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China Mobile latest Business & Financial news from Doug Young, the Expert on Chinese Companies, (former Journalist and Chief editor at Reuters in Asia)
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on January 18-20. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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China Mobile (HKEx: 941) 4G iPhones Go On Sale, Pricing Plans Announced (Chinese article)
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on January 16. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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China Mobile (HKEx: 941) Announces iPhone Plans, 16G Model For 5488 Yuan (Chinese article)
Tencent (HKEx: 700) To Pay HK$1.5 Bln For China South City (HKEx: 1668) Stake (Chinese article)
AsiaInfo-Linkage (Nasdaq: ASIA) Announces Completion of Merger (PRNewswire)
Huawei Estimates Operating Profit Rose Over 40 Pct Last Year (English article)
Former Nuomi Head Named As LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) China President (Chinese article)
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on January 15. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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L’Oreal Gets Greenlight To Buy Chinese Skincare Company Magic (HKEx: 1633) (English article)
China’s Bright Food To Buy Australian Dairy Firm Mundella (English article)
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on January 14. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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China Mobile (HKEx: 941) Announces 4G Packages (Chinese article)
Gome (HKEx: 493) To Close 50 Stores, In Talks With Wumart (HKEx: 1025) (Chinese article)
App Store Operator Wandoujia Secures $120 Mln Funding From Softbank (English article)
I have to admit I was quite disappointed to read that China’s regulator has set an extremely modest target for a new group of virtual network operators (VNOs) that will finally break the telecoms services monopoly held by China’s big 3 state-run telcos. I wasn’t expecting huge things from this new group of operators, who will lease network capacity from the trio of existing telcos and then sell telecoms services under their own brands. But the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s goal of just 50 million VNO mobile service subscribers by the end of next year looks ridiculously low to me and hints of worries that this new pilot program could be plagued with problems. (English article) Read Full Post…
Chinese media are buzzing with anticipation as dominant mobile carrier China Mobile (HKEx: 941; NYSE: CHL) prepares to finally offer the latest iPhones for its network next week, after becoming the last of the country’s 3 telcos to sign a deal with Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL). The move will almost certainly provide a nice boost for China Mobile’s newly launched 4G service, and I expect we could see up to 2-3 million iPhones sold over the next 2 weeks in the run-up to the gift-giving Lunar New Year late this month. But the real beneficiary of the deal will be Apple itself, which could see its iPhone sales boom as China’s 2 other telcos offer their own attractive new iPhone promotions. Read Full Post…
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on January 10. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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China Mobile To Sell iPhone Next Week, Unicom, China Telecom Cut Prices (Chinese article)
Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) CEO Says Still In Dark On China Antitrust Probe (English article)
Zhou Weiping Resigns As Interim CEO, CFO Of Suntech (NYSE: STPFQ) (PRNewswire)
Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU) Denies In Talks To Sell Stake To Alibaba (Chinese article)
LDK (NYSE: LDK) Enters Further Forbearance Arrangement With Noteholders (PRNewswire)
The following press releases and media reports about Chinese companies were carried on January 9. To view a full article or story, click on the link next to the headline.
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Alibaba in Talks to Invest in Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU) – Sources (English article)
Youku Tudou, China Mobile Video Contest Generates More Than 100 Mln Yuan (PRNewswire)
US Pressures South Korean Telcos To End Huawei Cooperation (Chinese article)
ZTE (HKEx: 763) Names New Global Head of Mobile Devices, Amid Consumer Focus (Businesswire)
Coolpad Rolls Out Online Phone Brand, Targets 10 Bln Yuan In First Year Sales (Chinese article)
We’re just a week into the New Year, and already new signs of political shenanigans at the nation’s 2 leading wireless telcos, China Mobile (HKEx: 941; NYSE: CHL) and China Unicom (HKEx: 762; NYSE: CHU), are hinting at turbulence ahead as Beijing tries to liberalize the state-dominated telecoms services sector. Media are reporting that China Mobile has launched an internal probe into a botched initiative in Hong Kong, which looks to me like an extension of Beijing’s fast-expanding series of anti-corruption probes at major state-owned firms. Meantime, media are reporting separately that a top Unicom executive has left the company to joint one of the nation’s newly licensed virtual network operators (VNO), in a deal that looks aimed at undermining Beijing’s plans to inject new competition into the telecoms services sector. Read Full Post…
After moving extremely slowly throughout the year, the telecoms regulator is suddenly surprising everyone with a flurry of major new announcements in the final weeks of 2013. First the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued long-awaited 4G wireless licenses earlier this month, and now we’re learning that it has just issued its first batch of virtual network operator (VNO) licenses. This sudden issue of VNO licenses comes as a bit of a surprise, since there were no advance indications for the timing and many believed the MIIT wouldn’t make the move until next spring. Read Full Post…
When someone writes a future book about the history of telecoms in China, the period between 2008 and 2013 could easily be titled “The Lost Period For China Unicom (HKEx: 762; NYSE: CHU),” a reference to the numerous squandered opportunities for China’s second largest wireless carrier during that time. Now we’re getting word that this “lost period” could extend into 2014 and perhaps beyond, with reports that Unicom has undergone yet another major management overhaul that has become a regular occurrence at the company over the last 5 years. Read Full Post…
