Posts Tagged ‘Law & Policy’

China’s Ministry Of Culture Issues Four Internet Cafe Chain Licenses

China’s Ministry of Culture has published announcements on its official website stating that it has issued the first batch of four licenses for operating Internet cafe retail chains in China. The four companies that gain the netcafe licenses are T-Matrix, Beijing Zhonglu Shikong, Beijing Read China, and CECT-Chinacomm Communications. The issuance of the licenses represents [...]


Mobile Operators Respond To Shocked Hong Kong Mobile Phone Users

Responding to complaints from mobile phone consumers in Hong Kong about hidden telecommunications fees and high bills, Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority has taken action. OFTA has published measures that have been implemented by individual mobile operators to prevent what it calls “mobile bill shock”. These measures include allowing customers to opt-out of [...]


Tsinghua Tongfang Unveils One-year Replacement Policy For Notebooks

Chinese PC maker Tsinghua Tongfang is making consumers happy with a new one-year replacement after-sales policy for its notebook products. This policy covers the company’s eight designated types of notebooks which were purchased after August 1, 2010, as well as all newly-launched notebooks in the future. Starting from the day of the purchase, all these [...]


China’s Gome To Sue Former Chairman

Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Gome has announced that its board of directors has decided to sue its former executive director Huang Guangyu. As part of this initiative, the company requires Huang to compensate losses caused by his irregular activities in the repurchase of shares of Gome at the beginning of 2008. According to [...]


India Resumes Imports Of Chinese Telecom Equipment With Stricter Rules

The Indian government has amended its telecom security rules, stating that India telecom operators can resume their imports of Chinese-made telecommunications equipment, but stricter rules will be applied. According to a statement published by the Department of Telecommunications of India, due to security reasons, all telecom equipment suppliers must share their source code and design [...]


China’s Huawei Accused Of Trade Secret Theft By Motorola

Motorola has raised a lawsuit against the Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei in the United States, accusing the Chinese company of trade secret theft. Motorola claimed that during a certain period in the 1990s, many of its former employees offered detailed information about Motorola’s networking structure technologies, including seamless mobile solutions, to Huawei. In an [...]


Beijing Starts Work On Convergence Of Three Networks

The trial operation of the convergence of the telecom, broadcasting, and the Internet networks in Beijing has now officially started. Approved by the coordination group of the convergence of the three networks of the State Council, Beijing was designated as one of the pilot cities for the trial of the convergence of the three networks. [...]


Microsoft’s New Gaming Device Will Not Be Sold In Chinese Mainland

Michel van der Bel, chief operating officer of Microsoft China, has revealed to the Chinese local media that due to policy limit in China, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video game console and the newly-developed Kinect controller-free gaming device will not be sold in the Chinese mainland market. However, Microsoft displayed the new Kinect-based games to its [...]


The End Of Social Networking Sites In China?

A new report issued by a Chinese government-funded research organization states Facebook and Western social networking sites pose spy risks, and these problems should make social media mavens worry about possible clampdowns on social networking sites in China. According to local media, the “Blue Book of New Media” published by the Chinese Academy of Social [...]


EU Launches Anti-dumping Case Against Chinese Wireless Wide Area Networking Modems

The European Union has launched anti-dumping investigation against Chinese-made wireless wide area networking modems. In a case valued at USD4.1 billion, the official website of the Ministry of Commerce of China, states this case may harm interactions between Europe and China. A representative from the ministry told local media that this is the first time [...]