Telecoms

Anti-trust probe on China Telecom

The Chinese government is investigating China Telecom (0728:HKG) and China Unicom (0762:HKG), the nation’s two state-controlled fixed-line carriers for alleged monopoly violations, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said. The agency claimed the two carriers were abusing their dominance in the market to prohibit competitors from entering the broadband internet business by overcharging rivals for leasing their networks. The two carriers could face fines of 1% to 10% of their annual broadband revenues if found guilty. The probe marked the first case against state-owned enterprises (SOE) under the anti-monopoly law.

Mobile handsets – ringing the changes

Innovation and agility are key in the high-speed race for market share in the world’s largest mobile-phone handset market.

Nokia – on the skids

Squeezed by a lack of hit products in the smartphone and mass-market mobile segments, Nokia’s loss of market share shows no sign yet of a rebound.

Samsung – China’s new number one in handsets

Samsung’s popular handsets, especially the Galaxy S2, have helped it capitalise on the problems of Nokia to become the best-selling handset maker in China.

Spreadtrum – chip maker rides the 3G wave

Supplying chipsets for China’s successful homegrown TD-SCDMA technology is powering sales growth and Spreadtrum has also moved into the smartphone market.

ZTE – industry leader seeks to reverse profit margin decline

Stellar success of the Android V880 smartphone helps drive strong handset sales.

Apple and HTC make significant gains on Nokia

Apple (AAPL:Nasdaq) has overtaken Nokia (NOK1V:HEX) as the most sought-after mobile phone brand in China, including in third tier cities - Nokia's former stronghold, according to a China Confidential survey of 2,000 respondents in over 200 first, second and third tier cities taken at the end of September. Meanwhile, Taiwan's HTC (2498:HKG) has overtaken Nokia and gained ground on Apple among several key segments.

Nokia losing share

Commentators discuss signs of Nokia's China demise.

Social Media – monetising an online revolution

Social media has caught on rapidly among China’s urban middle class, but profits remain elusive – so far – for leading companies.

Mobile phone service providers ride the 3G boom

A batch of little-known but overseas-listed mobile phone service companies are exploiting the surge in demand for 3G users, which now number 61.9m.

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