China Mobile Pushes 3G Strategy and Partnerships: Good News for Dell?
April 17, 2009 by
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Paul Harper submits:
Following on from the 3G licence distribution that we reported on MyStockVoice late last year, China looks to 3G market to stimulate economy, market leader China Mobile has unveiled a number of new partnerships and device releases that show the direction it is taking in the medium term. After the on-off discussions with Apple regarding the iPhone, the wireless carrier seems to be pitching heavily into the PC hardware vendors, as well as choosing suppliers to expand its TD-SCDMA network to cover rural mainland China.
China Tech News reports this morning that China Mobile (CHL) has selected six PC makers, including Lenovo Group (LNVGY.PK), Founder Technology, Tongfang, Haier, HP (HPQ) and Dell (DELL), as its 3G netbook partners. What is more interesting is the strategy behind this, following Western mobile operators who have been pushing mobile broadband dongles since 2007, China Mobile will offer subsidies to users who buy its 3G netbooks. Consumers will be able to enter the serial numbers of the device and the numbers of the built-in TD-SCDMA module of the netbook, with their mobile phones to activate the 3G services.