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This week, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC signed a deal with China Mobile to supply TD-SCDMA handsets for the leading Chinese carrier, according to FT.com. More precisely, HTC will supply one TD-SCDMA device this year and five next year. Both companies also agreed to collaborate together on future deployments (e.g. TD-LTE handsets, market research). Of note, China Mobile plans to roll out 100 new 3G devices by the end of 2009.

Bottom line: This is a pretty big win for HTC on its…

According to TMT China, China Unicom is now discussing nationwide iPhone distribution with several Chinese retailers. Meanwhile, Apple’s A1324 iPhone model, a special version of the iPhone for the Chinese market, which can support GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCMDA and  will be available from China Unicom, is close to obtaining the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s (MIIT) mandatory network access license (NAL) for distribution in China. Discussions between China Mobile and Apple about an iPhone partnership have been over for two months, despite comments made…

This week, China Mobile officially scheduled its mobile app store (Mobile Market) with over 4,000 applications now available. Mobile apps and services are available at no cost to users until the end of September. This is a smart move from China Mobile as it likely to help drive the adoption of its mobile app store. China Mobile hopes it can leverage its extensive relationships with mobile app providers. Ten smartphone models currently support China Mobile’s mobile app store. Those include…

There’s no way to be polite about the state of US broadband. Study after study has shown that the country is falling behind not only other developed nations, but is now lagging developing countries as well. Free Press has published a report that sticks it to the incumbent-backed sock puppet think tank industry that wants people to believe that everything’s just fine. There’s no way to be polite about the state of US broadband. Study after study has shown that…

How much are people around the world paying per megabit for broadband access? The Telegraph (UK) says Brits are paying 17 times more than Swedes and 7 times more than the French. How much are people around the world paying per megabit for broadband access? The Telegraph (UK) says Brits are paying £5.60 a month for each megabit per second (Mbps), which is 17 times more than Swedes and 7 times more than the French.

Dirk van der Woude put…

China accounted for more than one third of the new DSL connections in Asia, but the growth in India has been disappointing. This can have serious repercussions for venture capital firms investing in India and for the Indian film industry, according to Om Malik. China accounted for more than one third of the new DSL connections in Asia, but the growth in India has been disappointing. This can have serious repercussions for venture capital firms investing in India and for…