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China has made an incredibly quick switch from 3G to 4G

China has made an incredibly quick switch from 3G to 4G

When you’re at “peak smartphone,” everyone is keen to get faster mobile internet.
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
China will get 5G in 2020, say the people who delayed China’s 4G launch

China will get 5G in 2020, say the people who delayed China’s 4G launch

MIIT has decreed that China isn’t getting commercial 5G service until 2020.
C. Custer · · 2 min read
7 LTE smartphones available in the Philippines

7 LTE smartphones available in the Philippines

Here are some of the LTE devices available in the Philippines.
Phoebe Magdirila · · 5 min read
As Pakistan prepares 3G and 4G roll-out, country expects up to 45 million high-speed data subscribers by 2020

As Pakistan prepares 3G and 4G roll-out, country expects up to 45 million high-speed data subscribers by 2020

Pakistan will soon be holding its spectrum auction for 3G and 4G networks – and some telcos are ready to offer high-speed mobile internet in the next few weeks.
Adam Dawood · · 3 min read

China Mobile says most of its 4G subscribers are using iPhones

“Most of our 1.34 million 4G users are using an iPhone,” said China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua today. He was speaking in the post-earnings conference call after China Mobile (NYSE:CHL;
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

China Unicom finally rolls out 4G, but confusion reigns over dual LTE strategy

China Unicom (NYSE:CHU; HKG:0762) punched above its weight in the 3G era, closely challenging the behemoth China Mobile in terms of 3G subscribers, But China Unicom has had a slower
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

China aims at 50 million 4G users by end of year

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is hoping to see up to 50 million subscribers to the nation’s relatively new 4G network by the end of the year.
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

Tim Cook appears in Beijing store for today’s iPhone launch on China Mobile

Today is the day that Apple-hungry China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941) subscribers have been waiting for – the official launch of the iPhone on the world’s largest mobile operator. To celebrate
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

China Mobile CEO: 1.2 million iPhone pre-orders already taken ahead of launch

Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) long awaited deal with China Mobile finally became a reality just before Christmas, and so the world’s biggest telco is busy taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5s and
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

The state of 4G in Southeast Asia

GSMA predicts that by the end of 2017, there will be close to 500 live LTE networks across 128 countries worldwide. Right now, territories in Asia such as Japan, South
Saiyai Sakawee · · 4 min read