China Expands Wireless Services
China continues to expand its wireless technology with Research in Motion’s (RIM) announcement yesterday that China Mobile Communications Co. will offer BlackBerry service in China. RIM and China Mobile will initially offer the service to multinational companies with operations in China, but BlackBerry service will soon be available nationwide. The availability of BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds and the BlackBerry Enterprise Server will be announced at a later date.
“Millions of mobile professionals around the world have recognized the unique security, manageability, efficiency and reliability of the BlackBerry architecture,” said Jim Balsillie, Chairman and Co-CEO at RIM, in a press statement. “We are very excited to bring BlackBerry to China. The collaboration of China Mobile and RIM will extend the reach of BlackBerry to a large and important market.”
RIM’s announcement was followed by a statement today from the KongZhong Corporation, a leading provider of wireless value-added services(WVAS) and an operator of one of the leading wireless Internet portals in China, that it has established strategic WVAS and wireless Internet partnerships with He Xun and eNet. He Xun is one of the most popular Chinese financial portals and eNet is one of the most influential online IT product information providers in China. These two vertical portals will provide content through KongZhong’s wireless value added services and establish co-branded channels on KongZhong’s wireless Internet portal, Kong.net, to provide wireless users with content and information.
Back in the United States, Philadelphia’s City Council approved a plan yesterday to build a high-speed wireless Internet connection for the entire city. EarthLink will construct and operate the network under a 10-year contract.
Reader Comments.
No comments yet
Leave a Comment
Article Sponsor
More News
Spotlight
Mobile to the RescueADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — The industry is still wary about mobile advertising — does it work, how significant is the ROI [...] more...
Latest News
- Ad Agencies, ‘Last Corporate Bastion of Jim Crow’ January 9th 2009 ADOTAS — Any time I hear lawyers cry about workplace [...] more »
- Google Profit, Advertisers Rise January 9th 2009 ADOTAS — Can anyone compete against Google search? Google might have [...] more »
- Unemployment Rate Surges to a 16-year high January 9th 2009 REUTERS GROUP – The unemployment rate surged to its highest [...] more »
- World Avenue reduces workforce January 9th 2009 Adotas — The new year is starting as badly as [...] more »
- Microsoft (Hearts) Yahoo Now January 9th 2009 ADOTAS — Sigh. Steve Ballmer must have multiple personalities. First the [...] more »
- Epsilon, Double Fusion, Revenue Science, Nurun Job Roundup January 9th 2009 ADOTAS – Nurun, Revenue Science, Double Fusion and Epsilon announced hirings [...] more »
- Layoff tracker January 8th 2009 ADOTAS — We have started a short list of the [...] more »
Features
- 1020 Placecast and Targeting Audiences January 9th 2009
- Dial Up Creative January 9th 2009
- Affiliate Summit Flourishes January 8th 2009
- Honesty Is A Great Marketing Policy January 7th 2009
- Interactive Advertising Cometh January 6th 2009
Reader Favorites
Layoff Tracker
- Electronic Arts - 1,000
- Gawker - rolling layoffs
- Giaia Online - 36
- LiveJournal - 12
- Logitech International SA - 500
- Ogilvy & Mather - between 150 to 175
- Yahoo - 1,520
- Viacom - 850
- World Avenue - 30 percent of Workforce
- Zango - more than 100
Classifieds
- Account Manager
- Interactive Sales Manager - NY (Inside Sales)
- Affiliate Network Manager / Direct Response Techno
- Senior Editor for Business Site
- Director - DR and Brand
Recent Comments
- January 9 - Unemployment Risies to 7.2% - Highest Yearly Job Loss Since 1945 - Google Rumors - Freightliner Dismisses 2137 - Semitool Chips Away 280 Jobs - Union Pacific Derails 231 - Boeing to Layoff 4500? - Beechcraft Ending 1600 Jobs? « The Layof: [...] via World Avenue reduces workforce » Adotas. [...]
- Chunky Monkey: Dale Baker and the other 20 VPs at World Ave should take a 10% pay
- Layoff tracker » Adotas: [...] Gawker, Dec. 02, 2008 [...]
- Layoff tracker » Adotas: [...] Forbes, Jan. 6, 2009 [...]
