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News on China’s Telecom Industry

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Sending a signal

China Mobile and CBNC partner on 5G drive
Jun 5, 2020 (WiC 498)

Governments around the world are working out how to get children back to school safely and stop Covid-19 from spreading again. In China these efforts have included the rollout of infrared temperature measuring devices to schools in Hubei ...

Immune to the virus

China Tower’s business has remained robust throughout the outbreak
Apr 3, 2020 (WiC 489)

China Tower Corporation has been a strong performer throughout the coronavirus crisis. The company’s chairman, Tong Jilu, told investors that its operations had been barely impacted by it when he presented the telecommunication company’s ...

Moving the dial

Lenovo smartphone head jumps ship for Xiaomi amid market reshuffle
Jan 24, 2020 (WiC 480)

It would be a stretch to call Chang Cheng a titan in his sector. But the designer of a number of Lenovo’s products has enjoyed a sprinkling of stardom, thanks partly to his engaging presence on weibo. His pengci-style product reviews ...

Germany says no to 5G ban on Huawei
Oct 25, 2019 (WiC 471)

History students in Germany make a mandatory stop at the Stasi Museum. Here they learn how neighbours in the former East Germany spied on one another – even using hidden cameras in fake watering cans. The museum stands as a reminder of the eery ...

Connecting the dots

Handset maker Transsion soars on STAR board
Oct 4, 2019 (WiC 469)

“We penetrated deeper and deeper,” Charles Marlow recollects of a journey into Africa. The fictional sailor appears in Joseph Conrad’s 1902 novel Heart of Darkness, a critique of colonial exploration in Africa. Marlow’s phrase ...

The great giveaway

Why has Huawei’s founder offered his firm’s 5G patents to competitors?
Sep 20, 2019 (WiC 467)

Advances in the world of computing and coding would happen a lot more slowly were it not for the Free Software Movement started by Richard Stallman in the 1980s. Frustrated by the silo mentality of software developers at the time, the ...

Calling for help

Zhuhai government invests in embattled Meizu
May 17, 2019 (WiC 452)

Over the years, Huang Xiuzhang’s disdain for Lei Jun, founder and chairman of Xiaomi, has been well documented. When Xiaomi unveiled its most recent flagship phone, the Mi 9, at a price of just Rmb2,999 ($470) – i.e. half as much as the ...

Iron Lady invoked

Pompeo chides Theresa May over Huawei 5G risks
May 10, 2019 (WiC 451)

What would Margaret Thatcher have made of the UK’s decision to allow Huawei to bid to build parts of the country’s 5G network? US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, had a very clear answer when he delivered the aptly titled Margaret Thatcher ...

Is China making progress on SOE reform?
Mar 29, 2019 (WiC 446)

First the government tried snapping its fingers. Then it tried rapping their knuckles. When that didn’t work out, it decided to break a finger to save the other nine digits. That is according to Liu He, the vice premier tasked with ...

My way or the Huawei

Has Europe become the key battleground for the Chinese giant’s 5G future?
Mar 1, 2019 (WiC 442)

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is still the world’s most important tech fair but for people in the telecoms sector the biggest event on the calendar is the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The gathering is organised by the GSM ...

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