Cell phone giant China Mobile has frozen contracts with its mobile Internet partners in order to stem criticism that pornography was being sold through its network.
China Mobile, said yesterday that 3 million users were likely to subscribe to its 3G service by year-end and that the company was still in talks with Apple Inc to sell iPhones in the world's largest mobile phone market.
China Mobile yesterday launched its own mobile phone operating system that can support its homegrown 3G standard. It's a significant move by the world's biggest wireless carrier aimed at driving up use of its 3G services by expanding handset portfolios.
China Mobile launched its online software and application store yesterday, the first such store to be run by a telecom carrier and a major move by the world's biggest mobile phone operator to create new revenue streams as competition intensifies.
China Mobile is planning to offer freebies and incentives to service providers to develop applications for its third generation (3G) mobile services, an unprecedented move that is set to intensify competition in the country's fledging 3G business.