Lenovo Licenses Symbian OS For Mobile Phone Markets
March 26, 2004 - Lenovo and Symbian Limited this week announced that Symbian and Lenovo Digital Mobile Business, Lenovo’s mobile telephony division, have signed an agreement to enable Lenovo to use Symbian OS for development of mobile phones for Chinese and worldwide 2.5G and 3G network operator customers.

Two Standards For Digital TV Industry
March 26, 2004 - It is being reported in the Chinese media that the country’s two digital TV standards–the satellite transmission standard and the videotape standard–have been defined and approved.

Definiens And Beijing Space Eye To Expand Chinese Market
March 26, 2004 - Definiens Imaging and Beijing Hyundai Space Eye Imaging have signed an agreement which allows Space Eye to distribute Definiens Imaging’s image analysis and feature extraction software, eCognition to markets in China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

TechnoConcepts Opens Shanghai Office
March 26, 2004 - TechnoConcepts, Inc., the developer of the True Software Radio (TSR) technology for wireless communication that allows different wireless protocols to communicate with each other, today announced it has opened an office in Shanghai. The new Shanghai office will be fully functional April 1, 2004.

Motorola Enables Expansion Of Broadband Services
March 26, 2004 - Motorola, Inc. today announced that the company has been selected to supply broadband infrastructure technology to three cable network operators in China.

Sina Completes Acquisition Of Crillion
March 26, 2004 - Sina Corporation, an online media company and value-added information service provider for China and for global Chinese communities, announced today the completion of its acquisition of Crillion Corp., a leading SMS valued-added service provider to temporary job seekers in China.

China To Hold First Bluetooth Qualification Test
March 25, 2004 - Centro de Tecnologia de las Comunicaciones, S.A., a provider of wireless test solutions, has been recently chosen by The State Radio Monitoring Center (SRMC) to supply Bluetooth conformance test solutions, BITE, in Beijing.

Pudong To Build LED Base
March 25, 2004 - It has been announced at the 2004 International Forum on LED & Semiconductor Lighting that one of China’s four light-emitting diode (LED) industrial bases will be set up in Zhangjiang High-tech Park in Pudong New Area, with the base expected to become a new economic growing point for Shanghai.

Skyworks Introduces PA Module Supporting China’s 3G Standard
March 25, 2004 - Skyworks Solutions, Inc., the wireless semiconductor company focused on radio frequency (RF) and complete cellular system solutions, today announced the world’s first TD-SCDMA power amplifier (PA) module in a compact, 4mm x 4mm package.

Creo Partners To Supply Thermal Plates To China
March 25, 2004 - Creo Inc. today announced a partnership with Sichuan Juguang Printing Apparatus Co. Ltd. (Juguang), one China’s plate manufacturers.

Aldec Selected As HDL Design Entry/Verification Solution For National IC Base
March 25, 2004 - Aldec, Inc., which deals in mixed-language simulation and advanced design tools for ASIC and FPGA devices, today announced that its tools have been selected as the recommended verification solution at the Shanghai IC Center (Shanghai ICC) in China.

Lingo Expands Into SMS/MMS And Online Markets
March 25, 2004 - Lingo Media Inc., an educational publisher in China, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Beijing ZRRT Communications Co., Ltd. (ZRRT) to establish a strategic partnership in the mobile value added services market in China.

China Mobile Deploys Vyyo In Ningbo
March 25, 2004 - Vyyo Inc., a supplier of wireless broadband end-to-end solutions for telephony and high-speed data connections, today announced that China Mobile has deployed Vyyo’s solutions for cellular backhaul in the city of Ningbo, in China’s Zhejiang province.

Acer Prepares Non-Centrino Notebooks
March 24, 2004 - Taiwan-based Acer is preparing to launch wireless notebook PCs this summer that will support Chinese encryption standards, as Intel Centrino products are still facing a ban in the country.

Zoran Powers TCL
March 24, 2004 - Zoran Corporation announced that its SupraTV processor is powering the first free-to-air satellite set-top box product from TCL International Holdings Limited.

Chinese Linux National Standards Workgroup Makes National Standards Available To Public
March 24, 2004 - Sun Wah (Nanjing) System Software Ltd., one of the core members of the Linux National Standards Workgroup, revealed that the Workgroup had already completed four Linux National Standards.

US Pushing China To Buy Legitimate Software
March 24, 2004 - The US is beginning to pressure China to announce a firm decision this spring to crack down on copyright piracy and buy US software to replace illegal copies used by Chinese government agencies, U.S. government and industry officials said.

CPS And WISEMAX Target Chinese Operators
March 24, 2004 - Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd (CPS), specialists in mass market high accuracy location technology, and Wisemax, a leading developer of value added mobile services, announce plans to jointly target the Chinese wireless market with a unique location-based applications and enabling technology package.

TSMC Accuses SMIC Of Trade Secrets Theft
March 24, 2004 - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), currently the world’s largest contract chip maker, claims that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), its China-based rival, stole its trade secrets by hiring away employees and urging them to bring “presents” of proprietary information when coming to work at their new jobs, according an ongoing lawsuit.