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Microsoft has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Telecom to offer a co-branded instant messaging (IM) client based on Microsoft’s Windows Live platform. Under the agreement, Microsoft, its Internet portal MSN China and China Telecom will jointly develop, promote and operate the new product. The new product will offer the basic functionality of Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger as well as China Telecom’s communication and Internet services.

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China Unicom has completed construction and testing of its WCDMA trial network in over 60 Shanghai locations and is awaiting a 3G license to disseminate the network within 2-3 months.

China Telecom exhibited its push-to-talk CDMA service on Tuesday. The service, now in final testing stages, is scheduled for release in mid-2009.

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China Telecom integrated CDMA business into its fixed-line and Internet package "One Home" in Jiangsu province on November 1 to test the service prior to its nationwide release. Jiangsu subscribers can pay monthly fees of RMB 129 for 2MB and 400 free mobile minutes, RMB 199 for 3MB and 600 minutes or RMB 229 for 4MB and 600 minutes. Non-CDMA packages go for RMB 98, RMB 188 and RMB 228.

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China had 79.35 million broadband subscribers by the end of September, 12.93 million more than in the first nine months of 2007, reported by Zhu Hongren, Operation and Monitoring Bureau director of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Domestic telephone subscribers, including fixed-line and mobile users, reached 977 million, increasing 64.25 million from the year-ago period, said Zhu.

China's software industry revenue increased 32.8% year-on-year in the first months of 2008, according to the director.

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Supermarket group Carrefour plans to launch mobile services in Taiwan as an MVNO. The company will offer services through its subsidiary Carrefour Telecommunications using Chunghwa Telecom's network, the Taipei Times writes. During a promotional period, the company will offer customers to earn points at its Carrefour stores which can be redeemed for call credit. Carrefour also offer telecommunications services in several European countries.

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