Google Void Seen as Opportunity for China Mobile App Store: Tech
Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android operating system runs two-thirds of the smartphones sold in China yet the company’s online app store, Google Play, isn’t open for business there because of censorship...
View ArticleLenovo Vaults to Second Place in China Smartphone Market
Lenovo Group Ltd. (992) overtook Apple Inc. (AAPL) during the second quarter for second place in smartphone sales in China, the world’s largest handset market. Lenovo vaulted from seventh place in the...
View ArticleChina Unicom Full-Year Profit Misses Estimates on 3G User Costs
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (762), the nation’s second-largest mobile phone company, posted full-year profit that missed analyst estimates on rising costs to attract smartphone users. Net income...
View ArticleChina Mobile Quarterly Profit Rises as Subsidies Lure New Users
China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world’s biggest phone company by subscribers, boosted third-quarter profit as increased handset subsidies helped lure new data users to its high-speed network. Net income...
View ArticleChina Mobile Sees No Issue With 4G TD-LTE Standard in Trial
China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world’s largest phone company by users, said its ongoing trial of fourth-generation TD-LTE network equipment is going smoothly and it has uncovered no issues with the...
View ArticleLenovo Passes Apple For Second Place In China Smartphone Market
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View ArticleChina Unicom Net Misses Estimates on Adding Low-End Users
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (762), the nation’s second-largest mobile-phone company, had third-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as a push to add users with low-cost phones boosted...
View ArticleChina Criticism of Apple Yet to Sway Shoppers, Researcher Says
Attacks on Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s customer service by Chinese state media this month have failed to change the perception of the country’s consumers, according to a survey by China Market Research Group....
View ArticleChina Unicom First-Quarter Profit Gains on Low-Cost Smartphones
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (762), the nation’s second-largest mobile-phone company, posted first- quarter profit that rose 89 percent as low-priced smartphones helped control the cost to add new...
View ArticleApple Trailing China’s Coolpad Shows Need for Cheap IPhone: Tech
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is being outsold in China, the world’s largest handset market, by a company less than 1 percent its size, highlighting how the lack of low-cost products limits the iPhone-maker in...
View ArticleChina Mobile Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises 4.6% as Data Sales Gain
China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world’s biggest phone company by subscribers, posted a 4.6 percent gain in fourth-quarter profit, helped by an increase in customers using smartphones to download games...
View ArticleChina Mobile Profit Misses Estimates on Costs to Add New Users
China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world’s biggest phone company by subscribers, posted a 3.5 percent gain in first-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as it increased spending to attract more...
View ArticleChina Telecom Net Falls 10% on IPhone Costs, Beating Estimates
China Telecom Corp. (728), the country’s biggest fixed-line carrier, posted second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as the introduction of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone lured new users to its...
View ArticleChina Mobile Second-Quarter Profit Little Changed as Costs Rise
China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world’s biggest phone company by subscribers, posted second-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates amid increased spending to lure smartphone users. Net income was...
View ArticleChina Unicom to Reduce Cheapest Smartphone Prices by 30%
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (762), the country’s second-biggest wireless carrier, will cut the price of its cheapest smartphones by 30 percent to about $110 in an effort to expand its market share...
View ArticleChina Telecom Profit Misses Estimates as IPhone Boosts Costs
China Telecom Corp. (728), the country’s biggest fixed-line carrier, posted first-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates as the introduction of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone boosted costs to add...
View ArticleChina Mobile Invites Bids for 4G Handsets Purchase
China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world’s biggest phone company by subscribers, said it has invited bids for the first large-scale purchase of handsets for its trial fourth-generation network. The company...
View ArticleChina Telecom Profit Gains First Time Since IPhone Introduction
China Telecom Corp. (728), the country’s third-biggest mobile-phone operator by users, posted a rise in profit for the first time since it started selling Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone in March 2012 as...
View ArticleChina Unicom Offers Free IPhone 4S for Users Who Sign Multiyear Contracts
China United Network Communications Group (CHTZ), the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, will give users an Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone 4S if they sign multiyear service contracts costing as...
View ArticleChina Telecom to Become Nation’s Second Carrier to Offer Apple’s IPhone
China Telecom Corp., the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, will offer Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone 4S starting March...
View ArticleIPhone Scarcity During Chinese New Year May Benefit Samsung
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is missing out on Chinese New Year sales and giving competitors a potential boost after pulling all iPhones from company stores during the nation’s most important gift-giving season....
View ArticleHere's One Way Apple Is Trying To Get More People In China Buying iPhones
Apple CEO Says China Will Be A Bigger Market Than US APPLE BOSS WAS MISQUOTED: Cheap iPhone Still On The Table GENE MUNSTER: There's A 60-70% Chance Apple Will Release A Cheaper iPhone This Year For...
View ArticleChina Unicom First-Quarter Profit Trails Estimates on 3G
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (762), the nation’s second-largest mobile phone company, posted first- quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates on weaker than expected subscriber additions to its...
View ArticleApple Profit Surge Fueled by China Teachers to Furniture Makers
Li Wenhua, a 35-year-old school teacher in Beijing, left work early last week to buy an iPhone -- even though she didn’t need it for work and wasn’t planning to use many of its features. “A lot of...
View ArticleIphone Fails to Gain China Share as Samsung Lead Triples: Tech
Apple Inc. (AAPL) got a second partner in China to sell the iPhone in the world’s biggest mobile-phone market. The deal may be too late to catch Samsung Electronics Co. (005930), with a market share...
View ArticleChina Mobile Shares Fall, As Company Reveals It's On Pace For Its Worst...
Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- China Mobile Ltd., the world’s biggest phone company by subscribers, is on track for its slowest annual profit growth in at least 13 years after rising costs to lure users led...
View ArticleChina Unicom Adds Record 3G Subscribers Undercutting IPhone by 80%: Tech
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. (762), the nation’s No. 2 carrier, is adding a record number of high-speed wireless subscribers and gaining market share by pushing smartphones that cost 80 percent less...
View ArticleChina Mobile in Talks With Apple on Iphone Cooperation
China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world’s largest phone company by users, and Apple Inc. (AAPL) are in talks to offer the iPhone, the carrier’s new chairman said. China Mobile can’t predict if the two...
View ArticleIPhone 5 Sets China Record With 2 Million Sales in Three Days
Apple Inc. (AAPL) said the iPhone 5 posted record sales in its first weekend of availability in China, the world’s largest mobile-phone market by users. Apple sold more than 2 million of its latest...
View ArticleChina Telecom Profit Beats Estimates as IPhone Lifts Data
China Telecom Corp. (728), the country’s biggest fixed-line carrier, reported fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as customers using Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone helped boost sales of...
View ArticleChina Mobile Says Apple Must Discuss Benefit Sharing on IPhone
China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world’s largest mobile-phone company by users, said Apple Inc. (AAPL) must further discuss with the carrier details about benefit sharing before a deal can be reached on...
View ArticleChina Telecom to Start IPhone Sales With Subsidy That May Crimp Profit
China Telecom Corp. (728), the nation’s third-largest mobile phone company, starts sales of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone today, drawing subscribers with subsidies the company has said may crimp profit....
View ArticleApple CEO Says China Will Be A Bigger Market Than US
Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said China will overtake the U.S. to become its largest market, as the iPhone-maker adds more stores and considers debuting new...
View ArticleApple China Revenue Jumps 67% as Sales Outlets Double
Apple Inc. (AAPL) more than doubled its iPhone sales points in China, which helped boost revenue 67 percent in the world’s largest market for handsets. Outlets in China selling the iPhone rose to...
View ArticleApple Moves a Step Closer to Offering IPhone to China Telecom Subscribers
Apple Inc. (AAPL) came a step closer to offering the iPhone to China Telecom Corp. (728) customers, as regulators approved specifications for a device that would run on the network of China’s...
View ArticleApple’s Main Beijing Store Pelted With Eggs After Delay to IPhone 4S Debut
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s main store in Beijing was pelted with eggs from a crowd of about 500 people after it failed to open on time for the start of sales of the iPhone 4S. Apple had advertised that the...
View ArticleApple CEO Cook Makes Second China Visit as Stores Almost Double
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook made his second visit to China in less than 10 months, after almost doubling retail outlets in the nation. Cook today met Miao Wei, head of the...
View ArticleApple CEO Cook Returns to China Amid Falling Market Share
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook made his second visit to China in less than 10 months, as the company tries to revive its shrinking share of the world’s biggest mobile-phone market...
View ArticleApple Plans Further China Investment as Cook Visits Beijing
Apple Inc. (AAPL) said it plans “greater investment” in China as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook visited the capital of the world’s most populous country. Cook had “great meetings” with Chinese...
View ArticleApple to Add Two China Stores as Cook Implements Growth Plan
Apple Inc. (AAPL) will add two more stores in China as it expands sales outlets for iPhones and MacBooks in the world’s largest market for computers and smartphones. A new store will open Oct. 20 in...
View ArticleApple ‘Didn’t Bet High Enough’ on Chinese Demand for IPhone 4S, Cook Says
Apple Inc. (AAPL) underestimated the “staggering” demand for the iPhone 4S when it started sales in China this month, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said. “We thought we were betting bold,” Cook...
View ArticleApple to Double Retail Outlets in China as Growth Slows
Apple Inc. (AAPL) will double the number of retail stores it operates in China during the next two years as Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook looks for ways to counter slowing growth. Apple’s sales in...
View ArticleXiaomi to Double Sales as Low-Cost Phones Chase Apple
Xiaomi Corp., the three-year-old Chinese smartphone vendor, will double handset sales this year as it tries to gain ground on Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) in the world’s...
View ArticleChina Unicom Profit Beats Estimates on Cheap Smartphones
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (762), the nation’s second-largest mobile-phone company, posted fourth- quarter profit that beat analyst estimates as low-priced smartphones helped it boost users and...
View ArticleChina Unicom Rises After Profit Beats Estimates: Hong Kong Mover
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (762) rose to the highest in six months after the carrier posted second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as low-priced smartphones lured new users. The...
View ArticleApple Loses China Smartphone Market Share to Cheaper Models
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s share of China’s smartphone market was cut by almost half in the second quarter as consumers opted for lower-priced handsets from domestic suppliers such as Xiaomi Corp. The...
View ArticleLenovo, Taking Page From Apple, Chases Samsung in China
Taking a page from the playbook of Apple Inc. (AAPL), a company it’s already beaten in China smartphone sales, Lenovo Group Ltd. (992) is counting on a chain of retail stores to help it surpass leader...
View ArticleApple’s Falling China Share Complicates IPhone Deal
Apple Inc. is accustomed to dictating terms to carriers for its iPhone. As it seeks a deal with China Mobile Ltd. to sell the handsets, it’s the operator that is in command. After being surpassed in...
View ArticleChina Unicom Reservations for New IPhones Pass 100,000 Units
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. (762), the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier, said online reservations for Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 5C and 5S have passed 100,000 units since the devices were...
View ArticleApple Offers New IPhones For China’s Two Smaller Carrers
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is offering its newest iPhones through China’s smaller wireless carriers and has yet to announce a deal with China Mobile Ltd. (941), which has a customer base more than twice the...
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