Posts Tagged ‘China Unicom’

China’s Communications Network Security Professional Committee Established

With online and wireless security more important than ever, the Communications Network Security Professional Committee of the China Association of Communications Enterprises has been created in Beijing to address issues surrounding spam, hacking, and phishing activities.
The members of the committee include China’s three major telecom operators, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom as well [...]


Chinese Telecom Operators Deny Termination Plan For Mobile Phone Numbers

In response to previous media reports that Chinese telecom operators will terminate mobile phone numbers [...]


Henan Launches Platform To Fight Spam Messages

According to Henan Communications Administration, basic telecom operating companies in this province have launched a joint processing platform to fight Chinese mobile text short messages and to further improve the coordination of anti-spam channels.
To promote the control of spam SMS, the administration published a notice about the special campaign, and this campaign will last until [...]


China Unicom Qingdao Punished For Website Traffic Hijacking

According to decisions recently announced by Qingdao Intermediate People’s Court, China Unicom Qingdao and Tsingtao Osun Network Technique Company were punished for hijacking traffic from other commercial websites.
This is the first time that a telecom operator has been punished for website traffic hijacking in China.
Reports in local media state that starting from February 2009, China [...]


Chinese Telecom Operators Fight Mobile Spam With New Filters

Following the launch of a joint platform for dealing with spam mobile short messages in June 2009, the three major telecom operators in China have now each worked out their respective spam SMS screening services to help users block unwanted short messages.
Among them, China Telecom just formally launched a short message filtering service for its [...]


Internet Services In China Affected By Typhoon

For about a day, businesses and computer users have been complaining about the near-shutdown of Internet services in China. According to information from China Unicom, due to the FNAL/RNAL cable breakdown caused by Typhoon Morakot last week, the Internet communication between China and other countries and regions such as the United States and Europe has [...]


Chinese Technology Companies Sign Self-discipline Convention For Anti-virus Services

Ten Chinese technology service providers have jointly signed a self-discipline convention on anti-virus services in China.
The ten parties are China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, Tencent, Venus Info Tech Inc., NSFocus Information Technology, Topsec, Qihoo, Baidu and China Internet Network Information Center. The main purpose of the alliance is to create a communication platform among [...]


Chinese Telecom Operators Limit Messages To Fight Mobile Spam

To control the sending of Chinese spam wireless short messages, the three major telecom operators in China, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom, will limit the number of short messages sent by users to 1,000 daily, with the exception of periods around holidays and festivals.
According to Zhu Zhengwu, vice general manager for China Telecom’s [...]


Hanwang’s Registration Of “i-phone” Trademark Blocking iPhone’s Entry Into China

Adding another layer of confusion to Apple’s iPhone entry to China, a Chinese company is claiming that it owns the trademark rights for the iPhone smartphone.
According to Wang Hao, general manager for Beijing-based BSFD Intellectual Property Agency Limited, Apple’s iPhone can not enter the Chinese market, because Hanwang Technology previously registered the “i-phone” trademark, and [...]


Wireless Spam: China Mobile Starts Nationwide Campaign

In response to the mobile spam message problem and the irregular use of customer information exposed on CCTV in recent days to honor the World Consumer Rights Day on March 15, China Mobile has held a nationwide television and telephone conference, asking its provincial branches to immediately investigate the problems and plug all possible loopholes.
CCTV’s [...]