Rising investor interest, low costs may spur growth
China will be a main driver for the deployment of the fourth-generation (4G) mobile telephone network in the Asia-Pacific region, and the country will have almost half of the total 4G subscribers in the region by 2015, according to officials from the GSM Association.
The search engine, www.panguso.com, said Wednesday it will launch a voice activated search service for mobile phone users.
The owner of Chinese site 360buy.com is now hoping to raise at least $2 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) in the US by 2013 or later.
Twelve scholars and business insiders from universities, companies and research organizations discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by traditional publishing in the digital age at a copyright forum held on May 9 and 10 as part of the 18th Beijing International Book Fair.
Five suspects from two hacker groups that developed illegal programs and sold time to modify popular online games have been arrested in Sichuan and Anhui provinces.
Robin Li, founder and CEO of Baidu Inc, has invested in 360buy.com, a company that started by mainly selling electronics over the Internet.
Youku.com Inc, China's largest online video company by market share, launched a video-searching service on Monday, a move that puts it in competition with search engines, such as Baidu Inc and Google Inc.
China Mobile said on Monday that its mobile communications signals have been extended to provide service on the Nansha Islands.
Yahoo Inc and Alibaba Group released a joint statement on Sunday saying they are "engaged in and committed to productive negotiations".
China Telecom will offer BlackBerry services to corporate clients. Its monthly combo is lower than China Mobile's lowest charge for BlackBerry service.
China Mobile Communications Corp, the world's largest mobile telecom operator by network size and subscribers, is committed to building a responsible network and improving its service quality.