Mobile phone industry in China

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3G TD-SCDMA mobile phones on display at a China Mobile's branch (Photo taken in February, 2010, in Dalian, China Meizu MX sold in China ZTE Blade and various models are popular in China.

China's mobile phone industry or cell phone industry has high growth rate, raising its share on the global mobile phone market. During 2007, 600 million mobile phones were made in China which accounted for over 25 percent of the global production.[citation needed] China is the largest market in terms of mobile phone subscribers.

## History

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* In 1987, wireless telephone communication in the modern sense started by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of China, using TACS technology. A nationwide network was completed in the following year.[citation needed]
* In 1994, the fixed telephone company (China Telecom) and two mobile phone telephone companies (China Mobile and China Unicom) were spun off from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
* In 2002, the fixed telephone company was split into two: China Netcom for North China and China Telecom for South China
* Until 2008, China's mobile phone service was provided by the three companies:
* GSM service from China Mobile
* GSM and CDMA service (begun in 2002) from China Unicom.
* PHS service from the two fixed phone companies: China Netcom and China Telecom
* In 2008, another reorganization of the telecommunications industry was made a year before the 3G service was granted.
* In 2015, China recorded 1.3 billion mobile subscribers in its domestic market.[1] Nearly everyone in the country has a mobile phone.[1] Nearly 29.6 percent of mobile consumers or 386 million users are on the LTE 4G network.[1]

## Mobile phone service providers

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After the 2008 reorganization of China's telecommunication industry, there are now four mobile phone service providers.

### China Mobile

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China Mobile (Chinese: 中国移动) continues the old China Mobile's service, absorbed China Railway Communications, and began 3G service using TD-SCDMA, China's disputed own technology.

### China Unicom

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China Unicom (Chinese: 中国联通) continues the old China Unicom's GSM service, absorbed the old China Netcom's network of fixed telephones in the north of the Yangtze River in China, and started 3G service using W-CDMA technology.

### China Telecom

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China Telecom (Chinese: 中国电信) continues PHS service of the old China Netcom and China Telecom, continues the old China Telecom's network of fixed telephones in the south of the Yangtze River, and began 3G service using CDMA2000 technology.

### China Broadnet

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China Broadnet (Chinese: 中国广电) On March 3, 2022, China Broadcasting Network Corp Ltd invested 20 billion yuan to establish China Broadnet. It will subsequently launch its 5G network services and issue mobile phone numbers in the 192 segment to the public, marking the official announcement of China Broadnet as the fourth largest telecommunications operator in China. Now China Broadnet is providing 5G and LTE network by China Mobile's base station.

## Mobile Phone Industry

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Wireless communication is regulated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The mobile phone industry in China has grown to become a large industry, including research of new technology, manufacturing of mobile phones and building of communications networks, contributed by the domestic companies and also foreign companies, such as:

* Datang Telecom (Research and development of China's 3G TD-SCDMA technology)
* Huawei Technologies
* ZTE

* Alcatel-Lucent
* Ericsson
* Nokia-Siemens Networks

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Huawei Technologies is expected to surpass Nokia-Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent to become the second largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, after Ericsson, in 2009.

ZTE and China Mobile have done turnkey mobile phone network projects in Pakistan, Ethiopia, etc.

## Mobile Phones

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### Major mobile phone manufacturers

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Mainland China based Companies:-

* Haier
* Hisense
* Huawei
* LeTV
* Lenovo (Vibe lineup)
* Meizu
* Oppo
* OnePlus
* Realme
* TCL (including Palm)
* Vivo
* ZTE
* Infinix Mobile
* Tecno
* Itel
* Xiaomi
* Poco
* Black shark
* Iqoo
* Realme
* Coolpad
* Hotway
* Honor

International Companies:-

* Asus
* HTC
* Motorola Mobility (subsidiary of Lenovo)
* Foxconn
* Samsung
* LG
* Apple
* Google

### Domestics sales

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The domestic sales of mobile phone made a breakthrough of 100 million in China in 2006.

In 2007, the domestic sales of mobile phone in china were 190 million, increased by 74 percent as compared with 2007. The impetus mainly came from the rapid growth of new mobile phone users and old customers' upgrading demands. Of 190 million mobile phones, 140 million were made through formal channels, while the rest were made through informal channels such as smuggling, counterfeiting and renovating.

### Export volume

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The export volume of China's mobile phones added up to a record high of 385 million in 2006, increased by 69.3 percent as compared with 2005. In 2007, this figure reached 483 million, increased by 125.45 percent as compared with 2006. As far as 2006, the export volume had reached US$31.214 billion, increased by 52.47 percent as compared with 2005. The export volume of 2007 was 35.6 billion dollars, increased by 114.01 percent as compared with 2006.

### Development trend

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Since 2011 smartphones, especially running the open source Android operating system, have become increasingly popular in the Chinese mobile market. By 2016 smart-phones have become the dominant seller in the Chinese market. This is due to the Android system providing the possibility for factories to produce smartphones with increasing ease, which in turn has allowed prices to decrease even to below RMB 1,000 Yuan. These cheap smartphones are also exported to every corner of the world thanks to Chinese internet sales platforms such as aliexpresss.com and DHGate.com, and overseas online sales platforms such as eBay.com and Amazon.com.[2]

### Pricing

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China's mobile phone market is dominated by products with price under 2000 RMB yuan (about 300 dollars). Products at this price have accounted for 60 percent of the whole mobile phone market, competing with China's local brands, informal mobile phones and international brands.

## Features of China's mobile phones

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* Most mobile phone services are prepaid. Pre-payment can be made by buying a card (50 or 100 yuan) and calling the mobile phone provider, or through commercial banks. You can top-up the account via WeChat(Chinese: 微信)/top-up voucher/Alipay(Chinese: 支付宝)/credit card online everywhere.
* There is a clear distinction of mobile phone and mobile phone service in China, unlike some countries such as Japan where the mobile phone is sold by and locked to the mobile phone service companies. This tradition was broken by the 2009 introduction of Apple Inc.'s iPhone.
* Stealing of mobile phones and therefore SIM cards is quite common. When a mobile phone is stolen, the owner must visit the mobile phone service provider to cancel the previous card, in order to retain the previous phone number and pre-payment.
* A short message (SMS) or duanxin (Chinese: 短信), usually 0.10 yuan per message (up to 160 alphabetic or 70 Chinese characters), can be sent to any other cell phones across different cell phone service companies, GSM, CDMA or PHS.
* Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) or caixin (Chinese: 彩信) is also available, usually 0.3 yuan per message (up to 50 kilobytes).
* A custom ringback tone ("calling", Chinese: 彩铃), usually 5 yuan per month, is an additional service. It is when the called party can send a ringback tone to the calling party music (or any kind of sound) that the called party likes.

## Privacy

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Android phones sold in China come with many more pre-installed apps that transmit privacy-sensitive data to third-parties without notice or consent.[3][4][5][6]

## See also

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* Communications in China
* Telecommunications industry in China
* China portal
* Telephones portal

## References

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1. ^ a b c 于小明. "China's mobile users hit 1.3 billion in 2015 - Business - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
2. ^ "Cheap and Reliable Web Hosting - fast shared hosting and KVM VPS". Archived from the original on December 1, 2017.
3. ^ "Study reveals scale of data-sharing from Android mobile phones". Trinity College Dublin. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
4. ^ Liu, Haoyu; Patras, Paul; Leith, Douglas J. (18 January 2023). "On the data privacy practices of Android OEMs". PLOS ONE. 18 (1): e0279942. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1879942L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0279942. PMC 9847909. PMID 36652407.
5. ^ Liu, Haoyu; Leith, Douglas J.; Patras, Paul (2023). "Android OS Privacy Under the Loupe -- A Tale from the East". arXiv:2302.01890 [cs.CR].
6. ^ Ropek, Lucas (8 February 2023). "Top Android Phones From China Are Packed With Spyware, Research Finds". Gizmodo. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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Electronics industry in China

Semiconductor|

* Accotest
* Actions Semiconductor
* ACM Research
* AMEC
* Allwinner Technology
* Black Sesame Technologies
* Cambricon
* CR Micro
* CXMT
* DJEL
* Empyrean
* Espressif Systems
* Fujian Jinhua
* Goodix
* Hangzhou Changchuan Technology
* Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics
* HJTC
* Huatian Technology
* Huawei
* HiSilicon
* Hwatsing
* Hygon
* Iluvatar CoreX
* Innoscience
* Jingjia Micro
* JSG
* Kingsemi
* Loongson
* Horizon Robotics
* Ingenic
* Leadcore
* Maxscend
* Montage
* Naura Technology
* Nexchip
* NSIG
* Oriental Semiconductor
* Piotech
* PNC
* Rockchip
* Sanan
* SG Micro
* Shanghai Wanye Enterprises
* Skyverse
* Silergy
* SMEE
* SMIC
* TFME
* Tsinghua Unigroup
* Guoxin Micro
* UNISOC
* YMTC
* XMC
* UNT
* Vimicro
* Will Semiconductor
* Wingtech
* Zhaoxin

Mobile devices|

* Oujia Holdings
* OnePlus
* Oppo
* Realme
* Coolpad
* G'Five
* Geely
* Meizu
* Polestar
* Gionee
* Haier
* Hisense
* Huawei
* LeEco
* Lenovo
* Motorola Mobility
* Lephone
* Nubia
* Smartisan
* TCL Technology
* Alcatel
* BlackBerry Mobile
* Palm
* TCL Communication
* Tinno Mobile
* Transsion
* Infinix Mobile
* itel
* Tecno Mobile
* Umidigi
* Vivo
* iQOO
* Xiaomi
* Redmi
* POCO
* Zhixin New Information
* Honor
* ZTE

Home appliances|

* Changhong
* Galanz
* Gree Electric
* Haier
* Hisense
* Hisense Kelon
* Konka Group
* Meiling
* Midea
* Supor
* Skyworth
* TCL Corporation
* Xiaomi

Electronic components|

* AAC Technologies
* BOE
* BYD Electronic
* CATL
* CCTC
* CEC
* CSOT
* Eoptolink
* EVE Energy
* Goertek
* Royole
* Zhongji Innolight

Robotics|

* AgiBot
* Deep Robotics
* Dobot
* Ecovacs Robotics
* Fourier
* Hanson Robotics
* Mech-Mind Robotics
* Inovance
* Roborock
* Siasun Robotics
* UBtech Robotics
* Unitree Robotics

Other|

* Aigo
* Ainol
* Anker Innovations
* BrainCo
* CETC
* China Hualu Group
* Dahua
* DJI
* Han's Laser
* Hasee
* Hesai Technology
* Hikvision
* Huagong Tech
* Inspur
* iSoftStone
* Joyoung
* JXD
* Lemote
* Le.com
* Meitu
* Mobvoi
* Nari Technology
* Panda Electronics
* RoboSense
* Shanghai Electric
* TP-Link
* TPV Technology
* Unisound
* Unisplendour
* Wuhan Jingce Electronic Group
* VTech

Defunct|

* Hongxin
* Kejian Group
* Vernee
* ZUK Mobile

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Mobile phone industry in Asia

Sovereign states|

* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* Egypt
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste (East Timor)
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

States with
limited recognition|

* Abkhazia
* Northern Cyprus
* Palestine
* South Ossetia
* Taiwan

Dependencies and
other territories|

* British Indian Ocean Territory
* Christmas Island
* Cocos (Keeling) Islands
* Hong Kong
* Macau

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* Asia portal

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Telecommunications in China

Telecommunications industry

History|

* CERNET
* China Next Generation Internet
* Chinese Domain Name Consortium
* CNGrid
* Digital divide
* Electronics industry
* ICP license
* Internet
* Internet censorship
* Golden Shield Project
* List of websites blocked
* Mobile phone industry
* Online gaming

Government agencies|

* China Internet Network Information Center
* Internet police
* Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
* Cyberspace Administration of China
* State Council Information Office

Telecom operators|

* China Mobile
* China Telecommunications Corporation
* China Telecom
* China Unicom

Equipment suppliers|

* Amoi
* Datang Telecom Group
* Datang Telecom Technology
* Huawei
* Konka Group
* Ningbo Bird
* ZTE

* Economy
* Media
* Television

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Telecommunications

History|

* Beacon
* Broadcasting
* Cable protection system
* Cable TV
* Communications satellite
* Computer network
* Data compression
* audio
* DCT
* image
* video
* Digital media
* Internet video
* online video platform
* social media
* streaming
* Drums
* Edholm's law
* Electrical telegraph
* Fax
* Heliographs
* Hydraulic telegraph
* Information Age
* Information revolution
* Internet
* Mass media
* Mobile phone
* Smartphone
* Optical telecommunication
* Optical telegraphy
* Pager
* Photophone
* Prepaid mobile phone
* Radio
* Radiotelephone
* Satellite communications
* Semaphore
* Phryctoria
* Semiconductor
* device
* MOSFET
* transistor
* Smoke signals
* Telecommunications history
* Telautograph
* Telegraphy
* Teleprinter (teletype)
* Telephone
* The Telephone Cases
* Television
* digital
* streaming
* Undersea telegraph line
* Videotelephony
* Whistled language
* Wireless revolution

Pioneers|

* Nasir Ahmed
* Edwin Howard Armstrong
* Mohamed M. Atalla
* John Logie Baird
* Paul Baran
* John Bardeen
* Alexander Graham Bell
* Emile Berliner
* Tim Berners-Lee
* Francis Blake
* Jagadish Chandra Bose
* Charles Bourseul
* Walter Houser Brattain
* Vint Cerf
* Claude Chappe
* Yogen Dalal
* Donald Davies
* Daniel Davis Jr.
* Amos Dolbear
* Thomas Edison
* Philo Farnsworth
* Reginald Fessenden
* Lee de Forest
* Elisha Gray
* Oliver Heaviside
* Robert Hooke
* Erna Schneider Hoover
* Harold Hopkins
* Gardiner Greene Hubbard
* Bob Kahn
* Dawon Kahng
* Charles K. Kao
* Narinder Singh Kapany
* Hedy Lamarr
* Roberto Landell
* Innocenzo Manzetti
* Guglielmo Marconi
* Robert Metcalfe
* Antonio Meucci
* Samuel Morse
* Jun-ichi Nishizawa
* Charles Grafton Page
* Radia Perlman
* Alexander Stepanovich Popov
* Tivadar Puskás
* Johann Philipp Reis
* Claude Shannon
* Almon Brown Strowger
* Henry Sutton
* Charles Sumner Tainter
* Nikola Tesla
* Camille Tissot
* Alfred Vail
* Thomas A. Watson
* Charles Wheatstone
* Vladimir K. Zworykin
* Internet pioneers

Transmission
media|

* Coaxial cable
* Fiber-optic communication
* optical fiber
* Free-space optical communication
* Molecular communication
* Radio waves
* wireless
* Transmission line
* telecommunication circuit

Network topology
and switching|

* Bandwidth
* Links
* Network switching
* circuit
* packet
* Nodes
* terminal
* Telephone exchange

Multiplexing|

* Space-division
* Frequency-division
* Time-division
* Polarization-division
* Orbital angular-momentum
* Code-division

Concepts|

* Communication protocol
* Computer network
* Data transmission
* Store and forward
* Telecommunications equipment

Types of network|

* Cellular network
* Ethernet
* ISDN
* LAN
* Mobile
* NGN
* Public Switched Telephone
* Radio
* Television
* Telex
* UUCP
* WAN
* Wireless network

Notable networks|

* ARPANET
* BITNET
* CYCLADES
* FidoNet
* Internet
* Internet2
* JANET
* NPL network
* Toasternet
* Usenet

Locations|

* Africa
* Americas
* North
* South
* Antarctica
* Asia
* Europe
* Oceania
* Global telecommunications regulation bodies

* Telecommunication portal
* Category
* Outline
* Commons

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