Neuter Me This: iPhone China Rumor
The South China Morning Post reports:
China Mobile is expected to offer Apple’s iPhone on the mainland but the 3G and Wi-fi network functions will be disabled as Beijing has not yet approved handsets with these features, according to Daiwa Institute of Research.
…Daiwa analyst Calvin Huang yesterday said Taiwan Hon Hai Precision Industry, which is responsible [...]
IPv6: Start the Doomsday Clock at 830 Days
China Tech News reports:
The Internet in China may soon run out. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, under the current allocation speed, China’s IPv4 address resources can only meet the demand of 830 more days and if no proper measures are taken by then, new Chinese netizens will not be able to gain [...]
Xiamen: We Don’t Need No Stinking WiFi
China Tech News reports:
China Mobile (CHL) has signed a wireless cooperation memo with the Xiamen Municipal Government to build a wireless city.
Unlike other Chinese cities which adopt Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology is their wireless construction, Xiamen will become the first wireless city in China that based on the TD-SCDMA/HSDPA network. This is also the first [...]
Pricing TD-HSDPA in Shanghai
I was over in Pudong visiting a client the other day and, when I noticed a China Mobile shop, went in to ask about HSDPA devices.
It’s not as cheap as I would have thought.
The USB dongle itself was RMB700 (about US$100). The SIM card was an additional RMB120.
5RMB gets you 30MB of data traffic
20 [...]
HSDPA Up and Running in Shanghai
Marbridge Daily reports:
Shanghai Mobile has confirmed that its TD-HSDPA 3.5G network has been put into use in Shanghai. Users can now purchase TD-HSDPA data cards to experience network speeds of close to 1 Mbps per second, which is approximately 2-3 times faster than the original TD-SCDMA network.
No word on any giveaway, subsidy, specials from China [...]
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