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4G helps recovery of Europe's mobile industry

Europe's rapid migration to 4G services and devices helped to stimulate the recovery of the mobile industry, according to a new GSM Association (GSMA) report published during the GSMA Mobile 360-Europe event here on Monday.

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Smartphone subscription to reach 6.1 bln by 2020

Ninety percent of people aged six years and over will have mobile phones by 2020, when the number of smartphone subscription is set to reach 6.1 billion, the latest Ericsson Mobility Report reveals.

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More buy-ups expected in mobile game market

China's mobile game industry will see more acquisitions while increased capital injection continues rising the market's entrance barrier, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

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Japanese mobile operator tests new technology to boost connectivity

Japan's leading mobile phone operator NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced Tuesday that it has succeeded in testing a new technology that facilitates connectivity to its service even when communications traffic is heavy.

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Microsoft, Qihoo sign tie-up deal

Microsoft and China's leading Internet security company Qihoo 360 on Monday signed a cooperation deal covering mobile Internet and artificial intelligence, underscoring the multinational's determination to further tap the Chinese market.

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Tibet's mobile phone users exceed 2.6 mln

The number of mobile phone users in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has exceeded 2.6 million, according to a regional information and technology department.

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Alipay claims to be world's No. 1 mobile payment company

Alipay, a leading Chinese third-party payment platform, announced Saturday it has become the largest mobile payment provider in the world.

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Bangladesh's mobile operators add 16.604 mln new subscribers in 2013

The total number of Bangladesh's mobile phone subscribers reached nearly 114 million at the end of December 2013 with addition of 16.604 million new users in the immediate past year, statistics of the country's telecom regulator showed Monday.

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China makes breakthrough in allowing private capital in telecom

China's Industry and Information Technology Ministry (MIIT) on Thursday granted licenses to 11 private enterprises to pilot resale of certain mobile services.

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China's mobile payment market to exceed 800 bln yuan

More Chinese consumers are making payments via mobile devices and the size of the market is expected to exceed 800 billion yuan (130.4 billion U.S. dollars) this year, more than five times the volume in 2012, a report has revealed.

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Experts suggest cracking down on increasing junk messages

Experts have called for measures to address the growing number of junk messages angering China's mobile phone users.

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China's mobile shopping market reaches 34.1 bln yuan in Q3

The volume of the mobile shopping market in China reached 34.1 billion yuan (5.59 billion U.S. dollars) in the third quarter of 2013, a major tech industry analyst said on Tuesday.

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Obama aware of spying on Merkel: German paper

U.S. President Barack Obama was aware of the alleged monitoring of mobile phone communications of Chancellor Angela Merkel, German newspaper Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday.

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China-made mobile phones help Bangladesh telecom boom

A couple of years earlier, Abdul Hamid never thought that one day he could afford to buy a mobile handset.

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Baidu buys PPS online video business

On Tuesday, China's online search leader Baidu announced it will pay 370 million U.S. dollars to buy the online video business, PPS.