China Economic ReviewSpending on advertising rose 22 per cent to Yn98bn last year, according to a study by ACNielsen Media International. China became Asia’s largest advertising market in 2000, but the figures put out by the industry monitoring company are a little inflated because they are based on published tariffs and do not include discounts. Television accounted […]
Mobile telephony on the mainland is booming but operators must look beyond simple subscriber numbers if momentum is to be maintained.
Toshiba Corporation said it plans to set up a factory in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, to make mobile handsets from as early as January. The Japanese group had formed a global partnership with Siemens to make third-generation phones, but the delayed roll-out of 3G services persuaded Toshiba to go it alone with current-generation CDMA handsets. Earlier […]
The State Council has agreed a proposal to split China Telecom, the country’s major fixed-line operator, into northern and southern companies, China Daily said. The northern segment, covering 10 provinces, would be merged with data carriers China Netcom and Jitong Communications to form a new company, while the southern segment, comprising the remaining 20 provinces, […]
The growth rate of the telecoms sector in China appears to be slowing down, according to the Ministry of Information Industry. Total revenues for the sector in the first nine months of 2001 reached Yn257.5bn, 12.5 per cent higher than in the same period of 2000. This compares with a 25 per cent growth rate […]