Fortune Apple 2.0 has a post today summarizing a research note issued by Shaw Wu, a senior telecom analyst. Wu covers Apple (AAPL) for Kaufman Brothers and is known for his sources in Asia. In his note, Wu suggests that while China Unicom is now the frontrunner for an iPhone deal, China Mobile remains a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘China Mobile’
China Mobile still vying for iPhone?
Posted in China Mobile, China Unicom, iPhone in China, tagged App store, China Mobile, China Unicom, iPhone in China, Kaufman Brothers, Mobile Market, Shaw Wu on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
iPhonAsia responds to China Mobile’s Spin
Posted in AAPL, App store, iPhone, iPhone in China, tagged App store, Apple, China, China Mobile, China Unicom, Cindy Geng, Interfax, iPhone, Mobile Market, Negotiations, Revenue, Yan Huang on June 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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China Mobile calls on operators to hold firm against Apple’s revenue-sharing demands
by Cindy Geng
Beijing. June 26. INTERFAX-CHINA – A China Mobile employee has called for a united front between the country’s three telecom operators in order to challenge Apple’s precondition on any iPhone deal with [...]
China Unicom and China Mobile unveil operating systems
Posted in China Mobile, China Unicom, tagged 139 emailbox, Apple, China Mobile, China Unicom, Fetion, iPhone, Mobile Market, Monternet, mSpaces, Ophone, UniPlus on June 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update – June 10, 2009: Interesting factoid from Ultimi Barbarorum… China Unicom will be building 125,000 base stations in the first 12 months of their W-CDMA 3G network rollout. That’s more 3G base stations than all the operators in Western Europe have rolled out in the 9 years since the 3G wireless standard has been in existence.
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Ouch! China Mobile wants 50% of all mobile app revenues
Posted in App store, China Mobile, tagged App store, China Mobile, developers, Mobile Market on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Developers who build apps for Mobile Market,*(China Mobile’s answer to Apple’s App Store) are in for a surprise. China Mobile will reportedly seek a 50% cut of all Mobile Market sales.
TelecomAsia is quoting a Shanghai Mobile (subsidiary of China Mobile) source; “China Mobile wants at least 50 percent of the revenues, and the rest goes [...]
China Mobile snuggles up to Android
Posted in China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, tagged Android, China Mobile, HTC, Levono, Ophone, TD-SCDMA on May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the last quarter of 2008, China Mobile announced plans to develop OPhone, their own Android-based operating system in partnership with select handset manufacturers such as Levono, HTC and Nokia. “OPhone” is a codename for phones that will be based on China Mobile’s OMS (Open Mobile System) which is essentially re-coded Android + TD-SCDMA (China’s [...]
iPhone in China – BusinessWeek’s scarecrow analysis
Posted in App store, China Mobile, China Unicom, Smart Phones, iPhone, iPhone in China, tagged App store, Business Week, China Mobile, China Unicom, iPhone in China, Stanford iPhone App Course, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
BusinessWeek has just posted a rather pessimistic article on iPhone’s prospects in China. If you’re an iPhone fan take a deep breath, exhale and relax. In iPhonAsia’s opinion, this article – Why China won’t fall for the iPhone – is nothing more than straw man hit piece. To win the debate using the straw man [...]
China Mobile launching mobile payments, will China Unicom counter with iPhone wave-to-pay
Posted in China Mobile, China Unicom, tagged China Mobile, China Unicom, McDonalds, mobile payments, Starbucks, wave-to-pay on April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
iPhonAsia comment: China Mobile is planning to launch a trial TD-SCDMA mobile (swipe) payment service in Shanghai within weeks. Participating merchants include Starbucks, McDonalds, and Shanghai Shentong Metro. Will China Unicom counter with their own mobile payments service on the soon to be unveiled “for China” iPhone 3G? iPhonAsia has speculated in several recent posts about Apple’s [...]
Dell planning to launch two TD-SCDMA phones?
Posted in China Mobile, iPhone, tagged 139 emailbox, Android, China Mobile, China Mobile app engine, Dell, Dell phone, Fetion, Monternet, mSpaces, TD-SCDMA, Wang Jianzhou, WVAS on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
花花公子 it’s a Dell TD Phone!
iPhonAsia comment: According to a report on Sina.com.cn, Dell is planning to build two new TD-SCDMA smartphones for China Mobile. Like several new customized TD smartphones (Levono, HTC, Nokia) being developed for China Mobile, the Dell phone mobile operating system (MOS) will be Android-based and specially coded to exclusively support China [...]
Update 4/13/2009: iPhone Nano rumor
Posted in 3G, Apple, iPhone, iPhone in China, tagged China Mobile, China Unicom, iDeals, iPhone, iPhone Nano, Nano concept, Nano iPhone, TD-SCDMA, XSKN on April 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Update – April 13, 2009: iPhonAsia reply to MacRumors post re new iPhone Models
Think BRIC countries
“According to its insider news, Apple has already ordered 4 million units of new iPhones and expected to receive the shipment by end of this quarter. These iPhones might be a combination of 3 new models, with one only supports [...]
