This new infographic, put together by the Go-Globe team, shows just what a massive business it is. China now has 450 million online video viewers who collectively spend 5.7 billion hours per month watching stuff. There will be an estimated 700 million viewers by 2016.
China’s online video viewers watch for 5.7 billion hours monthly.
Alibaba Group: China’s E-commerce Empire — China Internet Watch.
Alibaba Group is the largest online and mobile commerce company in the world in terms of gross merchandise volume (GMV) in 2013, according to the IDC GMV Report.
They operate their ecosystem as a platform for third parties, and they do not engage in direct sales, compete with their merchants or hold inventory.
Read more: http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/7695/alibaba-group/#ixzz34t2h99ww…
China’s 3 Telecoms Establish JV Without Sharing Base Stations2014-06-11 by ChinaWirelessNews.com Editor | Print | EmailExecutives from China Telecom and China Mobile confirmed that the three largest Chinese telecom operators will establish a joint venture without sharing base stations.Rumors previously spread on the Internet that China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom would jointly invest to establish a national base station company. After the founding of the company, it would be responsible for the new construction of base stations, towers, and pipelines of the three telecom operators. In the future, it would include the operators’ existing base stations, towers, and pipelines.However, the confirmation from China Telecom and China Mobile to local media squashed those rumors. Wang Xiaochu, chairman of China Telecom, said that the three companies will set up a company to avoid the repeat construction of facilities, which will help them reduce costs. He also revealed that apart from the joint venture, they currently do not have any other resource sharing cooperation plan or intentions. Dong Xin, vice president of China Mobile, also made a similar statement.At present, details about the joint venture, including equity allocation, introduction of private investment, and tower rentals, are still being debated behind closed doors. They reportedly will refer to international tower company agreements to decide the acquisition costs and rental fees of towers. But more details about the dates for the incorporation of the joint venture have not yet been released.
Beijing gets serious about real-name registration, old numbers no longer exempt.
China’s three major telecom carriers have announced that starting September 1, everyone who uses their services needs to register with their real name and ID number.
Moreover, this no longer just applies to people buying new services; old customers are also required to register their real names if they haven’t already.
Television singing contests have been curtailed by Chinese censors who claim the country has too many of the American Idol-style shows.
The country’s state broadcasting regulator issued a new policy Friday banning satellite channels from producing any more singing contests.
China silences American-style TV talent shows – Behind The Wall.
Chinese Law Proposes Real Name Registration for All Phone and Mobile Networks.
New draft law, new try….
China MNOs close ranks against OTT threat | Telecom Asia.
Good to hear, Ovum seems to think along the same lines I did about the motivations behind the China OTT battle … (as noted here on Roter Vorhang, in German)
Chinese Operator Saw Losses in Text & Voice Businesses, Worried About WeChat.
Release the kraken… will the VAS wars begin soon?
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