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How deliberately crippling its 4G rollout will help China bust a global monopoly and make billions

How deliberately crippling its 4G rollout will help China bust a global monopoly and make billions

Hundreds of millions of people in China still have no 4G thanks to blatant protectionism. This is why the rest of the world should care.
Paul Bischoff · · 7 min read
Apple brings 4G-enabled iPad Air and iPad Mini to China

Apple brings 4G-enabled iPad Air and iPad Mini to China

China’s shoppers got the newest iPhone and iPad models on their global launch day – for the first time ever – on November 1. But the 3G and 4G iPads
Steven Millward · · 1 min read
China Mobile says most of its 4G subscribers are using iPhones

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 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

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

Apple’s deal with China Mobile now official, iPhones coming to 4G and 3G in China next month

After years of waiting, China Mobile is finally getting the iPhone. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has just announced that the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available for the network on
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

China Mobile plans to sell 100 million 4G phones in 2014, will increase subsidies

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941) rolled out its 4G network across parts of China today in an historic day for China’s tech industry. Speaking at a corporate event in Guangzhou, China
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

China Mobile turns on nation’s first 4G network, but still no sign of iPhone deal

China Mobile’s (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941) big 4G turn-on, which is happening across China today, was supposed to be the day – rumors long suggested – that the world’s biggest telco gets
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

China is now ready to turn on the world’s biggest 4G network

We knew that China will get 4G starting on December 18, but there remained the not so trivial matter of government-issued LTE operating licenses. Today that issue is finally cleared
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

It’s official: China will get 4G on December 18

After many delays and rumors, state-run news agency Xinhua has announced China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941) users on the mainland will be able to connect to 4G LTE on December 18. The country’s other
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read