China Mobile operating system. This means it will be based on the Android operating system, modified by China Mobile. The Droid uses the newest Google mobile operating system without much modification.

The 3G mobile standard used in China is called TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access). It will also have support for wireless LANs (not specifically WiFi). The MT710 will not have a slide out keyboard, it is purely touchscreen. The built in camera is 5 megapixels. The actual name that will be used for the device in China is the Motorola MT710 Zhiling. Zhiling means “intelligent” and “leader.” China Mobile currently has about 510 million subscribers.

Android-Powered Dell Mini 3 Mobile Phone To Launch In China And Brazil

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:23:54 +0000

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) has implemented the Google Android operating system in a new mobile phone that they are launching in China and Brazil. China Mobile and Claro will be selling the Dell Mini 3 very soon. The Dell Mini 3 is the company’s first smartphone and the specs are mum for now.

LG GW880 To Be Released In China With OPhone OS

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:01:51 +0000

LG Electronics will soon be releasing the LG GW880 on China Mobile. The phone will be powered by the OPhone OS. OPhone OS is based on the Google Android operating system.

The OPhone has an interface like the iPhone and there is an application store called the Mobile Market for the phone. The OPhone SDK is compatible with the Android SDK.

The LG GW880 works with a 3G connection and TD-SCDMA/EDGE. The LG GW880 also has a 3.5″ touch screen, WVGA resolution, GPS, Bluetooth, 5 megapixel camera, 512 MB ROM/256MB RAM.

Dell Ophone mini3i Mobile Phone With Android Arriving In China Soon

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:32:52 +0000

Within the next couple of days, Dell will be launching a mobile phone. The phone will be powered by the Google Android operating system. Since the operating system is open source, this will save the Chinese customers some money. The news about an Android-powered Dell phone has been rumored since April.

The provider of the phone service will be China Mobile. And the phone is expected to be called the Ophone mini3i. Given the word mini is in the name, I have a strong belief that the phone will be miniature.

Rumor has it that Dell is also working with Google Android on a tablet PC. But there is another rumor that Dell is working on their own proprietary operating system while partnering with software company Red Office.

The Dell Ophone mini3i phone is expected to operate similarly to the iPhone. The phone will have a touchscreen and will not have a physical keyboard. Lenovo and Dopod are also expected to launch Ophones of their own in the next several days. All Ophones will have TD-SCDMA (Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access). This means the phone will not work outside of China, unless hacked of course.

[via MobileCrunch]

Vodafone Building APIs For Billing and Location Awareness

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:07:13 +0000

Vodafone is planning to release a set of APIs that will give developers the opportunity to build applications with capabilities to directly charge consumers for micro-payments and has the ability to detect location. Developers will be able to reach Vodafone’s 289 million customers through the selling of games and other applications.

Vodafone will allow developers to use direct billing capabilities for customers to pay for application services wirelessly through pre- and post-paid accounts.

Another fortunate opportunity for developers through Vodafone is access to the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) SDK. The JIL is a partnership between Softbank Corporation, Vodafone, and China Mobile Limited. This will allow developers to create widgets for a total customer base of up to one billion consumers. JIL will be launching a formal website and the SDK this summer.

[via Vodafone press release]

China Mobile Users Send Out 174.2 Billion SMS Messages In 3 Months

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:19:17 +0000

Fresh from the talks of the potential to make Dell smartphones, China Mobile has released some very impressive numbers regarding their mobile subscribers. Although the revenue per user is falling, China Mobile users are downloading more music, making lots of calls, and texting each other a lot more now than ever.

On China Mobile, over 174.2 billion SMS messages were sent during January 1 through March 31. The carrier also has 384 million users on their wireless music service. The reason why the company is losing more money per user is because they introduced more economical phone plans.

However this year the country started adding 3G networks which will make it easier to sell more value-added services just like AT&T is capitalizing on right now with the iPhone 3G.

[via IDG/China Mobile PR]