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Update: China’s ban on WiFi enabled handsets needs to be lifted

Posted in iPhone, iPhone in China, tagged , , , , , , , on April 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Update – May 13, 2009: Wow! MIIT approves a WiFi capable 3G handset. Read details > HERE
Update – April 24, 2009: Beijing. April 24. INTERFAX-CHINA - The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has allowed mobile phone manufacturers to integrate China’s homegrown WAPI (WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure) standard into their handsets, a source at a domestic handset [...]

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China Unicom visit to Cupertino confirmed, agreement within reach

Posted in China Unicom, iPhone in China, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

iPhonAsia Comment: On March 8 iPhonAsia reported on a rumored Apple/China Unicom summit that began the week of March 9. Details > HERE. This meeting has now been confirmed by a China telecommunications industry insider. As reported in the
article below and through several China news services, a China Unicom executive contingency, led by Executive Director of [...]

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China’s CCTV Reports on 3G Progress

Posted in 3G, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, tagged , , on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

China’s CCTV reports on the current status of 3G
China Mobile – TD-SCDMA 3G (launched continuing network buildout)
China Unicom – W-CDMA 3G (currently building network, target trial launch is May 17, 2009)
China Telecom – CDMA2000 3G (currently building network)
WATCH VIDEO

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AT&T launching an iPhone compatible femtocell – 3G MicroCell

Posted in AT&T, Femtocells, tagged , , , , , on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Update: via MacRumors 02/09/2009 … Excerpt: MobileCrunch discovered several image files in the new update package that appear to signal the iPhone’s compatibility with AT&T’s upcoming 3G MicroCell technology. 
AT&T is apparently in the final stages of preparing a launch of a femtocell device/service – AT&T 3G Microcell. Apple at one time showed some interest in Fon and their “free WiFi” [...]

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iPhonAsia reply to a post on AppleInsider re the “rumored” Nano iPhone

Posted in 3G, China Mobile, China Unicom, TD-SCDMA, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

iPhonAsia comment: Here (below) is the editor’s reply to a post on AppleInsider re the Nano iPhone. Note that iPhonAsia considers the Nano iPhone to be an outside chance, albeit more evidence is coming in each day to support its existence. But we do see two (2) new iPhone deals in PRC in 2009. One with > China [...]

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StarHub launches femtocell service … recommends iPhone 3G

Posted in iPhone, iPhone in Singapore, tagged , , , , , , , on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

iPhonAsia comment: There’s always a catch … according to StarHub’s website, the ‘Home Zone’ service and device is at present limited to the first 200 customers.
StarHub also recommends 3G phones for use on its new Home Zone service … Look who’s on the top of their list (w a bit of help from the alphabet) Apple iPhone [...]

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2G/3G (GSM/TD-SCDMA) back-and-forth transition

Posted in 3G, China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, iPhone, tagged , , , , , , , on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

iPhonAsia comment: This GSM/TD-SCDMA back-and-forth transition will be very important to handset owners and will ideally be incorporated into a TD iPhone 3G
China Mobile Researches New 2G/3G Exchange Technology
Sohu IT, 11/21/08 – Full post > HERE
China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) has revealed that the company is currently cooperating with chip and terminal manufacturers to research [...]

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TD iPhone 3G may be more important to China Mobile’s nascent TD-SCDMA

Posted in 3G, China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, iPhone, tagged , , , , on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Statistics Bureau: 86% Of TD-SCDMA Testers Unwilling To Buy In 
~ Sophia Fu, JLM Pacific Epoch
Eighty-six percent of China Mobile’s (NYSE: CHL, 941.HK) TD-SCDMA trial users are unwilling to buy TD-SCDMA terminals under current terminal, network and service conditions, reports Digital Times citing National Bureau of Statistics research conducted among 3,000 randomly selected TD-SCDMA users over [...]

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W-CDMA 3G license for China Unicom soon … iPhone deal thereafter?

Posted in 3G, Apple, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, TD-SCDMA, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, iPhone in China, tagged , , , , , on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Update: 11/18/2008 The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s (MIIT) Telecommunications Administration Bureau and related departments issued a draft document for review suggesting that issuance of TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, and CDMA2000 3G licenses to domestic operators could be completed by years end.
iPhonAsia comment: iPhonAsia is of the opinion (pure speculation) that Apple’s TBA carrier deals in PRC [...]

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China Mobile pushes for “customized” (China Mobilized) iPhone – Apple resists

Posted in 3G, Apple, China, China Mobile, Smart Phones, TD-SCDMA, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, iPhone in China, tagged , , , , , , on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

iPhonAsia Comment: What is “customization” in the context of the wireless handset market? Mobile operators often make direct purchases from handset manufacturers (ZTE, Nokia, Apple?) and then brand (carrier’s logo) and customize the phones to make them more “appealing” (or so the carrier’s like to believe) to consumers or more directly support the carrier’s value added services platform. [...]

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