China Mobile’s Feet Begin to Feel Warm

Marbridge Daily reports:
China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) president Wang Jianzhou revealed that China Mobile has been working on the takeover of TD-SCDMA networks in Qingdao and Baoding, and will complete the process before the Olympics.
To date, China Mobile has invested RMB 15 bln on TD-SCDMA networks and built 14,688 base stations. The HSDPA upgrade of [...]

A Digital Epistle from One PRC to Another

Stopbadware (hat tip Computer Crime Research Center) reports:
The majority of the Internet’s malware-infected websites are located on Chinese networks, finds a new report released today by StopBadware.org, the university-based research initiative aimed at protecting users from dangerous software. The report also identifies the 10 network blocks that contain the largest number of badware sites. Six [...]

Internet Market Research for Thugs

Shanghai Daily reports:
FOUR suspects from Liaoning Province have been arrested for trying to blackmail a car owner using personal information they bought online.
It is the city’s first criminal case in which suspects allegedly committed a crime with personal information they bought illegally online, Changning District prosecutors said.
…The court heard that on March 28, a local [...]

上Fi: Doubling Down on 3G

China Tech News reports:
A representative from China Mobile (CHL) Shanghai has told the local media that they’ve prepared to build 1500 TD-SCDAM based stations in Shanghai starting this month.
China Mobile plans to bring the total number of TD base stations in Shanghai to about 3000 by the end of this year to make the city [...]

Microsoft: We’re Not Abnormal, We’re on Sale

Trading Markets reports:
Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT)’s Office 2007 will be sold at half prices in the company’s online stores and franchised stores in China from July 1, 2008.
It is the second unilateral price change of the computer technology giant after it sold Windows XP operating systems at half prices through distributors like Beijing Federal Software [...]

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