Mobile Telecommunications

28 Feb 2013

Nokia is betting its partnership with corporate computing giant Microsoft will help it win business users, targeting BlackBerry's stronghold. Nokia's newest Lumia smartphones, including two...

Mozilla jumps into smartphone OS fray

24 Feb 2013

Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox internet browser, will today launch its first smartphone operating platform and the handsets on which it will run in an attempt to shake up the way the mobile...

BlackBerry seeks past prowess, woos China

24 Feb 2013

BlackBerry, once lauded as a boardroom status symbol, is banking on its new operating system and two new smartphones to woo back users who have switched to trendier competitors.

Briefs, February 21, 2013

21 Feb 2013

China's three mobile-phone operators posted a 0.9 per cent month-to-month increase in the number of mobile subscribers to 1.12 billion, still the largest of any country in the world, last month...

Overdosing on virtual connections

14 Feb 2013

A decade ago, all the talk was about the digital divide leaving behind millions of poor people. Today, that has been replaced by a modern drug of choice for the masses - digital crack.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Letters to the Editor, February 8, 2013

A priority policy should be in place not just for education, but for other services, including welfare, because people living locally contribute to the government budget as Hong Kong taxpayers.

Mobile phone antennae removed from university over cancer risk fears

A memo was sent out to all staff and students after the Sunday Morning Post reported last weekend that mobile phone companies had paid the university to erect an estimated 87 antennae on the...

ZTE targets 50pc rise in phone sales to boost earnings

Last year, the company shipped 65 million handsets, among which smartphones had more than doubled to 35 million units from 15.8 million in 2011.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Cancer fears over mobile phone antennae at university in Hong Kong

Compare the outlook from the dizzy heights of the University of Science and Technology in Clear Water Bay to that of a few years ago and you may notice that something new breaks up the horizon of...

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HEALTH

Concerns over long-term health effects of mobile phone antennae

It is very much a modern-day phenomenon - the sprouting of mobile phone base stations or antennae in recent years has sparked a slew of concerns about their long-term health effects.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

ZTE sets high aims for US push

ZTE, which eclipsed Apple's handset shipments in China last year, plans to double its share in the iPhone-maker's home market by adding devices specifically tailored for individual US mobile...