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China to have 600 million mobile phone users by 2010
China is expected to have more than 600 million mobile phone users by 2010, state media said Wednesday.Xinhua News Agency, citing the Ministry of Information Industry, said the number of mobile users this year should reach 520 million, up from 460 million in 2006.
It also said the number of Chinese using the Internet will top 200 million, accounting for 15 percent of the country's population of 1.3 billion.
Report: China to have 600 million mobile phone users by 2010 - International Herald Tribune
TWM launches BlackBerry service
Taiwan Mobile (TWM), one of the top three operators of mobile communication services in Taiwan, on December 20 announced the launch of BlackBerry services for a monthly fee ranging from NT$899 (US$28) to NT$1,799. The company will initially offer the BlackBerry 7290 and 8700g handsets for sale at NT$7,990 (US$245) and NT$12,990, respectively.For NT$899 a month, a subscriber of the service can transfer up to 2MB (megabytes) of data with additional data transfers charged NT$0.15 per KB (kilobyte), according to TWM. The NT$1,799 plan allows for unlimited data transfer, noted the company.
For overseas roaming, TWM's BlackBerry subscribers can enjoy the following discount rates: 40% off in the seven countries that are members of the Bridge Mobile Alliance, of which TWM is a member; 20% off in the US for T-Mobile users and 50% off for Cingular users; in China, NT$0.23 discounted per KB for users of China Mobile.
Since there are currently only 2,000-3,000 BlackBerry handsets available, businesses will have priority over individual users to subscribe to BlackBerry for the time being, TWM president Harvey Chang pointed out. TWM expects to have 10,000 BlackBerry subscribers in 1-1.5 years, Chang said.
Taiwan market: TWM launches BlackBerry service
Samsung to offer 30 new handsets in 2007
Samsung Electronics will launch 30 new handsets, half of which will support 3G or HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access, 3.5G), in Taiwan next year and expects to sell one million handsets for a market share of 10% in terms of sales volume and 15% in terms of sales value, according to Samsung Electronics Taiwan president Yong-sung Jeon.
Taiwan market: Samsung to offer 30 new handsets in 2007
BenQ sacks staff in Beijing handset branch
Taiwanese electronics company BenQ Corp has decided to shut down its Beijing handset research center and fire all 400-plus employees due to financial difficulties, Sina.com reported today, citing Zhu Yong, the company's China public relations executive.Now the company is negotiating with its staff about compensation, the report said. The company posted a net loss in the third quarter of NT$2.51 billion (US$76.45 million) because of the handset division's losses.
About 40 percent of the employees in the Shanghai handset research division have been cut, and staff from the Suzhou division have been transferred to other departments or divisions of BenQ.
BenQ sacks staff in Beijing handset branch
Taiwan 3G users to reach two million in 2007
Vibo Telecom, one of the five operators of 3G mobile communication services in Taiwan, projects the number of subscribers using 3G handsets in Taiwan to increase from 700,000-800,000 currently to two million by the end of 2007, said company general manager David Wang at yesterday's press conference.Correlating with the growth in number of 3G subscribers, 1.4 million 3G handsets are expected to be sold in Taiwan next year, accounting for 20% of total handset unit shipments in the market, Wang indicated. Early this year, the proportion was below 10%, and then, it grew to the current 15%, Wang added.
