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Friday, December 10, 1999
Amendments to telecoms rules South China Morning Post 12/10/99
SAR, mainland seen at fore of smart card boom South China Morning Post 12/10/99
Mobile Phone Users Top 1.5 Million in Beijing Xinhua News Agency (AsiaBizTech) 12/10/99
Quicken to Hasten HK Online Banking Revolution asia .internetnews 12/10/99
Honk Kong Portal Gears Up For China E-Commerce Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/10/99
CTI vows to invest $100m in Web site South China Morning Post 12/10/99
New World arms join oCen in Asian Internet phone venture South China Morning Post 12/10/99
Thursday, December 9, 1999
2uonline.com Cybermall Goes Live in Spanish and Chinese Business Wire 12/09/99
3Com Signs $10 Million Networking Deal in Great Hall of the People Virtual China 12/09/99
Cell Phone Price War "Inevitable," Says China's MII ChinaOnline 12/09/99
STM Wireless Wins Order From China JiTong ChinaOnline 12/09/99
chinadotcom Takes Stake in Panpac Media.com internetnews.com 12/09/99
Motorola, China team up on mobile services Computerworld Hong Kong 12/09/99
CCT Telecom's Web phone conduit to cheap calls South China Morning Post 12/09/99
CAAC boss pledges Y2K safety South China Morning Post 12/09/99
Lotus Pacific future into China with TCL I.T. Daily 12/09/99
oCen Communications launches Internet phone network I.T. Daily 12/09/99
StreamingAsia in Harcourt merger talks I.T. Daily 12/09/99
Skali Picks SurfChina.com for Double Byte Search asia internetnews 12/09/99
iMerchants unlikely to win Jumbo deal I.T. Daily 12/09/99
AT&T's worldwide reshuffle sees SAR division up for sale South China Morning Post 12/09/99
Hong Kong's SHKP widens portal content South China Morning Post 12/09/99
Motorola, China to develop new platform for mobile phones Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News) 12/09/99
Wednesday, December 8, 1999
EnReach Launches China's First 'Group Purchase' E-Commerce Site Virtual China 12/08/99
STM Receives New Broadband Network Order From China Business Wire 12/09/99
Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom to Spin Off Internet, Mobile Units Muzi Lateline News 12/08/99
Chinese Company to Open Online Bookstore in China Muzi Lateline News 12/08/99
Taiwan's Acer group, Computer Associates form join venture Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News) 12/08/99
Seven IT Sectors Highlighted By Beijing For Development ChinaOnline 12/08/99
IT Industry Will Bear The Brunt Of China’s WTO Entry ChinaOnline 12/08/99
TurboLinux Strikes Three Bundling Deals, Extends China Reach ChinaOnline 12/08/99
The Year of China Internet Start-Ups Comes to End? asia internetnews 12/08/99
Users register Chinese domain names Computerworld Hong Kong 12/08/99
Internet payment gateway launched in China Newsbytes (South China Morning Post) 12/08/99
Starboom opens window to entertainment world South China Morning Post 12/08/99
Motorola Wins 228 Million In Cellphone Contracts In China Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/08/99
Microsoft Involved in Taiwan Online Music Gig asia internetnews 12/08/99
Sun, SHKP to Support HK Internet Start-ups asia internetnews 12/08/99
CA forms ASP joint venture in China Computerworld Hong Kong 12/08/99
Chinese women's site aims at the world Computerworld Hong Kong 12/08/99
Asia Online and Sina.com collaborate I.T. Daily 12/08/99
CAA Plans To Cancel 122 Flights Around Y2K Rollover China News Agency (Inside China Today) 12/08/99
Chinese Web site plans online trading service Financial Times 12/08/99
Broadband access on cards South China Morning Post 12/08/99
New cable landing in HK South China Morning Post 12/08/99
China Motion signs deal with service group Reuters (South China Morning Post) 12/08/99
China's Commercial hub Shanghai says ready for Y2K Reuters (SiliconValley.com) 12/08/99
3Com to open China venture Bloomberg News (SiliconValley.com) 12/08/99
Taiwan Agency To Build Nationwide IP Telephony Network Newsbytes (Yahoo! News) 12/08/99
Tuesday, December 7, 1999
China Netcom: The Little Telecom That Could Virtual China 12/07/99
China Launches Inaugural IT Online Job Fair ChinaOnline 12/07/99
Motorola Wins China Unicom, China Mobile Contracts ChinaOnline 12/07/99
Lack of Content Makes China’s Net TVs Empty Vessels ChinaOnline 12/07/99
Cable network still a dream South China Morning Post 12/07/99
China Web Firms To Seek Fortune In E-Trade Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/07/99
Take care not to slip through the Net South China Morning Post 12/07/99
China Eyes Looser Tech Regs Wired News 12/07/99
Eight China Firms Cooperate On Internet Services Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/07/99
China To Support Domestic Mobile Phone Makers Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/07/99
Taiwan E-Broker glimpses zero-fee future Reuters (SiliconValley.com) 12/07/99
PeopleSoft plans Greater China assault Computerworld Hong Kong 12/07/99
Asian IP telephony market to boom Computerworld Hong Kong 12/07/99
Economic revival boosts Asia Pacific server revenue CNET Hong Kong 12/07/99
i-DNS signs up Taiwan ISP CNET Hong Kong 12/07/99
Clarent opens offices in Hong Kong and Singapore CNET Hong Kong 12/07/99
CA forms Shanghai ASP JV I.T. Daily 12/07/99
Chinadotcom weighs funds for Asia deals South China Morning Post 12/07/99
Softbank in mainland funds drive Reuters (South China Morning Post) 12/07/99
CyberLabs offers to help mainland startups Reuters (South China Morning Post) 12/07/99
SHKP reveals $500m Internet centres plan South China Morning Post 12/07/99
Qcode seeks partner for Chinese keypad South China Morning Post 12/07/99
SAP sets out to catch its rivals South China Morning Post 12/07/99
Baring leads buyout of NetStar's Asia service South China Morning Post 12/07/99
Net puts supply on fast track South China Morning Post 12/07/99
Monday, December 6, 1999
Chinese Develop World's Largest Mobile Switching System Asia Pulse (Asia-Links) 12/06/99
China's Hubei Plans E-Business Open Platform Asia Pulse (Asia-Links) 12/06/99
China's Wild West -- on the Web Online Journalism Review 12/06/99
Chinanet.com Plans Overseas IPO ChinaOnline 12/06/99
China Mobile Communications Debuts U.S. Roaming Service ChinaOnline 12/06/99
China To Buffer Telecom Industry from Shock of WTO Entry ChinaOnline 12/06/99
China's Amazon.com Meltsdown asia internetnews 12/06/99
CyberLabs Aims To Be China Start-Ups' Factory asia internetnews 12/06/99
China.com becomes Chinadotcom, announces partnership CNET Hong Kong 12/06/99
Making Internet History: A new website tries to sell Chinese culture Asiaweek 12/06/99
New T&T Links with China Telecom for Mainland Growth asia internetnews 12/06/99
China upholds death sentence for computer hacker Reuters (SiliconValley.com) 12/06/99
Chinadotcom's hat trick CBS Marketwatch 12/06/99
AFP to launch Internet sports service with Asia portal China.com Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News) 12/06/99
TWNAP acquired by SaveCom asia internetnews 12/06/99
Attachmate Pumps Up R&D for Asian Web-to-Host Solutions asia internetnews 12/06/99
Internet raises duty doubts South China Morning Post 12/06/99
Traditional firms face online challenge in financing South China Morning Post 12/06/99
CyberWorks invests in Web facility unit South China Morning Post 12/06/99
China.com expands Japanese ops Newsbytes (South China Morning Post) 12/06/99
CLP unit open to fixed-line service South China Morning Post 12/06/99
Friday, December 3, 1999
CathayOnline Targets Chinese Speakers With USA.NET-Powered Webmail ChinaOnline 12/03/99
IBM, Sina.com Link Up To Develop Ecommerce Future ChinaOnline 12/03/99
Internet Job Searches Gaining Popularity In China ChinaOnline 12/03/99
China's Postal Bureau Hops On E-Commerce Bandwagon ChinaOnline 12/03/99
China Grooms Contenders For International Telecom Competition ChinaOnline 12/03/99
China's Myrice Absorbs Three E-Com Sites asia internetnews 12/03/99
Net Goes to Work Far Eastern Economic Review 12/03/99
Asia Pacific cellular users to more than double by 2003 CNET Hong Kong 12/03/99
Taiwan E-Com tops US$23 m in First 10 Months of 1999 asia internetnews 12/03/99
Beijing Says Key Sectors 95 Pct Y2K Ready Agence France Presse (Inside China Today) 12/03/99
China's WTO entry could hit high Technology shares Reuters (SiliconValley.com) 12/03/99
China Will Allow ATMs To Operate On Dec 31 Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/03/99
China takes on fears of Y2K air risk Irish Times 12/03/99
Online trading in Hong Kong made safer I.T. Daily 12/03/99
Hong Kong outlines broadcast strategy I.T. Daily 12/03/99
New World and Nokia bring GPRS to Hong Kong I.T. Daily 12/03/99
Tubers talk China: Asia confab puts focus on exploiting TV market Variety 12/03/99
Vanda seals post contract South China Morning Post 12/03/99
Borderless ID key seen as vital to electronic security South China Morning Post 12/03/99
Sino Land follows trend South China Morning Post 12/03/99
Hutchison-DoCoMo deal hailed South China Morning Post 12/03/99
DoCoMo puts US$410m tag on Hutchison stake South China Morning Post 12/03/99
CNet increases news coverage South China Morning Post 12/03/99
New World and Yahoo! join on mobile Internet service South China Morning Post 12/03/99
Thursday, December 2, 1999
China Netcom Makes a Move in IP Telephony Sector Virtual China 12/02/99
China's Telecom Industry Arms Itself For WTO Entry ChinaOnline 12/02/99
U.S.-China Deal on WTO May Pay off Big The Industry Standard 12/02/99
China’s Computer Production Up 31%, PC Sales +45% ChinaOnline 12/02/99
China’s Mobile Phone Business Volume +71% ChinaOnline 12/02/99
Compaq Sells PCs Online in China ChinaOnline 12/02/99
Enreach Launches Lalasho Ecommerce Site in China ChinaOnline 12/02/99
EnReach Launches Lalasho E-Com Site In China asia internetnews 12/02/99
Something Old, Something New: China's Internet leaders are turning to traditional media to fuel growth Far Eastern Economic Review 12/02/99
Sohu.com Opens Real Estate Channel asia internetnews 12/02/99
Chinese College Students Seek Jobs via Net asia internetnews 12/02/99
China Rich Says Outblaze Offer Pending Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/02/99
NTT DoCoMo Agrees to Pay $410 Million for 19% Stake in Hutchison Telephone Bloomberg News 12/02/99
New World Telephone Sees Mobile Growth, Breakeven Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/02/99
Banking with a mobile phone in Hong Kong I.T. Daily 12/02/99
China, EU To Resume WTO Talks As Soon As Possible Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/02/99
Hong Kong Outlines Broadcasting Regulatory Strategy Newsbytes 12/02/99
Looks.com launches online beauty boutique CNET Hong Kong 12/02/99
Hong Kong's telecoms regulator 'abusing powers' South China Morning Post 12/02/99
Level 3 rules out New World talks South China Morning Post 12/02/99
I-Quest targets US$100m from flotation next year South China Morning Post 12/02/99
Net content provider lines up global ally South China Morning Post 12/02/99
Portal firm rides on mobile-phone boom South China Morning Post 12/02/99
Henderson moves to IT South China Morning Post 12/02/99
Report of US$200m buyout for Outblaze splits big shareholders South China Morning Post 12/02/99
NTT DoCoMo buys into Hutchison Telecom South China Morning Post 12/02/99
Mainland says Y2K problems solved in key sectors South China Morning Post 12/02/99
Wednesday, December 1, 1999
Global Crossing Takes Giant Step Towards Wiring China Virtual China 12/01/99
China To Close Markets for Y2K Associated Press (Washington Post) 12/01/99
Details Emerge on Beijing's Telecom Pricing Enforcement ChinaOnline 12/01/99
Legend Rolls Out New Internet Computer ChinaOnline 12/01/99
Day Traders Look Out - China Telecom Rolls Out Online Trading ChinaOnline 12/01/99
China Provides US$169 Mln Subsidy To Local Cell Phone Makers ChinaOnline 12/01/99
MDTV Announces Joint Venture to Provide Digital Satellite TV, High Speed Internet, Telephony and Security Products Business Wire 12/01/99
EnReach Launches E-Commerce Site In China Business Wire 12/01/99
China Scraps Plan to Shut ATMs; Says It's Y2K-Ready Muzi Dailynews 12/01/99
Star Power: Richard Li's plan to deliver the Internet via satellite to Asia excites investors Asiaweek 12/01/99
NTT DoCoMo to buy stake in Hutchison mobile unit
Bloomberg News (CNET Hong Kong) 12/01/99
Level 3 reveals IP plans for Asia CNET Hong Kong 12/01/99
Foreign Telecom Suppliers Shifting Investment Focus in China Asia Pulse (Asia-Links) 12/01/99
WTO Entry Poses Challenge to China's IT Industry Asia Pulse (Asia-Links) 12/01/99
MediaRing.com Signs Chinese Deals asia internetnews 12/01/99
New Cable-Leasing Licenses To Challenge HiNet's ISP Dominance asia internetnews 12/01/99
Chinanet going to list South China Morning Post 12/01/99
China Official Cites Y2K Troubles Associated Press (Washington Post) 12/01/99
China Says Airline Execs To Prove Y2k Confidence Reuters (Inside China Today) 12/01/99
Shanghai firm reclaims input for mobile network South China Morning Post 12/01/99
Curtain up on ChinaWeb site South China Morning Post 12/01/99
Ericsson China, China Unicom Strike US$26M GSM Equipment Deal Xinhua News Agency (AsiaBizTech) 12/01/99
SFC rebukes broker for Web site breach South China Morning Post 12/01/99
Communications giants to sell up South China Morning Post 12/01/99
China's airline heads to fly in show of confidence South China Morning Post 12/01/99
Hong Kong's Culturecom to expand I-Shop concept South China Morning Post 12/01/99
Cut in mainland IDD charges seen South China Morning Post 12/01/99
G and D Wanda Obtains 45 Percent of China's Bank Card Market Xinhua News Agency (AsiaBizTech) 12/01/99
China says it is 'basically' ready for new millennium Agence France Presse (Inside China Today) 12/01/99
Tuesday, November 30, 1999
ChinaRen.com Breaks 1 Million Daily Page Views Business Wire 11/30/99
Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Announces Addition of New Retail Outlets Business Wire 11/30/99
WebMedicalServices.com Enters China And Latin America Business Wire 11/30/99
China WTO Negotiator To Speak On Internet In SF Dec. 6 ChinaOnline 11/30/99
Marconi Helps Turn China Railways Into Telecom Giant ChinaOnline 11/30/99
C&T wins US$3m Chinese VOIP contract I.T. Daily 11/30/99
China: Will WTO Help? Business Week 11/30/99
IDC joins China Travel in on-line booking venture Reuters (South China Morning Post) 11/30/99
Sichuan Mobile To Expand Chinese GSM Network Newsbytes (Yahoo! News) 11/30/99
ChinaWeb.com launches with plans for online stock trading CNET Hong Kong 11/30/99
Fundamentals intact for Sohu South China Morning Post 11/30/99
Hong Kong gets second fixed network telecoms operator Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News) 11/30/99
Offer to part-fund Net plan South China Morning Post 11/30/99
Australian telco to fit Hong Kong buildings with high bandwidth Computerworld Hong Kong 11/30/99
Hong Kong SMEs unprepared for e-business Computerworld Hong Kong 11/30/99
Net tests survival of fattest South China Morning Post 11/30/99
HK IP telephony team in race to be heard South China Morning Post 11/30/99
Peoples starts Web payment South China Morning Post 11/30/99
Three Hong Kong firms to skip gateway South China Morning Post 11/30/99
C&W HKT denies mobile sale considered South China Morning Post 11/30/99
Monday, November 29, 1999
China Joins The Net Economy The Internet Standard 11/29/99
Concept Industries Inc. Announces China's Paging Market to Expand by 64 million Subscribers in the Next 4 Years Business Wire 11/29/99
China to Develop Telecom Market Asia Pulse (Asia-Links) 11/29/99
Beijing To Regulate Telecom Charges ChinaOnline 11/29/99
Forlink Lands Big China Bank Software Contract ChinaOnline 11/29/99
Qiao Xing Forms Largest China Phone Distribution Channel ChinaOnline 11/29/99
Ericsson Signs US$100 Mln China Contract ChinaOnline 11/29/99
China's Imminent WTO Entry Sparks Telecom Price War Agence France Presse (Inside China Today) 11/29/99
China's e-commerce spruikers plug into .communist scene Australian Financial Review 11/29/99
Unfit China Telecom in race to hold world's best South China Morning Post 11/29/99
Ericsson Wins 100-Million-Dollar Phone Contract In China Agence France Presse (Inside China Today) 11/29/99
Marconi to set path for telecom bid by China's railways South China Morning Post 11/29/99
Chinese Telecom Sector Passes Millenium Bug Test Reuters (Inside China Today) 11/29/99
China's surfer of fame, not fortune South China Morning Post 11/29/99
Vertical Portals Major Growth Area in Taiwan asia internetnews 11/29/99
MII Urges China Unicom, China Mobile to Adhere to Set Prices Xinhua News Agency (AsiaBizTech) 11/29/99
Ratings of Nations' Y2K Preparedness Associated Press (Inside China Today) 11/29/99
Star*Home roaming sees focus on service in HK South China Morning Post 11/29/99
Friday, November 26, 1999
US Companies Hustle to Erect Web Storefronts in China Virtual China 11/26/99
China's expected WTO entry draws venture capital Bridge News (South China Morning Post) 11/26/99
Is Reality Finally Catching Up with Hype in Hong Kong?: Investors Sniff at i-Cable's IPO Asiaweek 11/26/99
MediaRing partners China telco CNET Hong Kong 11/26/99
China Telecom To Conduct Y2k Test Reuters (Inside China Today) 11/26/99
IBM and Fudan University Launch E-business Program Shanghai Daily 11/26/99
Shanghai-Online Opts for Infranet as Business Soars asia internetnews 11/26/99
HK banks force Net firms to rely on equity funding South China Morning Post 11/26/99
Hong Kong Joins star*home Network asia internetnews 11/26/99
China.com continues buying spree I.T. Daily 11/26/99
Chinese businesses can set-up instant store online I.T. Daily 11/26/99
New T&T cuts Canada, US calls to seven cents South China Morning Post 11/26/99
Thursday, November 25, 1999
Approval close for landmark foreign Web investment Agence France Presse (South China Morning Post) 11/25/99
Mainland ISP debts rife South China Morning Post 11/25/99
Beijing still far from open to Internet access San Jose Mecury News 11/25/99
Alcatel Sees Internet As Boost In China Reuters (Inside China Today) 11/25/99
Charles Zhang: The Reeducation of China's Net Star Business Week 11/25/99
Legend aims for growth with Internet-focused PC South China Morning Post 11/25/99
China.com Adds Companies to Grow Asia E-Commerce Network asia internetnews 11/25/99
China.com buys online content companies IDG News Service (Computerworld Hong Kong) 11/25/99
China.com expands sector investments South China Morning Post 11/25/99
Computer crime in Hong Kong on the rise CNET Hong Kong 11/25/99
Hong Kong Police to install wireless digital network I.T. Daily 11/25/99
OFTA to review PRS licence fees I.T. Daily 11/25/99
Alcatel downplays WTO impact on China's telecom equipment market Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News) 11/25/99
Taiwan to open fixed-line telecommunication market in 2001 Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News) 11/25/99
Hong Kong cyber crimes on the rise amid rapid expansion of Internet Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News) 11/25/99
Dramatic debut as i-Cable soars 51pc South China Morning Post 11/25/99
Hing Kong jumps after Shenzhen park deal South China Morning Post 11/25/99
Australia's New Tel plans mainland buy South China Morning Post 11/25/99
Eastcom leads charge for mobile market share South China Morning Post 11/25/99
Wednesday, November 24, 1999
China.com Explores Pan-Asian Route With Acquisitions
E-Commerce Times 11/24/99
China Mobile Adds 10 Mln Users in 9 Months Asia Pulse (Asia-Links) 11/25/99
Web Site Content No Longer Free in China ChinaOnline 11/24/99
Motorola Launches First Internet Cell Phone In China ChinaOnline 11/24/99
Netease Using Auctions To Hook People Onto The Internet In China Agence France Presse (Inside China Today) 11/24/99
China warns mobile phone companies against illegal price cuts Agence France Presse (Yahoo! News) 11/24/99
China's Eachnet.Com Gains Venture Capital Funds Reuters (Inside China Today) 11/24/99
Shanghai Sets Venture Capital Fund, Aims At Internet Reuters (Inside China Today) 11/24/99
Motorola to Stay Out of China's Telecom Service Sector, CEO Says Xinhua News Agency (AsiaBizTech) 11/24/99
EMS Backs Fledgling E-Commerce Reuters (Inside China Today) 11/24/99
China To Have One Billion Telephone Lines By 2020 Reuters (Inside China Today) 11/24/99
Asset-swap deal boosts mainland's 'Cyber-Port' South China Morning Post 11/24/99
Netease establishes on-line auction South China Morning Post 11/24/99
Chinabyte.com aims for first-half Nasdaq listing Reuters (South China Morning Post) 11/24/99
Shanghai plans for hi-tech dominance South China Morning Post 11/24/99
Net access in Hong Kong 'too costly' South China Morning Post 11/24/99
Xinhua teams with Australian Telco to launch ISP in China Newsbytes (South China Morning Post) 11/24/99
Taiwan's Biggest Tech Firms Join to Launch Web Brokerage asia internetnews 11/24/99
SCUBE Connects Cybermall to Integrated E-Com Payment Gateway asia internetnews 11/24/99
C&T to serve as IT partner for the development of ESD scheme asia internetnews 11/24/99
Tuesday, November 23, 1999
CIC China Licenses Chinese Handwriting Recognition Software to Wacom Business Wire 11/23/99
Tower Technology Invests in GiftMe.com and Launches of GiftMe.com China Business Wire 11/23/99
Quietly, Intel Moves Into China The Daily Deal 11/23/99
Shanghai crowns Miss Internet to promote Internet use Agence France Presse (Inside China Today) 11/23/99
Taiwan Concerned by Rising Infotech Investment in China China Times 11/23/99
Qiao Xing To Sell First Chinese Language Digital Cordless Phone ChinaOnline 11/23/99
China Plans Four New Information Industry Conglomerates ChinaOnline 11/23/99
Hunan Telecom To Connect Paging Network To IP Network ChinaOnline 11/23/99
WTO Entry To Open China’s E-Commerce Market ChinaOnline 11/23/99
CDMA back in favour in China Reuters (South China Morning Post) 11/23/99
Foreigners allowed to invest in mainland telecoms AFX-Asia (South China Morning Post) 11/23/99
WTO deal puts mainland Net plans on fast-forward South China Morning Post 11/23/99
Konka Eyes China Mobile Phone Market Share Reuters (Inside China Today) 11/23/99
China.com acquires Asian companies Computerworld Hong Kong 11/23/99
HK Government, FORE Systems boost local broadband skills asia internetnews 11/23/99
CyberWorks investment options open South China Morning Post 11/23/99
Capital Asia seeks partners for Web site South China Morning Post 11/23/99
China Strategic expands with 30pc stake in PacificNet.com South China Morning Post 11/23/99
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