UnionPay: China’s Mobile Purchasing Specialists
Pacific Epoch reports:
Chinese bank card network operator China UnionPay announced on January 29 that it added 4.95 million handset mobile payment users in 2007 to reach a total of 10 million users by the end of the year. Annual transaction volume for mobile payment, including SMS and SIM-card based POS (point-of-sale) transactions, reached RMB10.8 billion [...]
HP Bungles Bucolic Bundling
China Tech News reports:
In cooperation with China Telecom, HP has been offering a “Computer + Broadband” service in areas like Taizhou and Nantong of Jiangsu Province since December 2006, but the company is now being criticized by many Chinese users for the computers’ poor performances.
The program was initially hailed as a bundling innovation in China [...]
BSA to China: Stop Software Piracy, Enter IT Nirvana
The South China Morning Post reports:
The mainland’s information technology sector could reap a hefty windfall should the government succeed in curbing software piracy by up to 10 per cent over the next few years.
A study released last week by pirate software watchdog Business Software Alliance (BSA) and research firm International Data Corp (IDC) estimated a [...]
Dell Goes to the Mall
Pacific Epoch reports:
Dell China is going beyond directly-operated experience centers to franchise-like storefronts for the nationwide promotion of Dell consumer products, reports China Business News. According to Dell Greater China spokesman Zhang Saying, the company currently has more than 50 partners setting up shop in forth-, fifth- and sixth-tier markets. The sales partners will display [...]
3Com-Bain-Huawei Deal: 3Com Shareholder Vote Set
Shanghai Daily reports:
3COM Corp, the networking-equipment maker whose takeover by a Chinese company is under government scrutiny, said its shareholders will vote on the transaction on February 29.
The board is advising that investors vote in favor of the US$2.2-billion sale to Shenzhen-based Huawei Technologies Co and Bain Capital LLC, 3Com said in a regulatory filing. [...]
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