ZTE, JD Form Strategic Partnership For Marketing

ZTE and JD Group announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement in New York under which the two parties …

Nintendo, Tencent Reach Deal For Arena Of Valor

Japan’s Nintendo reached an agreement with China’s Tencent to launch Tencent’s popular game “Arena of Valor” on Nintendo’s Switch this …

China’s ZTE Uses Crowdfunding To Launch Eye Tracking Phone

Chinese telecom device maker ZTE will reportedly launch its new smartphone product via an unusual channel: the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. …

CNY2 Billion Deal Amps Up Chinese Smartphone’s Appeal

LeTV phoneChinese mobile phone retail channel provider D.Phone and Letv have reached a strategic deal with total value of CNY2 billion. …

Americans Can Now Use China’s Didi Ride Hailing App

ride hailingChinese taxi-hailing app Didi is now available in America and users can complete payment via WeChat or Alipay with automated …

China’s Xiaomi Eyes Bollywood With Latest Investment

Bollywood musicChinese smartphone maker Xiaomi recently led the investments of USD25 million in Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, an online music and …

Apple’s iPhone SE Receives Over 3.4 Million Orders In China

iPhone SEApple’s new 4-inch smartphone iPhone SE had received over 3.4 million orders in the Chinese market. According to statistics provided …

Lenovo Begins Major Business Reshuffle Next Week

LenovoIt probably hurts to be a manager at Lenovo today. Nearly all of the company’s business groups face upheaval in …

Chinese Mobile Phone Users Sent 699.2 Billion Texts Last Year

Messaging ChinaChinese mobile phone users sent out a total of 699.2 billion short messages in 2015, according to statistics from the …

WeChat Amps Up Competition With New Phone Call Function

China’s WeChat, the instant messaging app by Tencent, has Facebook’s WhatsApp, Japan’s Line, and Microsoft’s Skype service in its sights …

Why Is China Mobile Forming An Internet Company Now?

China Mobile’s Internet subsidiary named China Mobile Internet Business gained its business license on October 30, 2015, and has begun formal operations. But why is China’s largest mobile carrier forming an offshoot company solely focused on Internet services now? China Mobile president Li Yue revealed at the end of 2012 that the behemoth would establish […]

Coolpad Appoints Letv’s Chief As Executive Director

Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad has appointed Jia Yueting, chairman and general manager of Letv.com, and Liu Hongwei, vice chairman and deputy general manager of Letv.com, as executive directors, effective immediately. According to the company, Jia and Liu signed three-year service contracts with Coolpad, starting from August 17, 2015. Both of them will receive CNY1 million […]

Hong Kong Mobile OS Company Aims To Beat Android, Apple

The freshly-minted Hong Kong-based mobile operating system company Acadine Technologies is hoping to make room for itself among the ubiquitous of Android and iOS devices. The company says it received USD100 million in its first round financing from China-based Tsinghua Unigroup International. Acadine is so new, that only yesterday, July 15, did it register and […]

What’s The Future For Taxi Apps In China?

On Valentine’s Day, two of China’s taxi-hailing apps agreed to merge. But is this a good business decision and does it benefit consumers in China? China’s two leading taxi-hailing apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache jointly announced on February 14, 2015, that the two companies will realize a strategic integration and they will hold an […]

Xiaomi Invests USD10 Million In Youku-Tudou

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announced that the company plans to invest USD10 million to purchase shares of Youku-Tudou from the secondary market, which will enable the playing of Youku-Tudou contents on Xiaomi devices. Xiaomi will also buy Youku-Tudou shares from the open market. The two parties will make a joint investment of an unknown sum […]

Letv.com Establishes New Beijing Company For Mobile Phone Development

According to data from the Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, Letv has registered a new company named Letv Mobile Smart Information Technology (Beijing) Company Limited, with registered capital of CNY20 million. The business scope of this new company covers production and development of mobile phones and sales of communications devices, electronic products, mechanical equipment, […]

Xiaomi Adopts New Domain Name For Online Rebranding

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has launched its new domain name Mi.com, and users will be re-directed to this domain when visiting the old one at Xiaomi.com. According to domain record information, the current holder of Mi.com is Xiaomi and the information updated date is April 21, 2014. Xiaomi reportedly spent over USD1 million on this […]

UCWeb Confirms Acquisition Of PP Assistant

Zhu Shunyan, chief operating officer of China-based UCWeb, revealed during the Global Mobile Game Development Trend Summit that they have acquired PP Assistant and integration will soon be completed. Zhu did not disclose any financial details of the deal involving Teiron Network Technology, parent of PP Assistant. In October 2013, rumors swirled that UCWeb would […]

And What? China Mobile Will Soon Unveil New Youthful Wireless Brand

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile is trying to generate buzz around its new business brand “And” that launches on December 17, 2013. The new brand is reportedly formed by a green English word “And”, an exclamation mark, and a pink Chinese character “He” 9which means “and’ in Mandarin), which aims to create an image of […]

Tencent Eyes Integrated Mobile Gaming Platform

Ma Xiaoyi, vice president of Tencent, said during the Global Mobile Game Congress in Beijing this week that Tencent plans to launch an integrated mobile gaming platform, covering Tencent’s major mobile applications and quality products developed by third-party mobile game developers.

HP Launches Moonshot Server In China

Focused on saving energy and space, HP unveiled its latest server product Moonshot in China.

China Mobile Net Profit Up 2.7%

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile published its annual financial report for 2012, stating that the company’s operating revenue was CNY560.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%; and its profit attributable to shareholders was CNY129.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%.

China’s Alipay Reported 546% Wireless Payment Growth In 2012; Tibetan City Tops Ranking

Chinese third-party Internet payment service provider Alipay.com has published its report showing that the mobile payment service developed rapidly in China in 2012 with 546% year-on-year growth by trading value; and the number of people who used this service increased by 223%.

Former AdChina COO Jumps To Tencent

Chinese Internet company Tencent revealed that Zheng Jingwei, former chief operating officer of AdChina, has joined Tencent as general manager for the advertising platform unit of the networking media group.

Apple’s iPhone 5 Officially Available In Mainland China In December

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, revealed at the conference call for the fourth financial quarter that Apple’s performance in the Greater China market was very good during the reporting period and the company plans to launch its latest iPhone 5 in mainland China in December 2012.

Faster Wireless Speeds On The Horizon As China Mobile Readies TD-LTE

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile will soon launch its TD-LTE mobile phone user tests, and the first batch of TD-LTE devices will be available in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou.

China Mobile Builds Largest Internet Information Security Center In Luoyang

Chinese telecom operator China Mobile announced the formal launch of a new Internet information security operating center in Luoyang, provincial capital of Henan.

Social TV Comes To China: Kaixin001.com Teams With Samsung, Haier, Hisense

Chinese social networking site Kaixin001.com recently published its software client for smart TV, which will be pre-installed on smart TV products manufactured by Samsung, Haier, and Hisense.