IPv6 and the Olympics: Showing Some Backbone

CRN reports:
While the 2008 Beijing Olympics might be good for China’s image in the world, they will definitely be great for the IPv6 standard. China is relying on the IPV6 technology to transmit real time footage of all Olympic events to live TV broadcasting systems and video streaming over the Internet. China’s official service provider [...]

China Mobile Gets Its Marching Orders

The South China Morning Post reports:
Beijing has ordered China Mobile Communications Corp to enrol more than 100 million mobile-telephone subscribers within three years - all of whom will use TD-SCDMA technology - in an attempt to ensure the success of the nation’s home-grown 3G system, sources said.
The parent of Hong Kong-listed China Mobile was asked [...]

China 3G: Have it Your Way

Pacific Epoch reports:
China Unicom (NYSE: CHU, 762.HK, 600050.SH) users are starting to switch from Unicom’s CDMA to GSM network, reports Oriental Morning Post. According to the report, users going GSM must relinquish their former mobile number. China Unicom is currently in talks with China Telecom (NYSE: CHA, 728.HK) for the sale of its CDMA business.
China [...]