China Unicom and China Mobile announce their support for NFC technology

China Mobile commerce ticketing payments

Two of the largest mobile operators in their country, China Unicom and China Mobile, have announced their intentions to bring near field communication (NFC) technology on a subscriber identity module (SIM) card foundation to their customers. The GSM Association, which has made NFC standardization worldwide one of its primary goals, made the first announcement of the intentions of the two mobile operators in China to support NFC technology. These two leading businesses in the Chinese marketplace are adding their names to 43 other mobile operators worldwide who have also declared…

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Rovio partners with Madhouse for greater migration of Angry Birds

Angry Birds App

Maker of the tremendously popular mobile game Angry Birds, Rovio, has recently announced that it will be partnering with the Shanghai-based major ad network, Madhouse, in order to bring the app to China. This is the next step in Helsinki-based Rovio’s goal to achieve one billion downloads for the game. So far, the game has been downloaded over 300 million times. The move to China will also help the company to reduce its concern over the pirating of the app in that country. The announcement of the partnership was made…

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