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November 30 news, Hong Kong SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited announced that its subsidiary, SmarTone Mobile Communications has reached an agreement with Apple over the next few months, sales of iPhone 3G in Hong Kong within the region and the iPhone 3GS (net purchase lowest 5680 yuan) mobile phones, but did not disclose the specific price and sales practices.

Prior to Apple’s exclusive partnership with Hutchison Telecom

Prior to this, Apple and Hutchison Telecom Hong Kong City, exclusive iPhone handset sales in Hong Kong are two ways users can purchase the iPhone, one with operators and Hutchison Telecommunications contract 24 months, stored in different amounts to obtain cost voice phone; Second, through Apple’s online store to buy bare metal. iPhone 3G (8GB) and the iPhone 3GS (16GB/32GB) for bare-metal prices are 4488,5388 and 6288 Hong Kong dollars, respectively, respectively, equivalent to 3953 yuan, 4746 yuan and 5539 yuan. 

SmarTone Background

It is understood that SmarTone is Hong Kong’s mobile communications services and sales of mobile phones, Walter Kwok Hong Kong’s first large consortia brother’s property. SmarTone in 1992, by Sun Hung Kai Properties and the ABC hearing good composition, in March 1993 began offering telecommunications services, following Hong Kong CSL, Hutchison Telecom and Pacific Link after the fourth mobile telecommunications operator in 1996 at the Hong Kong Exchanges the market, September 26, 2001, SmarTone and the other three operators, while the Hong Kong 3G license, is now operational WCDMA network.

November 30, according to the country reports, iPhone application developers Pandav said recently that Apple is testing the fourth-generation iPhone.

Pandav said that in view your own iPhone application usage found that someone used the new aircraft has not yet released iPhone, download and install their software. Records show that this iPhone using internal numbers iPhone3.1, the use of records began in November.

Some analysts say, iPhone3.1 representative has not yet released fourth-generation iPhone, because the first-generation iPhone within the numbered iPhone1.1, iPhone 3G for iPhone1.2, but the latest iPhone 3GS numbered iPhone2.1.

In addition, based on historical records, are also relatively consistent in terms of time. iPhone 3GS (iPhone2.1) of testing time in October 2008, about eight months later, Apple launched iPhone 3GS.

November 25, according to the country reports, the U.S. securities regulators are investigating the Hewlett-Packard to spend 2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com Prior to, 3Com’s stock and options trading surged inside.According to informed sources, Hewlett-Packard on November 11, 2009 announced the acquisition of 3Com, so that 3Com’s shares rose 35 percent after-hours. However, the day before the stock market closed, 3Com shares rose only 5%. And the day the option volume soared, these large fluctuations in the United States Securities and Futures Commission raised doubts that the news of HP‘s acquisitions have been leaked in advance.Futures options means that the option buyer the right to choose a predetermined period of time the price of the right to buy company stock.The source said the U.S. SEC is investigating the possible existence of any improper practices, while also studying the 3Com’s stock and options trading, but such an investigation were not disclosed.According to option analytics firm Trade Alert, said, in the November 11 transaction, 3Com options volume reached 8000, to the recent average daily trading volume 17 times. Currently, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declined comment.

Beijing November 23 evening news, Huawei’s plans for next year in North America increased by 600 employees, in order to strengthen its presence in the world’s largest telecom equipment market.

Planned for next year increased by 600 employees: total number of employees will exceed 1,500 people in North America

Dow Jones Newswires quoted Huawei’s wireless product line, Chief Brand Officer Robert Fox as saying that the United States in terms of Huawei is a very important market, we are a local increase in staff to support the client’s business growth.

He said that Huawei’s plans next year in North America increased by 600 employees, so that the number of employees on the market of more than 1,500 people.

Huawei is currently in North America about 900 employees worldwide has more than 87.5 thousand employees. Company has in China and other emerging markets has laid a strong position, has been eager to provide operators with cost-effective products to the countries like Australia, Europe and North America developed markets to expand the scope of its operations.

In July of this year, Huawei in the United States Richardson, Texas City, LTE laboratory officially completed and formally opened.

Fox also reiterated that this year is expected to reach 30 billion U.S. dollars Huawei’s contract sales target of 2008 sales of 23.3 billion U.S. dollars on the basis of the contract increased by 29% – Huawei has always been to maintain a high performance growth for the industry which is rarely seen, especially in the economic downturn environment.

Front-line operators with the United States talks on cooperation in the United States will exceed 60% revenue growth

Fox explained that it is constantly Huawei line operators with the United States started a dialogue on cooperation, but he refused to disclose the operator’s name and any details of the talks.

Prior to stop at the North American market, Huawei past two years, an alarming development in the North American performance this year, in August, Huawei and the world’s largest WiMAX operator Clearwire signed an agreement to become one of its main suppliers to help their first nationwide deployment of the United States The WiMAX network.

According to Tim Watkins, vice president of Huawei in Western Europe this year, said in late August, as of August Huawei has won the North American market, including the deployment of Clearwire WiMAX, including more than 5 contracts.

Huawei is responsible for U.S. business, Charlie Chen, senior vice president, has revealed that Huawei’s revenue growth this year in the United States will exceed 60%. He said that Huawei’s sales in the United States last year, an increase of 60 percent to 2.5 billion revenue this year is expected to exceed this level.

Or will challenge the dominance of Ericsson North America

Huawei’s planned expansion and with the negotiations on cooperation between operators, or challenge the market in North America, Ericsson, the absolute superiority, although the size of the staff in the market it is still far less than Ericsson.

Ericsson has just recently announced the completion of Nortel’s North American CDMA and LTE for all acquisitions of assets after the merger the new entity began November 13, “Ericsson” operate under the brand.
Ericsson North America, Angel Ruiz, President and CEO to evaluate in a media interview, said its acquisition of Nortel’s North American assets in the U.S. wireless infrastructure equipment market is dominant.

Ruiz said that Nortel’s CDMA resources will be combined with Ericsson to become the current customer demand “better backing.” Nortel will also deal with Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular, Bell Canada, Telus, Leap transferred to a number of key contracts Ericsson CDMA.

According to Dell’Oro recently launched a quarterly market analysis reports, Huawei Nokia Siemens in the third quarter leap beyond the world’s second largest mobile communications equipment manufacturers, second only to Ericsson.

Nearly every public appearance, Mr. Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China’s shift, will speak about it or asked about the progress of the introduction of iPhone, side Wang has been saying to Mr. has not changed, China Mobile is still negotiating with Apple to discuss the iPhone into China Matters just recently added the “China Unicom and Apple’s contract” is absolutely a non-exclusive agreement “” This content.

Chang Xiaobing, said he expects Apple’s iPhone will become China’s most popular smartphone. At least in the China Mobile or China Telecom to introduce or the introduction of Apple’s direct sales, or have other agencies before the consignment, and often the general theory seems a bit Selling what Mrs. Wang, who would not say that I am a good home.

From the competitor’s position seems to be more persuasive.

But at least up to now, China Mobile on the iPhone has been the official caliber has not changed, Apple’s iPhone for China Mobile to introduce the official caliber have not changed, the two sides talk about, but when asked “Do you think China Mobile and Apple iPhone are between substantive negotiations on it? the two sides reached consensus on a certain type of it? “, answered yes to very few. China Mobile and Apple seems the negotiations between China and the United States than in the negotiations between the still difficult to 1:00.

Of course, the food is good food, will have to see how fried, how sold. Unicom iPhone success, but also to see how to do their own, application, price, tariff, channels, service. Which could become a part of an obstacle to the development of iPhone, and these do not only from China Unicom’s own point of view, from the consumer’s experience to see. China Unicom need to continuously adjust and optimize the sales marketing strategies. Analysts said that, iPhone price is too high, you can not listen to, if the potential consumers think so, would be dangerous.

Another SEOUL, by Chang Xiaobing said, “over a larger rival China Unicom, China Mobile became the first has more than 700 million mobile phone users in Asian countries, sales of iPhone carrier.”, From here to see China Unicom obtained the agreement is not exclusive. China Unicom need to watch from China Mobile or China Telecom, or apple or other channels of potential threats.

November 20 News China Mobile is working with its partners in Japan and South Korea to work together to establish a pilot TD-SCDMA network. China Mobile is hoping that through this strategy to promote the overseas developed by the China 3G mobile technology.

Up to now, China Mobile is still the only one using the TD-SCDMA technology, mobile operator. But as the world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile hopes more companies will try to TD-SCDMA technology. China Mobile chairman Wang Jianzhou at a news conference this week, four said: “For the foreign partners actively trying to act, and we are very happy.”

In order to better promote the TD-SCDMA technology, China Mobile has already begun and telecommunications network equipment manufacturers and handset manufacturers to cooperate in order to obtain their support for the technology. The present case, more telecom network equipment manufacturers and handset manufacturers to support other 3G technologies.

At present, the Chinese government for its TD-SCDMA R & D, such as technical standards for supportive, in order to reduce dependence on foreign technology for. On the other hand, the localization of technology will also help to overcome the obstacles to growth of TD-SCDMA.
According to China’s head of mobile data services to study the data provided by a high, thanks to a promotion of TD-SCDMA products, special funds, individual cell phone manufacturers have gradually developed 11 models of smart phones based on this. These phones include the Motorola, Inc. Motorola Snapper, Samsung’s Samsung GT-i8180C, LG Corporation and LG GW880 Dopod Dopod other companies. Gao study said that these mobile phones are currently in the testing phase and will be the end of 2009 formally promoted in the market.

In addition, China Mobile will also launch some low-end TD-SCDMA mobile phones. Mr. Wang said earlier that the lack of market-based low-end TD-SCDMA handsets, which led to consumer demand for 3G services to accept the slow pace. Wang said he hopes to see more on the market are priced around 1,000 yuan smartphone. Mr. Wang also said China Mobile is currently the majority of 3G users are a laptop to use 3G services.

On the other hand, Mr. Wang declined to cooperate with China Mobile in Japan and South Korea’s specific identity.

November 20, China Mobile chairman Wang said, Taiwan’s Foxconn electronics equipment manufacturers will next year be used to support China Mobile’s manufacturing “jointinnovation lab, JIL” software developed by mobile phone.

It is learned that the “Joint Innovation Lab” project was initiated by China Mobile, mobile operators Vodafone, Verizon Wireless and Softbank in Japan jointly launched, aimed at 11 million mobile phone users to develop new software and provide various services.

Now there are many cell phone manufacturers are committed to the Joint Innovation Lab of four members of the manufacture of mobile phones. In the decision, after China Mobile phone manufacturers JIL, Foxconn has also joined the ranks of the ranks. As early as last month, LG Electronics, RIM, Samsung and Sharp have agreed, from the beginning of the first quarter of next year, mobile phone manufacturers will support the Joint Innovation Lab software.

In the Thursday press conference held in Shenzhen on Wang said, Foxconn’s phone market is expected next year. He added that mobile phone is launched, one after another there will be more information about the Joint Innovation Lab was announced. But for specific details about the phone, Mr. Wang did not disclose.

As the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, Foxconn declined to comment on this news.

Japan’s Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief, said Thursday, the Joint Innovation Lab is developing a separate platform for sharing mobile phone applications, designed to ensure that mobile applications can be used in a variety of smart phones. He was held in Hong Kong GSM Association Mobile Asia Congress keynote speech once said: “Now is not the time to disclose more information, but we already feel very excited.” Masayoshi Son, said the Joint Innovation Lab is currently being invite more operators, I hope they can join in this program for.

The presence of a few people who have expressed a speech, mobile applications and cloud services, mobile operators should be a means of income generation, not just the money through other companies, like Apple iPhone (mobile Internet) applications have done. Masayoshi Son said: “As operators, you do not just want to be a channel for the release of silence.”

GSM Association, Chief Marketing Officer Michael O’Hara (Michael O’Hara) said that if in a different cell phone handsets can use the same application, the user even more selective. Because they do not particularly like a certain section because of the application, but only a limited choice of a particular cell phone. He also said that in the future, regardless of whether the same operating system, two mobile phones, users should be able to achieve the different cell phone handsets to use the program for transmission between the dream.

In climbing the peak of world-class enterprise on the road, Huawei also get rid of a big rival. According to market research firm Dell’Oro has recently released data show that in the global telecom equipment market, Huawei has surpassed the Nokia Siemens, and into the second-largest telecom equipment supplier. As of the end of the third quarter of this year, Huawei’s share of 11% from the same period last year rose to 20%, jumping to second; and Ericsson continue to dominate the first-place position, a share of 32%.

At present, Huawei’s objective is aimed to send competitors strength of Ericsson. In the telecom equipment vendors, Ericsson, not only in revenue and market share for many years maintained a boss position, but it is also the most profitable. However, Huawei’s development momentum of view, Ericsson, Huawei, from the scale may be just around the corner beyond. Huawei’s growth in recent years has been higher than Ericsson, Huawei’s sales revenue to continue to make close to Ericsson: Huawei’s 2004 sales of 3.827 billion U.S. dollars, Ericsson of SEK 132 billion (according to calculation by the end of 2008 the exchange rate of about 17.16 billion U.S. dollars ), to 2008, Huawei’s sales revenue of 18.33 billion U.S. dollars, Ericsson revenues of 208.9 billion Swedish kronor (about 27.16 billion U.S. dollars). If both sides at the current rate of growth, Huawei will be able to take two years and then the income scale than Ericsson.
Of course, Ericsson will not wait to catch up with Huawei, Ericsson and Huawei’s “tug of war” will become more intense. Ericsson has recently completed a 1.13 billion acquisition of Canada’s Nortel Networks has been an insolvent company’s assets, CDMA and LTE transactions, and further strengthen its market leading position. Huawei put the next-generation LTE mobile networks as a strategic focus, to Ericsson to launch an offensive. Huawei beat Ericsson has recently won the building in Norway, the fourth generation mobile network contract to Ericsson and Nokia Siemens to replace the old building of networks. The deal is so far the largest European market, LTE transactions.

Although the distance closer, but transcends it was not easy. The layout from a business point of view, a broader line of business of Huawei, which is conducive to seize more market opportunities, big scale of business. Such as Huawei and ZTE are three 3G standard, “takes all” vendors, in the snatch the Chinese 3G market, Huawei, Ericsson, more than a single WCDMA standard, Alcatel-Lucent is emphasis on CDMA, earlier withdrew from CDMA market, Nokia Siemens Networks, advantages – This is in a catch-up phase of Huawei is also very practical choice. But it also shows the gap between Huawei and Ericsson – not enough focus on business, specializing in business less prominent. Such as Ericsson in the higher-margin business and multimedia telecommunications services occupy the dominant position, which is Huawei’s need to make up the short board.

Moreover, compared to the 133-year history of the century-old Ericsson, Huawei in the management, brand and cultural heritage of comprehensive strength, and there is not a small gap. For example, from the staff and the per capita efficiency of view, only a 22-year history of the development of Huawei, number of employees nearly 9 million people, has more than 7.8 million people, Ericsson, Huawei, in 2008 the per capita productivity of 21 million / person less than the Ericsson’s 35 million / person. If Huawei Dengfeng mainly depend on products previously cost-effective and rapid implementation of the capacity invincible, then now, with Huawei Technologies and Ericsson to face more and more like the “peak” enterprise contest, from management, brand, and cultural dimensions, ” soft power “role was even more pronounced.

However, insiders view of Huawei, Ericsson, “sight”, Ericsson, Huawei is not difficult to achieve beyond the goal. Huawei’s ongoing financial restructuring, and so the internal management of change, precisely in order to “soft power” of the world-class companies such as Ericsson, par. If we say that beyond the short-term objectives Ericsson, Huawei, then catch up with Cisco’s long-term goal is to Huawei. Huawei within the end of 2007 “issued by the staff warned the book”, the proposed “annual income of 40 billion U.S. dollars” development goals – the equivalent of 40 billion U.S. dollars network communications giant Cisco’s current income scale.

At one time, Cisco from Huawei “very close” – Huawei to become a threat to Cisco, which is in January 2003 Cisco sued Huawei’s intellectual property rights infringement cases occurred in the context. At that time, Huawei was once called the “Chambers of the nightmare”; but now long out of Cisco’s Huawei to give the “nightmare”, jumped out of the profits to the traditional telecommunications equipment, successfully transition to high-margin territory. Cisco has across new areas of IT and telecommunications convergence, from a network equipment company is committed to turn out to consumers, service-oriented company. Cisco’s competitors are now no longer Huawei, but Microsoft, Google, Hewlett-Packard or IBM, and other new rivals. Huawei and Cisco’s business “intersection” fewer and fewer can be said that competition from Cisco and Huawei is not a level of – both from a business point of view or from the strength, such as Cisco’s 2008 fiscal year net profit of 8.1 billion U.S. dollars, net profit margin of more than 20%, while Huawei’s net profit was 11 billion U.S. dollars, net profit margin of only 6.1%.

General trend of convergence in the ICT, Cisco, Alcatel and other telecom equipment giants are already turned to look at industry, enterprise networking market; At the same time, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and other IT companies are to penetrate the telecommunications industry, and now it is based on HP’s acquisition of 3COM background. Two years ago, Huawei, Bain Capital tried to join forces with the U.S. 2.2 billion joint acquisition of 3Com Corporation, but in the end, because of U.S. concerns about national security and abortion. If the acquisition time, Huawei 3COM, Cisco may be able to narrow the distance, but unfortunately, the last 3COM received by IT giant Hewlett-Packard pocket. Huawei’s business focus is now also focused on the telecommunications line, enterprise networks business is very small. ICT integration in the path of development, the growing gap between Huawei and Cisco’s large, Huawei will be to recover Cisco, Lu still far too long.

November 16 News for earlier media on “a large number of pornographic sites come and go mobile phone network” reports that China Mobile Group, the Department issued a notice of data requiring all partners from the business content, promotion channels, two fronts in order, the existing problems immediate rectification.

China Mobile said, “In order to further regulate the health of business operations Monternet require all partners to further strengthen business operations to provide unhealthy Monternet content, the use of unhealthy content channels, including promotion of a material breach of the intensity of checking and correcting themselves. ”

The content of rectification in the business, China Mobile requires that all partners in the business content is strictly prohibited unhealthy, and vulgar content, the business name to ensure that the business and the provision of consistent, must not use unhealthy, and vulgar business name induced business users. Required in accordance with various partners “who pay, who is responsible” principle, there is the question of content on the operations of self-examination rectification.

In the promotion of channel rectification, China Mobile requires that all partners to ensure the health of business promotion channels, is strictly prohibited the use of unhealthy, and vulgar content subscription service induction. Required in accordance with various partners “who pay, who is responsible” principle, there is the question of content on the channels and their sub-channels for self-examination under the jurisdiction of rectification.

China Mobile said, “would be within the scope of the whole network the contents of the various business lines to promote the channel allocation problems in measurement and inspection efforts to further increase. For problems remain a partner, in accordance with” Monternet SP co-management approach ” the relevant provisions for breach of contract processing, until the termination of cooperation. “

Qualcomm Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has revealed in an interview in Hong Kong, they are in talks with Apple to discuss the possibility of the supply of chips for the iPhone mobile phones.

Paul Jacobs vague, said: “We will continue to discuss this issue, there is no agreement yet. But hopefully in the future we can have this opportunity.”

Qualcomm’s product line from the point of view, the most likely to enter should be the iPhone’s 3G mobile network chips (the so-called “base-band chip”). At present, Apple’s iPhone 3G/3GS of the WCDMA 3G network chips from Infineon, while the CDMA 2000/EV-DO due to the high-pass is a leading supplier of standard products, could not help but reminiscent of recent reports of Apple’s next push WCDMA / CDMA 2000 dual-mode iPhone rumors. At that time the news has stated that the plan is thanks to Apple’s dual-mode high-pass the upcoming release of WCDMA / CDMA 2000 thanks to dual-mode chips.

In addition Qualcomm also said that starting next year for the Chinese standard TD-SCDMA chip products. This inevitably caused some reverie, contact the moving “not giving up and Apple negotiations” of the message, perhaps the iPhone mobile version of TD-SCDMA can also look forward to.