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Devices makers’ latest moves
Global mobile brands find lines busy in ChinaAlthough Apple swept the North American and European markets as the leading smartphone brand, the company ranked seventh by market share in China during the first six months of this year, behind Samsung Electronics and many domestic manufacturers. |
Chinese firm ZTE mulls telecoms venture in NigeriaThe Chinese telecommunications and network solution firm ZTE is set to partner with the United Arab Emirate telecommunication service provider, Etisalat, to provide network transformation. |
Samsung's $7b vote of confidenceGroundbreaking on the new $7 billion Samsung Electronics NAND flash memory plant Xi'an heralded western China's biggest foreign investment and Samsung's largest in the country. |
Mobile Internet development
Mounting calls for free access to Wi-FiGetting on the Net for free in urban areas with mobile devices may be just a click away. |
One network will link goods from cars to fridgesThe increasing number of mobile subscriptions and growing penetration of smart devices is shaping the world to become a networked society. |
Record investment in Chinese mobile InternetInvestment in China's mobile-Internet industry reached a record $378 million in the first six months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 18 percent, according to a leading consultancy in the venture capital and private equity industry. |
Growing mobile web business
Getting online while on the moveGovernments and companies are working to implement wireless signals on various modes of transportation. |
Mobile map users to reach 600m by 2015China is boasting a promising mobile map market, with the number of users estimated to reach 600 million by the end of 2015, said a report by market researcher Analysys International. |
Mobile healthcare promising in China: reportWidespread adoption of mobile technology in healthcare in China is now viewed as inevitable by 80 percent of doctors and healthcare payers. |
Opinions on China market
More to meets the eye with HuaweiThere is probably a much more important agenda behind Huawei's decision to "invest in Britain". |
Corporate competitivenessThe increasing popularity of big State-owned enterprises among Chinese employees is becoming more evident as the economic recession in Western countries forces foreign businesses to cut staff. |
Apple mania leaves me with a sour tasteAre gadgets like iPhones and iPads fast becoming part of our mind and body, extensions of ourselves? Is our craze for iPhones and iPads alike going a bit too far, too irrational? |