First phone to run Baidu’s operating system hits China’s streets
Tweet Baidu has cemented its unofficial role as the Google of China with the launch of a Dell mobile phone that runs the new Baidu Yi operating system. The Dell…
Indian telecom licences acquired with bribes are cancelled
Tweet One hundred and twenty two (122) mobile 3G licences that were sold by the Indian government in 2008 have been cancelled by the country’s Supreme Court after they were…
Low priced handsets driving China’s smartphone market
Tweet Casual observers of this week’s chaotic scenes of Chinese consumers desperately trying to get their hands on a new iPhone 4S might think that the iPhone is the killer…
The Top 20 most valuable brands in China
Tweet The world’s largest provider of telecommunication services by subscribers, China Mobile Ltd (NYSE: CHL, HKG: 0941) has scooped the top award as China’s most valuable brand for a second…
Computer market falls: Quanta sales plummet 10%, Acer down 2%
Tweet Taiwan’s top contract PC manufacturer Quanta Computer has seen a sharp fall in its sales. November sales stood at NT$96.86 billion, a 9.7% drop from the preceding month and…
Indonesian phone and internet usage being limited by high prices
Tweet A survey conducted in Indonesia has revealed that telecommunication rates in the country for both data and voice services are too high and this has negatively affected the average…
China switches export focus away from Europe and America
Tweet China’s interest in exporting to developed countries is waning and the south Asian nation is currently focusing more on exporting to developing countries. Speaking Wednesday, a Chinese foreign trade…
Acer close to being Number 2 PC brand in China
Tweet Acer (TAI:2353) is set to become the Number 2 PC brand in China in 2012 behind market leader Lenovo. According to the president of the Taiwan-based international computer maker, Oliver…
China wants to invest in West’s crumbling infrastructure
Tweet The current global economic slow down has had a major impact on the infrastructure in the developed world and China says it wants to help. Its motives however are…
Baidu’s near monopoly of Chinese search engine market could be investigated
Tweet Baidu’s continued dominance on the Chinese online search engine market could soon be a subject of investigation by anti-trust regulators, according to Analysis, an internet research firm. Currently, Baidu…
