When the Chinese State Development and Planning Council made an announcement along with the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry on January 2, 2008, they did so out of concern — that roaming charges inside China were a bit on the expensive side. more ›

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Yesterday MobileMonday had their third monthly gathering in Shanghai. This time the topic was Mobile TV, a very hot topic in China right now (trust us). Four different presentations introduced this topic to the audience: the encryption technology (Thierry A. Raymaekers, Irdeto), the content aggregation (Jan Henrik Pratje, 1MP), the technical aspects (Johann Le Roux, MIH Group), and the programming (Angela Chan, I-Vision). More details aboutteh presentershere. The main messages of all the speeches were that South Korea is an industry leader and China will push these systems due to the Beijing Olympics 2008. more ›

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Shanghaiist recently heard that Shanghai Telecom was introducing a new "all you can listen" package, where by paying 6 yuan a month you no longer pay for any incoming calls coming from Shanghai, no matter what kind of phone it is -- which means mobile phones, land lines, and the "Personal Handy Phone System (小灵通)" phones. Well, it turns out that in response to this, Shanghai Mobile has come out with a basically identical package. The Chinese article we read is here. It seems you can sign up just about anywhere. Has anyone out there tried it?




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