Greater China

Reuters notes that China will limit the number of messages that a mobile number can send per day to battle rampant spam messages clogging mobile networks.

China Telecom, China's third-largest mobile operator, has confirmed it is in discussions with Research In Motion to offer the BlackBerry, reports Reuters.

China Telecom - China's third-largest mobile operator - has reported a 33.9 percent decline in profit for the first three quarters of 2009 as it focused on rolling out and promoting its new 3G EV-DO network.

China Unicom is to expand its trial WCDMA-based 3G network to a further 168 Chinese cities from tomorrow in a bid to catch up with rivals, China Mobile and China Telecom.

China Telecom and India's Reliance Communications have launched their first terrestrial broadband cable transmission system between China and India, reports Telecompaper.

China Telecom - the country's third-largest mobile operator - has reported a 29 percent decline in net profit for the first half of the year due to higher costs at its mobile division, reports Dow Jones Newswires.

Taiwan Mobile, Taiwan's second-largest mobile operator, is in negotiations regarding a tie-up with one of China's mobile operators in the latest instalment of increasing cooperation between the two countries' mobile sectors.