Alibaba wants to bring mobile commerce to rural China

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Alibaba and China Telecom will release mobile devices designed for online shopping Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce organization, has partnered with China Telecom in order to expand mobile commerce in rural parts of China. Those living in rural communities do not tend to have access to the mobile devices that are needed to participate in mobile shopping, but this could change due to the new partnership that Alibaba has formed. The company plans to sell inexpensive smartphones in rural areas, hoping to get more people involved in mobile commerce. Devices will…

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Alibaba makes an investment in mobile technology

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Alibaba invests in Chinese mobile technology developer Meizu Alibaba, one of China’s largest e-commerce entities, will be investing $590 million into a Chinese smartphone developer, called Meizu. Through this investment, Alibaba aims to generate more support for its new mobile operating system, known as YunOS. The new operating system is meant to compete with Google’s Android. Alibaba is expected to leverage its considerable influence in the mobile and e-commerce space to make the new operating system popular, but its partnership with smartphone developers may determine the ultimate fate of YunOS.…

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