Posts Tagged ‘mobile phone’

China’s 360 Launches Free Mobile Phone Security Software

Chinese security software provider 360 has announced plans to launch a permanently free-of-charge mobile phone security software product to help users solve increasing problems of spam SMS and nuisance calls.
Zhou Hongwei, chairman of 360, told local media that combining 360’s security technologies with successful experience in fighting malware, trojans, and viruses, the company will provide [...]


Thirty Chinese Mobile Service Providers Punished For Irregular Operations

According to Cctime.com, a Chinese communications industry portal, 30 Chinese mobile service providers, including Hurray and Sohu, have been punished for various irregular operations in recent weeks in Shandong.
The website reported that these 30 service providers are involved in irregular service billing, fake promotions, irregular operation of short message order services, non-standard pricing, and confusing [...]


China’s 360 To Explore Mobile Phone Security Industry

Chinese Internet security software provider 360 has announced plans to acquire Msafe.com.cn, a Chinese mobile [...]


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 [...]


China’s MIIT Issues 125 Communications Industry Standards

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s latest list of 125 recommended communications industry standards [...]


KongZhong Admits Chinese Wireless Porn Crackdown Will Hurt Revenue

It takes guts to be the first to admit a failure, and Chinese wireless value-added [...]


India Starts To Block Chinese-made “Shanzai” Mobile Phones Without IMEI

Nagpur, a city in central India, has started to cut the network access of some [...]


China Initiates Campaign Against Illegal Mobile Websites

A new campaign is underway in China to rid the country of mobile-optimized websites that spread pornography and false information.
China’s Ministry of Public Security started the campaign on September 23, 2009, and the one-month campaign will target illegal mobile phone websites.
The campaign will focus on three areas: cleaning out illegal mobile phone websites, which [...]


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 [...]


Taiwan: Buyers Of “Shanzai” Mobile Phones Face NTD300,000 Fine

According to Taiwan’s National Communications Commission, people who sell or buy “Shanzai” mobile phones via the Internet or in electrics marts will face a fine of up to NTD300,000, which is about CNY60,000, in Taiwan.
According to reports in Taiwanese local media, NCC recently stated that under the Administrative Regulations on the Controlled Telecommunications Radio-Frequency Devices, [...]