Intel To Resolve WAPI Dispute?
April 6, 2004 - Craig Barrett, Intel’s chief executive, told reporters in Taipei recently that he hopes to resolve a trade dispute with China over wireless computer networking equipment by June 1, the deadline by which China will require wireless networking gear sold in the country to incorporate the Chinese-designed data encryption scheme called wireless authentication and privacy infrastructure, or WAPI.

Agencies Brought In To Promote Portals
April 6, 2004 - Home-grown and overseas Internet portals alike have begun to hire agencies to promote their search-engine services, which they hope can become a new profit engine.

Tsinghua Selects InfiniBand Fabric For Computing Cluster
April 6, 2004 - InfiniCon Systems, the provider of I/O virtualization and clustering solutions for next-generation server networks, announced today that National Tsinghua University has selected InfiniCon to supply a 10Gbps switch fabric for a 128-node, InfiniBand-based cluster.

Analogix Signs Huawei-3Com As First Customer
April 6, 2004 - Analogix Semiconductor has announced that Huawei-3Com Co., a recently formed joint venture between one of China’s largest telecom companies and a leading U.S. networking vendor, will use Analogix’s high-speed communications ICs in its next-generation networking equipment.

Rocket Awarded Contract By Shanghai Telecom
April 6, 2004 - Rocket Software OSS Unit (formerly TCSI Corp.), a global provider of Service and Network Management Solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a new contract to deliver phase IV of the Customer Network Management System (CNMS) to Shanghai Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom Corporation.

FineGround Expands Web Applications In Asia
April 6, 2004 - FineGround Networks, Inc., which deals in web application optimization, announced today it has opened a sales office in Hong Kong to expand business operations into Asia Pacific to meet growing customer demand in the region.

UTStarcom Signs $75 Million Contract With China Netcom
April 6, 2004 - UTStarcom, Inc., a key player in IP access, infrastructure and next generation switching, today announced a new contract with China Netcom Corporation (CNC) valued at approximately $75 million to expand deployments of its IP-based PAS (Personal Access System) (iPAS) in China’s Hebei Province.

China Chip For High-Powered Illumination
April 6, 2004 - A new semiconductor chip used for illumination has been developed by China Fangda Group, a high-tech company based in Shenzhen, which uses just two or three of the chips to form a high-powered illumination. Usually over 100 semiconductor chips are needed to make a reading lamp.

Internet Improves Cafe Service in North China
April 5, 2004 - Internet cafes in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, plan to employ a number of network tutors, providing a more complete service to youthful net surfers.

Internet Payment System Aids Tianjin Customs
April 5, 2004 - Customs officials in Tianjin have begun using an Internet payment system, making foreign trade easier, after agreements with Tianjin branches of Bank of China and Industrial& Commercial Bank were signed Thursday.

ManagerZone Enters China
April 5, 2004 - ManagerZone AB, a company that provides interactive sports manager games to online soccer/football aficionados, recently signed a strategic business partnership with China based Fujian Newland Network S&T, Ltd (Newland).

Asia Consortium Planning 4G Standard
April 5, 2004 - Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to jointly develop communications technologies for fourth-generation cellular phones to be introduced in the three countries in the next six years.