10 posts and columns on Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

China Unicom Awaiting Final Okay to Sell iPhone 4S

in Mobile on November 30, 2011 at 10:08 am PT

The iPhone 4S heads to Apple’s second most important market.
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China Warns Google

in News on March 12, 2010 at 8:25 am PT

A Chinese minister made the government’s strongest statement yet on Google Inc.’s future in the country, warning that the U.S. Internet company “will have to bear the consequences” if its follows through on its pledge to stop censoring its Chinese search site.

China: We Are in Talks With Google. Also, We Are Not in Talks With Google.

in News on March 8, 2010 at 4:02 am PT

Like so many of its services, Google’s so-called “New Approach to China” appears to be in perpetual beta. Though Google has said repeatedly that it is in discussions with Chinese officials about its plans to end censorship of search results in the country, the Chinese govenment claims Google hasn’t yet initiated talks.

Android Phone May Debut on China Unicom as Early as Next Week

in News on March 4, 2010 at 6:07 am PT

Google’s continuing discord with Beijing hasn’t hurt confidence in Android’s development in China. Despite the company’s postponement of the launch of two Android-based smartphones there, China Unicom, the country’s second largest carrier, says it still has every intention of selling Android devices. Now come reports that the company may debut one as early as next week.
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Chinese Schools Tied to Attacks on Google? Where’d You Read That, Mad Magazine? [UPDATED]

in News on February 22, 2010 at 4:56 am PT

Claims that two schools in China were the source of cyberattacks against Google and other U.S. companies have become the butt of a state-run media joke in the country. First came vehement denials from Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School, which dismissed the stories as unfounded. Now, Chinese “netizens” are reportedly mocking the claims.

Microsoft’s Mylanta Moment

in News on July 20, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

Apple's Latest Fortune: You Will Be Unusually Successful in Business

in News on July 20, 2009 at 2:20 am PT

“We will enter Asia with the iPhone in 2008,” Apple COO Tim Cook declared in March 2008. “And we will one day enter China, we’re not saying when.” How’s September of 2009 sound? Because China Business Network claims that China Unicom and Apple have finally inked a deal that will bring the iPhone to the country around that time.

Apple’s Latest Fortune: You Will Be Unusually Successful in Business

in News on July 20, 2009 at 2:20 am PT

“We will enter Asia with the iPhone in 2008,” Apple COO Tim Cook declared in March 2008. “And we will one day enter China, we’re not saying when.” How’s September of 2009 sound? Because China Business Network claims that China Unicom and Apple have finally inked a deal that will bring the iPhone to the country around that time.

Apple to Bring Wi-Fi-Free iPhone to China Three Months Early

in News on July 10, 2009 at 2:35 pm PT

Apple’s iPhone is coming to China, perhaps sooner than later. But when the handset finally arrives, it’s likely to lack an important feature. Sources say Apple has formally requested a network access license to sell the iPhone in China, but it’s for a customized model in which Wi-Fi support has been disabled.
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iPhone Maker Seeks Faster Boat to China

in News on June 15, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

“We will enter Asia with the iPhone in 2008…we will one day enter China, we’re not saying when.” Apple COO Tim Cook said that back in March of 2008, and it’s a good thing he declined to offer a more specific timeline. Because here we are, well over a year later, and Apple still hasn’t managed to officially launch the iPhone to China. But it’s getting closer.
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