Mobile Data is Here, Please Buy a Phone

Marbridge Daily reports:
A source at China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) recently confirmed that the company has fully upgraded its network from TD-SDCMA to HSDPA in ten cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Shenyang, Baoding and Qingdao. The source also revealed that Guangzhou will increase its number of TD-SCDMA base stations by 10%-20% later [...]

The Chinese Telecoms Three-Step

China Tech News reports:
The personnel adjustment regarding China’s telecom restructuring has been published with Wang Jianzhou appointed to work as president and CEO of China Mobile (CHL); Zhang Chunjiang as first vice president and party secretary of China Mobile; Wang Xiaochu as president and CEO of China Telecom (CHA); Shang Bing as party secretary of [...]

3Com Deal: Huawei is Mad as Hell

The Financial Times reports:
The Chinese company participating in the planned buy-out of a US telecoms equipment maker has angrily rounded on US politicians who claim the deal could endanger US national security.
Xu Zhijun, chief marketing officer at Huawei Technologies, told the Financial Times that the concerns expressed by some US lawmakers were “bullshit”.
Mr. Xu’s zesty [...]

Cisco in China: I’d Like to Put US$16 Billion on Red, Please

Shanghai Daily reports that Cisco is planning to invest US$16 billion in China over the next three to five years.
Some details:

- A memorandum of understanding with Alibaba to promote networking services for SMBs
- A doubling of China-based manufacturing
- A joint US$100 million investment with China Development Bank for venture capital for Chinese businesses
- Training and [...]