Taipei - China Mobile, China's largest cellphone company, signed a strategic alliance agreement with Taiwan's Far East Tone Wednesday, becoming the first Chinese firm to invest in Taiwan's telecommunications business.
The signing ceremony was in Hong Kong, while Far East Tone Chairman Douglas Hsu spoke to reporters in Taiwan via a video link.
Hsu said that China Mobile will pay 17 billion Taiwan dollars (524 million US) to buy 444 million shares of Far East, gaining 12 per cent stake and one board director's seat in Far East Tone.
San Francisco - Apple's iPhone could see wider distribution in the US next year as the company has not yet agreed to a request from AT&T to extend the telecom giant's exclusive rights to the hit smartphone, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
It's sleek and stylish slider phone; it's the phone that can work with two SIM cards at the same time; well, it's the new Samsung B5702 mobile phone announced by Samsung Electronics! The largest electronics company in the world - Samsung Electronics has unveiled its new dual-standby mobile phone, Samsung B5702.
The world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones – Nokia is now preparing to enter into the developing rural market in India, seeing that the urban market is getting increasingly concentrated with mobile technology. Anticipating a strong business potential in rural market, Nokia is teaming up with some micro finance institutions to get into the rural arenas.
Your CDMA and GSM numbers are likely to be expanded to 11 digits by early next year! Yes, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which, onetime maintained that the ten-digit mobile number system will go on for the next 30 years in India, is now considering introducing 11 digits numbering system.
