China Telecom will initiate a new round of bidding in the 21 provinces in southern China to speed up the development of Wi-Fi base stations. (more…)

As part of its site preparation activities for the 2010 World Exposition, Shanghai Pudong Gas Company has begun installing 3M Dynatel Electronic Marking System “marker balls” that use radio frequency identification to transmit the identity and precise location of pipes, valves, bends, T-connectors and other components of buried infrastructure assets. (more…)

Emirates Airline is partnering with London Heathrow, Dubai International and Hong Kong International airports, to trial the latest RFID technology in baggage handling. (more…)

Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority says the government has decided to invest HK$200 million in the coming two years on the construction of Wi-Fi facilities, which will be provided to users free of charge. (more…)

Shanghai has formally initiated the construction of Wi-Fi with the signing of a wireless city agreement for Jiading District. (more…)

picoChip announced the PC8808 TD-SCDMA femtocell base station reference design, the first to support this standard. (more…)

WJ Communications, a supplier of radio frequency products and solutions for the wireless infrastructure and radio frequency identification reader markets, announced it will start shipping TD-SCDMA Multi Chip Module chipsets to China in the first quarter of 2008. (more…)

Secured Digital Applications, a global provider of business process outsourcing services and systems integrator for Radio Frequency Identification and Global Positioning System enabled tracking applications, announced that it was awarded a US$2.82 million contract to install and maintain a real-time GPS fleet tracking management system for 1100 trucks owned by a leading logistics operator in Guangdong. (more…)