With Monternet, China seeks to cast wider wireless web
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Cellular telephone service provider China Mobile Communications Corp. is developing Monternet, a cellular phone service modeled after NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s i-mode service. If successful, companies offering services through Monternet would have access to the 65 million subscribers of China Mobile. Possible problems ahead include marketing strategy, technology issues, and the structural organization of China Mobile, which is spread out over 31 local and municipal operators.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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City's cellular operators stumble where others have soared
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Intense competition and distrust among the six major cellular telephone service providers in Hong Kong are preventing them from developing industry standards and creative services, although they blame outdated hardware for their problems. Because the providers will not work with each other or with smaller application developers, they are lagging behind other Asian mobile phone operators that have had great success with innovative services.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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Uni-Info battles numero uno
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Chinese mobile operators Unicom Group and China Mobile Communications Corp. offer wireless data services built around text messaging, and their competition may spur consumer interest in mobile services. Both companies use a revenue-sharing model, but Unicom's Uni-Info could have advantages over China Mobile's Monternet in its service design and centralized corporate organization.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 2001
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