China

FCC’s $1.9 billion program to slay Chinese clout on U.S. turf

In a move to fortify national security, the U.S. Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) finalized Monday its latest draft of a $1.9 billion program to endorse domestic and modest telecom carriers at the expense of extracting Huawei and ZTE’s Chinese influence in the American market. As the East and the West indulge in their personal vendettas, […]

China outlaws all cryptocurrency transactions, Bitcoin value yields

The People’s Bank of China doubled down on Friday its crackdown on all cryptocurrency mining and trading activities by instituting its latest regulation prohibiting overseas cryptocurrency exchanges from accommodating to Chinese citizens under threat of criminal penalty, yielding Bitcoin value. China’s perception of decentralized currencies is not a thing of the past. As the first […]

Business group: China's tech self-reliance plans hurt growth

BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party’s campaign to tighten control over China’s industries and use less foreign technology is slashing economic growth, a foreign business group warned Thursday. The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China appealed to Beijing to reverse course and open state-dominated markets wider. Its report adds to warnings about the […]

Beijing pins 12 million 5G subscribers with 45,700 base stations

Beijing Communications Administration released a data report revealing that by end of August, the Chinese capital obtained 45,700 5G network stations with 12 million users, according to local news agency Xinhua.  Beijing fulfilled full 5G network coverage in the city’s key areas, such as the downtown core area, sub-center, and central business district. With every 10,000 […]

Beijing backs its tech scrutiny in meeting with Wall Street execs

Chinese watchdogs backed their regulatory scrutiny on their tech sector as they spoke on Tuesday with Wall Street executives disclosing that regulations are meant to enforce tech companies, not crush them.   Fang Xinghai, China’s Securities Regulatory Commission Vice Chairman, told the executives that the government’s latest conduct on tech firms was aimed to enhance their regulations, in addition to bolstering national security and data privacy.  […]

China’s cloud market next in line for regulatory scrutiny

In its latest regulatory maneuver, China proceeds to aim its regulatory glaze at its Big Tech giants by demanding to end a long-established practice of prohibiting each other’s connection on their sites, a move that could result in catastrophic consequences on its domestic market and China-based companies’ stakes. Beijing’s move raised the distress level amongst […]

U.S. sanctions reinforce China’s chip manufacturing independence

China’s famous chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) revealed on Friday plans to upsurge independence in the chip manufacturing sector by investing $8.87 billion to build a chip plant in the tech city of Shanghai, according to a regulatory filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE). The Chinese expansion to globally take the lead […]

China’s data regulations wander from companies with foreign IPO

China’s regulatory officials revealed at a state council briefing on Tuesday that the upcoming set of regulations concerning the state’s vital information infrastructure will not be steered towards companies drafting foreign IPOs. While the magnitude of imposed regulations increased in the past couple of months, leading to an elevated reflection on China’s tech industry, the […]

Ericson's CEO warns from Chinese influence on cellular networks

Ericsson CEO, Borje Ekholm, expressed deep concerns over the U.S.-China tech war, arguing that the west might get deprived of accessing China’s R&D if global mobile standards are torn between both China’s and the West’s 6G efforts, reaching 5G network’s final stages.  Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson continuously demonstrated its unbiased stance regarding the geopolitical aspect of […]

China Mobile net profit soars by 6% driven by new 5G users

China Mobile announced on Thursday a 6 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase in net profit for the first half of 2021, driven by new 5G users.  In its recent report, the state-owned telecom revealed that its net profit for H1 of 2021 hiked to $9.12 billion from $8.61 billion for the same period last year.  The telco highlighted that its new 5G users enhanced average revenue per user.  As for operating revenues, China Mobile amounted $68.5 billion for the first six months of […]